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Coming Up: Marvel Comics Due June 2010 » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:57:20 +0000

[...] that’s weird. The big launch last month, Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine, isn’t offered this month. Wouldn’t it have been helpful to know it was bimonthly at [...]

By: William George

William George — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:06 +0000

Cranky old bastard and smart-assed youth is always a winning combination. Go Spidey/Wolvie!

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:14:56 +0000

Honestly, the only way this series could interest me is if it was a comedy, playing up the odd couple-ness of the two characters. Peter and Logan as room mates. I would buy that.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:43:32 +0000

I should have been clearer that I was objecting to the idea of this being a continuing series — one-time team-ups, where the contrast serves a purpose, are a different thing.

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:34:57 +0000

Here I was going to point out that Spidey and Wolvie have a fairly extensive history of teaming up (in both the 616 and the Ultimate books-seriously, Ultimate Spider-Man has a hilarious two part story involving Peter and Logan getting Freaky Friday’d)… but I see people beat me to it. :)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:32:25 +0000

I’m done now, so I’m happy again. And I appreciate hearing your more realistic perspective.

By: Cole Moore Odell

Cole Moore Odell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:19 +0000

Johanna, I understand how you feel; most of Previews usually depresses me to no end as well.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:39 +0000

Ooh, hints and portents! Nifty!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:40:51 +0000

Actually, Johanna, I have good news for you about what’s inside Thor and the Warriors Four #2… Though it doesn’t exactly match the cover, let’s just say it’s not off the mark, and leave it at that. I hope you like it!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:31 +0000

Well, that history explains why they were promoing this as “first major series ever” — caveats to set this apart from the previous.

I thought about Superman and Batman, but that feels very different to me, due to the different personalities (in general) of Marvel and DC characters. DC guys always seemed friendly and willing to work together, while Marvel made its soap opera out of heroes being feared or hated or alone. That’s why the Avengers are the Marvel characters I’m most comfortable with — it’s the most traditional team.

And yes, Cole, I am grumpy. Reading Previews always makes me so, but it still seems like something I need to do to make sure I find the comics I’m interested in. (It’s just that many of the upcoming books, I put on Amazon wishlists instead of my pull at the local store.) If I’m not making sense, tell me so, as you did, and/or ignore me. It’ll pass before next month rolls around.

By: david brothers

david brothers — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:47:37 +0000

Spiderfan has a thorough summary of it. Your memory serves you well, because it's a pretty good one. Jeff Parker did a pretty good What If based on the same story a year or two ago, too.

By: Kevin Lighton

Kevin Lighton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:24:31 +0000

James: I believe that’s the “Spider-Man and Wolverine” (or maybe it was “Spider-Man vs. Wolverine”; it’s been a while since I read it) one-shot from the mid-80s.

And the costume actually said “Die Spinne” (“The Spider” in German) on the back.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:07:17 +0000

Not that I’d read it, but honestly its just Marvel doing the same thing DC did by putting their two most popular characters together in a series.

Do Superman and Batman really have that much in common? Or honestly here, is there anything Batman can do that a competently written Superman can’t?

Wolverine and Spidey have been teaming up for YEARS. Heck my first exposure to Wolverine was in a Spider-man miniseries that had Peter vacationing in Europe determined to just be himself to the point he leaves his costume behind.

He winds up having to steal a Spider-man suit from a costume shop when he’s forced into action. Which has the hilarity of actually having the words “Spider-Man” printed on it. I wish I knew what series that was as I’d love to reread it.

I thought it kind of curious to see that Marvel is launching a new series starring Hawkeye and Mockingbird(I thought she was dead?). At the same time when DC’s Green Arrow and Black Canary series is being retooled with BC going back to Birds.

By: Cole Moore Odell

Cole Moore Odell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:33:51 +0000

And frankly, your biggest reason for why Wolverine and Spider-Man don’t belong together–that their settings and personalities clash–is precisely what most writers would regard as story fodder, especially in the Marvel Universe, where hero interactions are typically based on clashing points of view.

By: Cole Moore Odell

Cole Moore Odell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:23 +0000

Despair? Team-ups and teams have often been artificial, dictated by marketing. The JSA, the very first superhero team, was made up of all the DC/All-American characters who didn’t have their own books–a fact commented on by the characters themselves when they kicked Green Lantern and the Flash out for graduating into their own titles. The original Avengers’ (and JLA for that matter) reason for being seemed to be as a cross-sell for a bunch of Marvel’s B-list solo heroes. I don’t see the Spider-Man/Wolverine book as any different. Besides, Marvel chucked any sense of placing characters on their own tonal universes when they put Wolverine and Spidey in the Avengers a few years ago. Beyond that, how is this any different than a six issue arc of Marvel Team-Up? You know, the book where Spider-Man used to team up with everybody and their cousin? (Including a particularly awesome “space-faring” annual with the Thing, Adam Warlock and the Avengers done by Jim Starlin.) I think you’re being overly grumpy here.