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Spider-Man 2
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 07-01-2004)

...k.a. "The Amazing Spider-Man") has been filming in New York City and Chicago for the past month. Director Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst all return in the sequel to 2002's box office titan. This time the story has Peter/Spidey squa...

Spider-Man Does Whatever A Spider Can
by Craig Reed (Fri 01-26-2001)

... 1978 The Amazing Spider-Man TV show starring Nicholas Hammond), would indeed be like a spider elaborating, `Since he`s been bitten by a spider (the film uses a genetically altered spider compared to the comicbook`s radioactive spider, reflecting the s...

A Spider-Man For All Seasons, Part 1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 08-24-2002)

...Center in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 © 2001 Marvel Comics That's how it felt anyway, and it's that personal identification that so energized the Spider-Man saga and explains his Everyman appeal to this day. For four decades, he's quipped his way thro...


A Spider-Man For All Seasons, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 08-31-2002)

...lusion of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #40. © Marvel Characters Inc. "The story where he decides to give up being Spider-Man but then finds he cannot," says Lee, referring to the classic AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 as his favorite Spider-tale."I have to go with...

SPIDER-MAN: Senior Editor's Review
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 05-11-2002)

...ic truth. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #121. © Marvel Characters Inc. This next point isn't necessarily something wrong with the film per se, but it did strike me as very odd. Why is there so much blessing and direct reference to God in this movie? Say wha...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #39
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 03-14-2002)

Last December, the Marvel Universe went silent throughout many of its mainstream superhero titles, but AMAZING SPIDER-MAN did not. Due to the schedule-shifting that occurred when AMAZING scribe J. Michael Straczynski decided to make #36 a tribute to the m...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 11-14-2001)

As most readers know by now, this particular issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is not the original installment planned for this week. Following the tragic events of September 11, writer J. Michael Straczynski was charged with a seemingly impossible task sum up...


ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: Brian Michael Bendis
by Edward Gross (Wed 09-13-2000)

...f [former Amazing Spider-Man artist] John Romita, Sr. That, to me, is the level of achievement in characterizations and ideas worth striving for. In the beginning of Spider-Man, and I think Stan Lee will admit to this, they were making up the rules as ...

Amazing Spider-Man #546
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Tue 01-15-2008)

Amazing Spider-Man #546, the first issue of Marvel’s controversial Brand New Day has finally landed. You likely know the story by now – Peter Parker reset his world and sacrificed his marriage to save dear Aunt May, with whom he now lives...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 Reprinted
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 11-15-2001)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36, the World Trade Center story that arrived in stores on Wednesday, will be reprinted as part of a collection book in December.The issue, along with INCREDIBLE HULK #34 (first issue for writer Bruce Jones), DAREDEVIL #26 (the first i...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50
by Tony Whitt (Mon 03-10-2003)

Few writers have emphasized the "man" part of "Spider-Man" quite as well as J. Michael Straczynski has. Off the top of my head, I can only think of two who brought out Peter Parker's human side just as well: Stan Lee and Gerry Conway. The latest issue - a...


SPIDER-MAN #13
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-20-2005)

...ck up THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, but monetary concerns kept me from adding this series when it started a year ago. I heard good things about Mark Millar's run. This is the first issue by Reginald Hudlin, writer of the current BLACK PANTHER series and of...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34 (475)
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 08-15-2001)

Straczynski knows how to tell a story, but then we already knew that. With a few short issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, he's managed to reinvent the character by returning him to his determined roots as a fighter who refuses to quit even when the odds are no...

SPIDER-MAN has a bad back?
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 03-18-2003)

...rt in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. With filming set to start in the middle of April, Maguire is said to be resting to try and heal his sore back while still attending meetings for the sequel. And savvy readers will remember recent bogus reports from the W...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #37
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 01-16-2002)

OK, so we all agree that Straczynski's arrival on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN was indisputably one of the highlights of the comics year 2001. His scripting revitalized a character most of us never expected would languish as much as he did. With a fresh and clever ...


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #500
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-29-2003)

...returning AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to its original numbering scheme, and even more of a pleasure to see J. Michael Straczynski helming the book through this special moment. While it's pretty much the exact sort of nostalgia trip you'd expect from an issue li...

SPIDER-MAN 2
by James Stevenson (Tue 06-29-2004)

I've just spent an entire day sitting in a room with pizza, chips, brownies, Mountain Dew and a copy of SPIDER-MAN 2 for the Xbox. While it's somewhat disappointing to have spoiled the movie story for myself, the gameplay may be the closest any game has e...

Marvel Comics November Solicitation SPIDER-MAN
by Eric Moro (Wed 08-22-2001)

...er art to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #37 © 2001 Marvel Comics AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #37Cover by Kaare AndrewsWritten by J. Michael Straczynski; art by John Romita Jr. and Scott HannaIt was bound to happen. And it has. Now Peter Parker's life will never be t...

SPIDER-MAN 2 webbed on video 11/30
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 08-23-2004)

...50 of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.The two-disc DVD will feature two audio commentary tracks. The first track features commentary by director Sam Raimi, producer Laura Ziskin and star Tobey Maguire while the second track features special effects supervisor J...


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 09-14-2007)

... issue of Amazing Spider-Man and the crossover it begins, One More Day,hardly stand as the first tales of the type. And yet, a few problems arise. First, I don’t understand how Peter and Mary Jane could enter a crowded hospital – ...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #512
by Tony Whitt (Thu 10-07-2004)

...s series, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #121. Once you've had a chance to (re)read this issue, go get your copy and take a look at it. (Oh, c'mon, you know you've got either the original or a reprint somewhere...) The events that JMS recounts in this issue in fla...

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #515
by Kurt Amacker (Tue 01-04-2005)

...es of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN for the past several months. It is logical to assume that things happened to these characters that we never saw. To regard them realistically is to accept that they still continue to exist and function when we are not pre...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #44
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 08-30-2002)

Woohoo! Now we're talkin'! Spidey in pitched battle with not one, but two deadly Doctors Octopus! (And yes, that's correct grammar.) The original Doc Ock is finally - finally - regaining some of his former glory after years of being played for laughs or a...


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #38
by Tony Whitt (Sun 02-10-2002)

...he better.AMAZING SPIDER-MANGrade: A+Issue: No. 38 (479)Author(s): J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr., Scott HannaPublisher: Marvel Price: $2.25 

Spider-Creators Spin A Web of Praise
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 07-03-2002)

...f the new Amazing Spider-Man #1 © Marvel Characters Inc. Well, think no more, oh True Believers, because we have the answers! As it turns out, Spider-Man's creators past and present were thrilled to see the SPIDER-MAN movie and they all happen to...

SPIDER-MAN
by BRIAN THOMAS (Wed 11-13-2002)

In case you haven’t heard, the hit movie SPIDER-MAN has been released on home video and DVD, shipping a record 40 million copies in its first week. Columbia TriStar gets extra points right off the bat by putting their widescreen and fullscreen editions (b...

Swinging SPIDER-MAN trailer now online
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 12-15-2003)

As promised by Sony Pictures last week, the teaser trailer for SPIDER-MAN 2 has hit the web. Make your way here and you too can see a preview of Peter's next adventure as the amazing Spider-Man plus what the nasty Doctor Octopus looks like in action!Got a...


PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #41
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Tue 03-19-2002)

Sometimes you need comfort food. After all the Mangaverse this and Ultimate that and upcoming film version the other, it?s nice to get back to the Spider-Man we remember from our old fogey youth. You know, the original ? the one who stars in the core titl...

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #13
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 09-06-2001)

There's never been a more potent, more dazzling moment in the memory of Spider-fans than that first amazing meeting between Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson. When John Romita's curvy creation crooked her hand and uttered the immortal words, "Face it Tige...

SPIDER-MAN: THE NEW ANIMATED SERIES
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 02-23-2004)

Spinning out of the mega-success of Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN movie came a new collaboration from MTV, Sony Pictures and Mainframe Entertainment: a new 3D SPIDER-MAN animated series with a look that hasn’t been seen before. While the use of computer graphics...

Gold Rush: Spider-Man Swings to the Rescue
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 12-05-2001)

...e classic AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36. Spider-Man comes across a scene of devastation similar to one he will face in another sixteen years. Artwork from WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #6. © Marvel Characters Inc. Straczynski was charged with a seemingly impo...


ABC Family cashes in with ultimate SPIDER-MAN marathon
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 04-16-2002)

...1960s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, with the early-1980s SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS, the 1990s SPIDER-MAN show and then the short-lived SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED following. According to ABC Family, the episodes to be shown are as follows: Saturday, May 25...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #54
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 07-03-2003)

I have to hand it to Straczynski the man single-handedly rescued the webslinger from years of aimless storytelling and abysmal misfires (Clone Saga...no more need be said there). And to top it all off, a few months ago he finally wrote an end to our long...

SPIDER-MAN/DAREDEVIL in August
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 05-10-2002)

Spider-Man meets Daredevil again in August in the appropriately named SPIDER-MAN/DAREDEVIL, a Marvel Knights one-shot arriving in August that features two creators new to Marvel. The book is written by Brett Matthews, with art by Vatche Mavlian. "Brett ...

SUPER POSEABLE SPIDER-MAN
by Andrew Kardon (Tue 03-19-2002)

As a general rule, movie-based action figures blow. Maybe they're rushed, designed before the film's even started or the budget was just exhausted on licensing. Who knows? But for whatever the reason, movie toys are usually boring, cookie-cutter designs w...


Howard Gets Caught in SPIDER-MAN Love Triangle
by News Editor (Thu 01-19-2006)

...attle in "Amazing Spider-Man" issue 121.The character will be part of a love triangle and she does survive in the story the studio is reporting.

Mary-Jane gets new boyfriend in SPIDER-MAN 2
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-10-2003)

Variety is reporting that Daniel Gilles has won the role of Mary-Jane Watson's new boyfriend in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, a.k.a. SPIDER-MAN 2. But for those of us familiar with the litany of Spider-Man's supporting cast members, the name of MJ's new beau w...

The amazing Spider-Man lawswuit
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 01-19-2005)

After filing a lawsuit against the company that publishes his creations, the courts have ordered that Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee should receive 10% of all of Marvel's profits from its recent slate of movies.According to the decision rendered by the Uni...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 52
by TONY WHITT (Tue 05-06-2003)

...ng up for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN's landmark 500th issue in seven months? Kind of sucks that we live in this one, then, where we'll only be on issue 59. Oh, well, at least we have J. Michael Straczynski writing ours, and it's getting better all the time. Th...


Update: Who Could Be the New SPIDER-MAN?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 05-28-2008)

Update: Sony has told ComingSoon that there is no truth to the below rumors and that Tobey Maguire is still Spider-Man. Amazing that they can respond to these news reports for our sites but can't put out an official press release on their own, which would...

SPIDER-MAN's Doc Ock described
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 03-21-2003)

Steve Johnson, the anaimatronic designer working on the Doctor Octopus tentacles in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, told Sci-Fi Wire the reasons why the Doctor's mechanical arms will be real and not pixels."Sam's [Raimi, the director] a fan [of animatronics], and...

The Spider-Man Chronicles: The Art & Making of Spider-Man 3
by Tim Janson (Thu 07-05-2007)

Whenever there are big budget blockbuster films coming out you can bet that there will be an avalanche of media tie-in material from toys and clothing to calendars and books…A film like Spider-Man 3 is going to generate even more than the usual mas...

Does SPIDER-MAN Measure Up?
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 06-08-2002)

...ic truth. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #121. © Marvel Characters Inc. Invented by an enterprising band of comic book fans in the mid-2010s, the Accurometer can analyze any movie or television show derived from comic book source material and score it on a s...


12" SPIDER-MAN COLLECTOR SERIES: SPIDER-MAN
by JEFF BOND (Sat 06-22-2002)

I don't make toys for a living, but even I can tell you that it's pretty damned hard to make an action figure in a little sewn polyester costume look like a superhero in a skintight supersuit. This has been a given ever since Mego launched a line of 8" su...

WEBS & WONDER: MARK BAGLEY (Part 2)
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Fri 09-22-2006)

... and draw Amazing Spider-Man full time. So when Danny Fingeroth got the job editing the Spider-Man books, and I heard that Erik Larsen was leaving, he knew I would kill him if I didn't get the gig drawing Amazing Spider-Man.Actually I thought Amazing S...

Untangling the Web?
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 04-17-2002)

...Goblin in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14. © Marvel Characters Inc. Sure, industry types would have you believe that a new reader will walk in cold, understand that all these different versions of the same character are meant to provide newcomers with a h...

Pulitzer Prize winning author tapped to rewrite SPIDER-MAN sequel
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Fri 09-20-2002)

...write THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.Chabon is the third writer to be assigned to the project, after Gough and Millar, and a first draft penned by SPIDER-MAN writer David Koep.Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, director Sam Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin, Avi Ara...


Dunst talks SPIDER-MAN
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 04-08-2002)

Kristen Dunst is talking about what's on the mind of most genre fans right about now: SPIDER-MAN. She's also defending director Sam Raimi's surprise casting of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker."People don't necessarily picture him doing this kind of role, bu...

Spider-Man 3 Continues to Dominate
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-13-2007)

Spidey cast his web and captured more box office cash this weekend with a 60.0 million box office take here in the States. I’d have to say though there was no doubt whom I would be writing about this weekend. No, it was never a question of if Spider...

The Dead Have Their Day While SPIDER-MAN, LOGAN'S RUN and THE TIME MACHINE Hit CD
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 03-20-2002)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONI Hear Dead People: The music for George Romero's DEAD saga was inaugurated in 1968 to the accompaniment of an assemblage of vintage library music with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (re-released in 1998 in a new version by John A. Rus...

Comicscape: I Am Iron Man
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-07-2008)

...   Amazing Spider-Man #558 $2.99 Ben: Is anyone reading this? Kurt: Reading what now?   American Dream #1 (Of 5) $2.99 Ben: Captain America is back, and this time he has boobs. Kurt: And what isn’t made better by boobs?   ...


SPIDER-MAN: THE '67 COLLECTION
by Brian Thomas (Wed 06-30-2004)

For those not old enough to have experienced the series of Spider-Man Saturday morning cartoons that debuted in the fall of 1967, or even the syndicated reruns that came later, all the fuss over the release of this DVD collection may be perplexing. After ...

The Arachnid Action Man
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 12-31-2001)

Just one year shy of his 40th birthday, Peter Parker ? a.k.a. the Amazing Spider-Man ? is still one of the most popular and recognizable comic book superheroes ever created. He?s also very human, weighed down by the knowledge that with great power comes g...

Taking the Good with the Bad: My Thoughts on Spider-Man 3
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-09-2007)

...   Amazing Spider-Man #540 $2.99   Annihilation Saga $1.99 Ben: For you out of the know, this is like the Infinity Saga but, you know, good.   Black Panther #27 CWI $2.99   Blade #9 $2.99 Kurt: I hate to drop eve...

How Green Was My Goblin
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 10-31-2001)

...ries, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (and its associates and affiliates, of course). Spidey seems to have a penchant for green-garbed villains. There's the Vulture, Sandman, Doctor Octopus, the Lizard, Electro, and so on. But no one took to the wearing o' the ...


Spinning a New Web
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 10-29-2001)

...d and our Amazing Spider-Man began to return to form. Some of the success of this miraculous resurrection must be credited to AMAZING scribe and BAYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who took a character with seemingly no mystery left in his past an...

Raimi plays head-games with Maguire on SPIDER-MAN
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 04-29-2002)

In a quick interview with the CALGARY SUN, SPIDER-MAN star Toby Maguire and director Sam Raimi thankfully side-stepped the normal boosterism of creatives hyping their next film, and let us in on how directors sometimes mess with the heads of actors to get...

Amazing Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-22-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION In the first of an intended three-volume series, Intrada's two-CD collection of music from the 19805-86 TV anthology series, AMAZING STORIES is an absorbing compilation of music from some of film scoring's top talents. The...

SPIDER-MAN 2 Game Preview
by James Stevenson (Mon 06-21-2004)

Sitting on a United Airlines flight on the way back from an Activision event, I'm watching/listening to the new Dashboard Confessional music video, Vidnicated, the big song to come out of the new feature film, SPIDER-MAN 2. The event in San Francisco gave...


SPIDER-MAN 3: Two Disc Special Edition
by Tim Janson (Sun 10-28-2007)

One of the biggest films of 2007, Spider-Man 3, hits DVD this Tuesday so it’s time to take a second look at the film, and the wide range of extras on the two disc special edition. Have you noticed how the directors of superhero films cannot res...

Spider-Man 3
by Captain Gordon Edward (Mon 05-07-2007)

Well another Spider-man release indicates that we have another Spider-man game on the shelves to eat up like candy. In the third movie we see Spider-man dealing with Venom, Harry Osborn / Green Goblin 2, and Sandman. Since this is a game base on the movie...

Spider-Man 3
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-17-2006)

Last Updated: July 17, 2006Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Enterprises, Laura Ziskin ProductionsDistributors: Sony PicturesProject Phase: Post-ProductionBudget: 300,000,000 [IMDB]Who's In It...

SPIDER-MAN: REVENGE OF THE GREEN GOBLIN - Roger Stern, Paul Jenkins & Howard Mackie
by James Busbee (Wed 09-27-2000)

...ovember’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 and Peter Parker: Spider-Man #25, the two special anniversary issues that pick up where the mini-series concludes. `Amazing and Peter Parker explore the next stage of the relationship between Norman Osborn and Peter Par...


SPIDER-MAN
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Fri 05-03-2002)

For decades, Spider-Man fans have waited not-so-patiently to see a movie based on their beloved webhead's adventures waited through lawsuits, bankruptcy, endless script development and director switches, until it seemed the project was doomed never to ha...

Cycle of Gimmicks
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-12-2007)

... issue of Amazing Spider-Man – the first part of the much-hyped One More Day – I see more on the horizon. Before we dive in: read this week’s Comicscape  and send me your thoughts at comicscape@mania.com or kurtamacker@yahoo...

SPIDER-MAN: LEGEND OF THE SPIDER-CLAN #1
by Tony Whitt (Thu 10-10-2002)

There are few things that have come out of the Marvel line of comics that are more useless than the Marvel Mangaverse idea. (MARVILLE still takes the prize for "most useless comic concept ever spawned," naturally.) Don't get me wrong: I'm all for doing ne...

SPIDER-MAN Gets Ready to Swing
by Craig Reid (Thu 01-04-2001)

Inside a makeshift, Wrestle-Mania, steel death cage, a giant `Spider-Man` banner dangles above 9 empty chairs. On the hardwood floor, lies the insignia `NYWL,` surrounded by a single thread of tattooed barbed wire. The anxious, pastry-totting media rep...


Comicscape - October 19, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-19-2005)

... issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN where Peter and MJ have to find a good kindergarten for little May. People want action. "Just a note about the aging thing: I think that you can age a character, but it just has to be done really slowly. I mean can Spidey r...

The Spider-Man Handbook
by Tim Janson (Tue 05-08-2007)

The Spider-Man handbook won’t give you super powers or make you a hero, but it is a fun, quirky read (appropriate since it is from Quirk Books) that does have several bits of practical information for the hero wannabe. The book is part fantasy,...

The creator of SPIDER-MAN INDIA speaks
by Patrick Sauriol (Sat 07-10-2004)

25-year-old Jeevan Kang is living one of his dreams: he gets to create a new spin on one of his beloved childhood characters, Spider-Man. Kang is the writer/artist working on SPIDER-MAN INDIA, the Indian counterpart to Marvel's Manhattan-based wall-crawle...

Stan the Man Adapts Spider-Man Movie!
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 07-21-2001)

It’s an announcement sure to send a shiver up the spine of Spider-Man fans everywhere and set their spider-sense a-tingling. Stan "The Man" Lee, one of the living legends of the medium and the mind behind Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego, will hims...


Goblins a Go-Go
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 04-22-2002)

...1960s, in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14, when a grinning gargoyle on a flying broomstick zipped into view and fought Spider-Man for the very first time. He was strange, a bit unsettling, but certainly colorful. And we all knew he would be back soon enough - ...

Kiss of the Spider Woman Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Tue 04-16-2002)

In the new SPIDER-MAN movie, you'll believe a man can swing from building to building. And that his girlfriend can fall. "I was being dropped all the time," says Kirsten Dunst, who plays Peter Parker/Spider-Man's lady love Mary Jane Parker in the hotly an...

SPIDER-MAN 2
by Lisa Keeler (Wed 06-30-2004)

SPIDER-MAN 2 is one of those happy sequels (for the audience the characters are as angst-ridden as ever) that builds on rather than merely repeats the original. 2002's SPIDER-MAN was a very good and spiritually faithful adaptation of the Marvel comic boo...

Say hello to SPIDER-MAN INDIA
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-21-2004)

Marvel Comics and Gotham Entertainment Group have announced plans to release a new comic book series that takes one of America's most-recognized crimefighters and transplants him to become an Indian superhero.SPIDER-MAN INDIA will be released to stores to...


SPIDER-MAN 2 and KILL BILL: VOL. 2 win big at this year's SATURN AWARDS (Thu 05-05-2005)

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films handed out their 31st Annual Saturn Awards on May 3 and two films dominated the accolades for the evening: SPIDER-MAN 2 and KILL BILL: VOL. 2 SPIDER-MAN 2 walked away with a total of five Saturn ...

SPIDER-MAN Press Conference Report (Fri 01-05-2001)

The release of the long-awaited Spider-Man movie may still be months away, but Sony Pictures Entertainment isn`t waiting until 2002 to get the PR bandwagon rolling. The studio invited dozens of journalists, including Cinescape`s own Steve Hockensmith, to ...

Comicscape - September 28, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-28-2005)

... not like AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN usually line up, otherwise every month would be a crossover, or Peter Parker just never sleeps. In my perfect world, each character would get one in-continuity title. If a writer has an idea fo...

SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY #1
by Tony Whitt (Sat 06-29-2002)

Just when I thought Ron Zimmerman's writing couldn't get any more obnoxious, repulsive, or dumb, SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY comes along and shows that, given enough ballast, even the lowest can sink even lower. Rarely have I come across such a complete cro...


ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN writer signs-on to SPIDER series
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 01-31-2002)

The CGI SPIDER-MAN TV series coming to MTV has landed the writer many SPIDER fans have been hoping for: Brian Michael Bendis. According to a report on the Comics2Film website, Bendis is high on the series, keyed to make its premiere a few months after thi...

Face it Tiger - A Brief Look at the Life of Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 07-17-2002)

... right.In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #243, MJ finally returned after a significant absence. She had spent time in Florida but was ready to resume the party in New York with Peter...and she had an incredible secret to reveal. According to MJ, she had known for ...

Spider-Man Classic Toys, Wave 2 (Thu 12-07-2000)

Comic Continuum reports that Toy Biz has announced plans to release a second series of Spider-Man Classic action figures this spring, around March. The figure list for the second series this time around includes Classic Spider-Man, Battle Ravaged Spider-M...

Goblins a Go-Go, Part 3
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 04-29-2002)

...re off in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #312. © Marvel Characters Inc. Hobgoblin IV - Jason Macendale: Macendale had been operating in the Marvel Universe for some time as the Jack O'Lantern, a third-rate Goblin wanna-be who tussled with Machine Man and Spi...


SPIDER-MAN 3 Actual Numbers
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-08-2007)

Hello fellow Maniacs. Normally, I’m restricted to the weekend content but since it’s the summer, I’ll be trying to update everyone on current activities and updates of the industry. My weekly box office report is sometimes not accurate a...

Comicscape: Robert Kirkman Calls You Out
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-20-2008)

...   Amazing Spider-Man #568 JRJR Sketch Var (Pp #823) NWD $3.99 Ben:New Ways to Die gets rolling. I’m giving a copy to my wife.   Amazing Spider-Man #568 NWD $3.99   Captain America #41 $2.99   Foolkiller White An...

SPIDER-MAN
by JEFF BOND (Wed 06-12-2002)

Danny Elfman’s score is just about the only thing that hasn’t been unanimously praised about Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN movie. Early reviews on the Internet slammed it as “tuneless” with one reviewer going so far as to state, “There is literally NO THEME!” We...

Goblins a Go-Go, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 04-27-2002)

...y back in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238, which also sported one of the most evocative covers in the series' long history, with the shadowy form of the new Goblin tearing a Spider-suit asunder. That surreal image only hinted at the torment that this new foe w...


Raimi Too Exhausted for SPIDER-MAN 4
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 11-13-2007)

Nothing too shocking there since he's said it many times since SPIDER-MAN 3 hit theaters. Still, Sam Raimi gave his take on the development of SPIDER-MAN 4 while talking to our good friends over at Wizard Entertainment. He confirms that developing the fir...

Romancing Romita
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 06-27-2001)

...c for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, issues #39 and #40, featuring the revelation of the Green Goblin's true identity and a 'final' showdown that would establish the Goblin once and for all as Spidey's ultimate arch-foe. Other reprints in the volume will show...

Lee says 'Excelsior!' to SPIDER-MAN rough cut
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Tue 03-12-2002)

Spider-Man nuts around the world still have two long months to wait before their favorite wall-crawler officially arrives on the big screen in May, but one famous fan of ol' Webhead is already giving director Sam Raimi's take on the character the thumbs-u...

May it Be
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 01-16-2002)

... Cover to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #400. © Marvel Characters Inc. This is the question Spider-philes ask every few years or so, but never has it been more appropriate to look at the legacy of Aunt May given that she will soon make the leap, along with ...


Comicscape - February 4, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-04-2004)

...e runs of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, and JUSTICE LEAGUE (both volumes), and I've frequently seen something in these older comics that I haven't seen a lot of recently in contemporary comic books: cross-referencing. You know what I'm talk...

Spider-Man Deluxe Pewter Chess Set
by News Editor (Tue 04-25-2006)

SOTA Toys presents the ultimate Spider-Man collectible, the Spider-Man Deluxe Pewter Chess Set. This dynamic, original chess set features 16 different characters (plus 8 Spider Tracers and 8 Spider Killers) and a sculpted chess board that recreates a roof...

PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #35 (133)
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 09-28-2001)

In these troubled times (it's a cliché, but sometimes it's the best way to express an idea), we all find ourselves looking for a hero. Those of us who grew up reading comic books have an even stronger connection to the fantasies of our youth, but at times...

Comicscape: Waiting for the Trade: What Will Happen to Monthly Comics?
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-13-2008)

...   Amazing Spider-Man #567 $2.99   Astonishing X-Men #25 2nd Ptg Bianchi Var (PP #826) $2.99 Really f-cking great. I’m not going to lie.   Astonishing X-Men #26 Md $2.99   Captain Britain And Mi 13 #3 2nd Ptg Kir...


Comicscape - November 17, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-17-2004)

... THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #500. © Marvel Comics can only make good arguments for Marvel characters. I guess I'll start with one of my favorites, which is DAREDEVIL. I have always found the concept of the character interesting, that we have a b...

Peter Parker: Spider-Man
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 06-20-2001)

...mita Jr.'sAMAZING SPIDER-MAN instead.PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MANGrade: C-Issue: No. 32 (130)Author(s): Paul Jenkins, Mark Buckingham, Wayne Faucher Publisher: Marvel Comics Price: $2.25 

Raimi talks SPIDER-MAN 2 already
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 04-05-2002)

Having signed onto a SPIDER-MAN sequel a few weeks ago (more than a month before the release of the first film in the series), director Sam Raimi is already talking about SPIDER-MAN 2."I've just signed on to do SPIDER-MAN 2 actually," Raimi said. "We have...

Comicscape - November 24, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-24-2004)

...s copy of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to tide them over...Lord love a duck! First we lose my favorite series KINETIC last week which I didn't find out until the last page, by the way, and which just goes to show that even so-called comic book experts don't kno...


Comicscape - April 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-07-2004)

OPINION: Before getting onto the topic of this week's column, I'd like to thank everyone who wrote in expressing their condolences on the death of my cat and who gave me their vote of confidence regarding the way I handled the mean-spirited e-mail from a ...

Along Comes A Spider-Man!
by Eric Moro (Tue 05-07-2002)

Over the course of his storied 40-year career, Spider-Man has had no greater adventure then that which brings him to local theaters this summer in the form of a live-action, CG-effects spectacular. Need more proof? Then just look at the toll the project h...

Face it Tiger - A Brief Look at the Life of Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Part 1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 07-15-2002)

...issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, say around #25 or so, we find numerous references to Aunt May's attempts to fix up Peter with her friend Anna Watson's niece. Despite his wallflower status, Peter's attitude about the blind date is surprisingly standoffish...

Comicscape - March 17, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-17-2004)

...cover for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #505. © Marvel Comics the "real" world, JMS has Peter delving deeper into the mystic side of his origins in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #505 (or #64, if you're still pathetic), while in the "other" world, BMB has Peter delving...


SPIDER-MAN isn't going anywhere
by Karl Schneider (Mon 08-28-2006)

This will come as no supprise to anyone, but Marvel's new CEO Kevin Feige recently told MTV that the SPIDER-MAN franchise will be continuing for the foreseeable future."There will be many more Spider-Man films to come. We already have stacks of ideas for ...

Comicscape - April 21, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-21-2004)

...TERWORKS: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL 6 2nd edition hardcover for $49.99, with optional variant with dustjacket for $54.99. Of course, you could just plunk down your three bucks for ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #57 all on its lonesome, but where's the fun in that?Fo...

Means and Ends
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-28-2007)

...le?  Amazing Spider-Man?  Makes sense.  Sensational Spider-Man?  Is he swinging around without pants on? Kurt: That would be Totally Fabulous Spider-Man.  Silent War #3 (Of 6) $2.99 Ben: A somewhat enjoyable distraction...

SEQUENTIAL THOUGHTS: John Romita Jr.
by John Romita Jr. (Mon 11-12-2001)

...tles, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and THE INCREDIBLE HULK. I was asked to write this column on the reaction of the comics industry to the 9/11 attacks. Obviously I can't speak for all the people who work in the business; I can, though, express what the reac...


SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN run ends with Jenkins
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-28-2004)

Marvel Comics has announced that it is cancelling its SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN comic series as of the March 2005 issue, slated to be issue #27. Jenkins will end his run on the book after a fill-in issue from writer Samm Barnes and penciler Scot Eaton."Paul ...

Spider-Man 2
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Thu 11-04-2004)

He does whatever a spider can, plus he can gross over $821 million worldwide. His name is SPIDER-MAN and after years of legal battles that kept the Marvel comic from coming to the big screen, in 2002 olâ webhead scaled tall buildings with a single co...

Sam Raimi on SPIDER-MAN 2... and 3
by Den Shewman (Wed 06-23-2004)

Sam Raimi talked to Chuck the Movie Guy about how the story for SPIDER-MAN 2 came together, and said that he's ready to direct SPIDER-MAN 3. Raimi's decision that Peter Parker needed to lose his powers in the second film was influenced by the comics thems...

SPIDER-MAN: QUALITY OF LIFE #1
by Tony Whitt (Fri 05-24-2002)

With the release of the brilliant SPIDER-MAN feature film, it was a given that Marvel would start flooding the market with Spidey-related stuff in such quantities as we haven't seen since the early ?90s. But just as back then, the quality is variable at b...


McFarlane sounds off on SPIDER-MAN
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 05-08-2002)

...d onetime AMAZING SPIDER-MAN artist Todd McFarlane.Here's part of what McFarlane had to say when tracked down by ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:So, how does SPIDER-MAN hold up on the big screen?"I was pleasantly surprised, and I feel they got way more right than...

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SUPER SPECIAL #1
by Tony Whitt (Tue 06-25-2002)

It's the end of Peter Parker's first full year as a superhero, and he's doing what any high school kid his age would do: he's wondering whether to ditch the part-time job or to keep it and make it into a career. Understandable, as it's been a tough week. ...

Top 10 Best Of Comics 2001 Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 12-31-2001)

...Morlun in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34 © 2001 Marvel Characters Inc. #6) Bendis - This man can't be stopped. Don't even try. One of the most prolific writers in comics today, Brian Michael Bendis is also a master of the noirish crime thriller, whether ...

Comicscape - November 30, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-30-2005)

...issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, I doubt that it will compel someone to read comics for the first time. While DC may plan to offer stories accessible to non-comic readers, many will still hesitate to read ALL-STAR SUPERMAN beginning with the 50th issue. T...


SPIDER-MAN August covers
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 05-03-2002)

...ry Jane. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #44 will arrive in stores on Aug. 14. The issue is written by J. Michael Straczynski, with art by John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna. PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #47 will arrive in stores on Aug. 21. The issue is written by Paul...

MARVEL KNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN #5
by Tony Whitt (Thu 08-19-2004)

... of it as AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: MARK II. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.

A Spider-Man For All Seasons
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 09-05-2002)

None of us ever had the character to ourselves not really. From early in his illustrious crime-fighting career, there was a steadily increasing number of avid fans thrilling to his tragedy-tinged adventures. But sometimes, sitting alone with a stack of S...

Comicscape: The Ever-Expanding Comic-Con
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-06-2008)

...   Amazing Spider-Man Family #1 $4.99   Avengers Invaders #4 (Of 12) $2.99   Cable #6 MD $3.99 Ben:I’ve got to come clean, I have been enjoying the hell out of this title.   Cable #6 Monkey Var (Pp #821) $3.99 Ben:Ar...


TOP 10: Long weekend means big bucks for SPIDER-MAN 2
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-05-2004)

SPIDER-MAN 2 is a hit. That surprise to no one was obvious from the weekend box office ticket receipts; Sony's $200 million dollar budgeted sequel ignited theater screens and took in an impressive $115 M over the Friday to Monday Independence Day long wee...

SPIDER-MAN INDIA #1
by Tony Whitt (Tue 11-23-2004)

...S' run on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN has done namely, that the very nature of Peter Parker's personality and background made him ideally suited to be underneath that radioactive spider and to gain the powers he has. Here, however, the whole thing has more of ...

SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO #2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 08-23-2002)

As much as I enjoy some aspects of Kevin Smith's fanboy-inspired humor, I have to say that his excessively juvenile attitude can occasionally rub me the wrong way. It becomes especially grating when it seems to demean characters and events that deserve a ...

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #25
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 08-08-2002)

MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING: There's simply no easy way to review this watershed issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN without discussing the last few pages, so if you don't want to know the events of this installment, STOP READING NOW!All right then. We've waxed eloq...


Millar, Dodson on new SPIDER-MAN comic series
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 10-29-2003)

...AN books, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, by presenting the character in a more realistic, gritter fashion. "If you're a guy who swings around in tights and fights similarly clad guys who are sometimes ten times as s...

A swingin' Spider-Man statue
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-08-2004)

... cover to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #301 drawn by Todd McFarlane. When viewed on the side the statue brings the character to life in full 3-D.Shipping to consumers in August, the Club is selling the Spider-Man cold cast statue for $35.00 to its members. If yo...

SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #1
by Tony Whitt (Tue 01-20-2004)

...e on from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Looks like there's actually someone around decent enough to replace them.If SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED can continue to deliver writing as strong as Lynch's and art as impressive as Miyazawa, Chen, and Flores', then it just might...

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #32
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 12-19-2002)

Bendis - what more can I say? The series that finally won me, the old Spider-phile, completely over in the last year, keeps going from strength to strength, and most recently has been focusing on a mysterious second Spider-Man who has been exploiting the ...


Maguire and Raimi Signed for SPIDER-MAN 4?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 09-05-2008)

It looks like Sony's decision to take a mini-break and not jump immediately back into pre-production for Spider-Man 4 right after the third installment has paid off. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that leading star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Ra...

SPIDER-MAN 3
by Brian Thomas (Fri 05-04-2007)

I grew up loving movies and loving comics, but never expecting the two to mesh satisfactorily. The Superman and Hulk TV shows had their own charms, but were not a truthful interpretation from the comics any more than a Star Wars comic-book could give you ...

PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #39
by Tony Whitt (Sun 01-27-2002)

...inks with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, much the same way the original version of PETER PARKER lacked those links way back when, it feels less like a book capable of standing on its own and more like a lesser book trying to harken back to earlier times. And even...

Raimi on SPIDER-MAN 2
by Christopher Allan Smith and Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 05-01-2002)

Sam Raimi is talking about both SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-MAN 2 in an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE, carried in two parts on our website today.He confirmed for us he's beginning work on the sequel, even though the first film in the series centering on Ma...


Elfman to Leave Spider-Man Hanging?
by Randall Larson (Wed 05-04-2005)

Superherohype.com reports that composer Danny Elfman will follow in the footsteps of John Dykstra (who left SPIDER-MAN 3 earlier this year) and take his leave from the SPIDER-MAN franchise. Elfman has cued up much work for 2007 (the year of SPIDER-MAN 3'S...

SPIDER-MAN 4 Needs a Writer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-30-2007)

No, thats not a personal jab towards the series from me. That's just the current news coming from Sam Raimi after meeting with Sony. A few weeks ago, it was announced that Raimi, producers and Sony would be sitting down for a meeting to discuss the next i...

SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 03-28-2002)

SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY is a 64-page one-shot, written by Ron Zimmeran, with art by Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos, cover by J. Scott Campbell and Tim Townsend. Here's how Marvel describes the book: "Thanks to a star-studded celebrity fundraising ...

"The Hobbit" and "Spider-Man 4" News
by Karl Schneider (Tue 04-17-2007)

In a recent article by EW.com, a few juicy quotes surfaced from Sam Raimi regarding The Hobbit, as well as from various others regarding Spider-Man 4."Peter Jackson might be the best filmmaker on the planet right now," said Raimi when asked abou...


BATMAN scribe to write SPIDER-MAN?
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 11-25-2003)

After help to create one of the most critically acclaimed and successful animated series in decades (namely BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES), and getting to tell stories using the superhero legends of the DC Comics universe, writer/producer Paul Dini is devel...

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #34
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Tue 01-14-2003)

I cried when they introduced the black suit. OK, not a girly kind of cry - although my mother still likes to taunt me with the memory - but a wistful tear was indeed shed when I first beheld the solid black costume that Spidey would soon don in place of t...

More art from Kevin Smith's SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT
by Rob Allstetter and Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 04-25-2002)

With Kevin Smith set to appear on NBC'S THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO on June 24 to promote his upcoming Marvel mini-series, SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, more art is coming out from the books. "I'm as proud of my work in comics as I am of...

SPIDER-MAN AND WOLVERINE #4
by TONY WHITT (Tue 09-23-2003)

...e back in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, J. Michael Straczynski had Peter reveal that our heroes have always watched each other closely for signs of weakness, just in case there should ever come a time when those weaknesses needed to be exploited. Here, Brett Mat...


SPIDER-MAN 2 ships over 2 million units
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 07-07-2004)

Video game publisher Activision announced today that the company has shipped more than two million units of its latest console and computer game, SPIDER-MAN 2, to retail stores nationwide. It's a staggering number considering that the game just went on sa...

Venom Statue - SPIDER-MAN 3
by News Editor (Mon 05-21-2007)

In the third quarter of 2007, Sideshow Collectibles will release their Venom Statue - Spider-man 3. The polystone figure will stand 16 inches high and weigh approximately ten pounds.  It features a menacing looking Venom han...

Nothing in Particular
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-18-2007)

...Civil War Amazing Spider-Man TP $17.99  Civil War Front Line Book 1 TP $14.99 Ben: This right here really pisses me off.  It was an eleven issue limited series.  Why the hell can’t the whole thing be collected in one volume? ...

Comicscape - December 17, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-17-2003)

...peared in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #194. (Yeah, I can just imagine what my editor must be thinking: "First he kills us with 'Six Degrees of Separation from Judd Winick,' and now it's 'Spider-Man Trivia'...He'd better go on vacation soon, or else...")And fina...


Secrets of SPIDER-MAN soundtrack CD
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 04-15-2002)

It seems the makers of the SPIDER-MAN soundtrack have torn a page form the STAR WARS EPISODE I DVD and planted on the disc a browser that allows owners of the CD exclusive access to a SPIDER website for the film.Those who listen to the soudntrack on their...

Bill Rebane's Giant Spider Invasion Part One
by John Thonen (Tue 04-30-2002)

There’s something about spiders. Creepy, crawly, so seemingly unlike any other life form, that they appear almost totally alien. And big ones… whoa, big ones are really scary! So, it’s no surprise that big spiders – I mean really big spiders – have long b...

Symbiote Spider-Man RAH 12-inch Figure
by News Editor (Mon 04-10-2006)

Sideshow Collectibles has announced they are taking pre-orders one of Medicom's most limited products, the 12-inch RAH Symbiote Spider-Man. In Japan, this figure is a mail order exclusive, but Medicom has graciously allowed Sideshow to import a small numb...

DAREDEVIL VS. SPIDER-MAN
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-11-2003)

An earlier collection of episodes of the 1994 SPIDER-MAN animated series was released to cash in on the SPIDER-MAN movie, and this one quite naturally cashes in on the release of DAREDEVIL, although DD only plays an active part in three episodes. The stor...


Spectacular Spider-Man bookends
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 11-05-2003)

Available in comic shops across the continent starting today is the latest in superheroic bookshelf swag: Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin bookends. Recreating the classic fight between the wallcrawler and the Goblin atop the Brooklyn bridge, where a kidnapped...

More SPIDER-MAN Covers
by Rob Allstetter (Mon 05-06-2002)

Marvel Comics has released covers and solicitation information about three more Spider-Man titles in August. Following is a rundown: SPIDER-MAN: QUALITY OF LIFE #4 will arrive in stores on Aug. 7. It is written by Greg Rucka, with art and cover by Scott...

SPIDER-MAN premiere pictures
by Sue Schneider (Thu 05-09-2002)

The highly anticipated feature film version of SPIDER-MAN opened nationwide last Friday and the hordes of fans that packed theaters gave their favorite web-swinger the highest opening box office weekend of all time. After years of legal wrangling, movie-g...

SPIDER-MAN: TANGLED WEB cancelled
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 03-06-2003)

...ooks like AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, similar to DC's LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT series.A query to Marvel Comics regarding which issue of TANGLED WEB would be its last was not returned at our deadline.


ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #50
by Tony Whitt (Tue 12-09-2003)

...r time in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN back in the 70s, so finding out that she was coming back in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN didn't strike me as the best of news. Of course, I should know by now that if Brian Michael Bendis puts his mind to it, he could make me like i...

SPIDER-MAN 2 shatters opening day record
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 07-01-2004)

It looks like history is about to repeat itself: Columbia Pictures reports that the opening day for SPIDER-MAN 2 set a new record for the highest-grossing opening ever for a movie. According to preliminary results issued by the studio, SPIDER-MAN 2 took i...

Ultimate SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP goes team-up crazy
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-23-2002)

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP will go on a month long hiatus this May in favor of the ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL, a project writer Brian Michael Bendis says has been in development for six months and is "an all-new star-studded Spidey story like you've nev...

Bendis Talks ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 11-27-2001)

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN writer Brian Michael Bendis announced upcoming plans for the title to coincide with the release of the SPIDER-MAN movie in May.First of all, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22 will be double-sized."It will be the return of the Goblin, who just ha...


HOUSE OF M: SPIDER-MAN #1
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-29-2005)

The world created by Erik Lensherr Magneto to keep the X-Men and the Avengers from executing Wanda Maximoff his daughter, the Scarlet Witch gives each hero what they want most, all in a world where mutants dominate and humanity dwindles. The fantasy w...

Rundown of the first 30min in "Spider-Man 3"
by Karl Schneider (Mon 03-05-2007)

Scooper JMJ recently emailed me saying that he had seen a bunch of Spider-Man footage which he believes to be the first 30 or so minutes of Spider-Man 3.Please note, there ARE spoilers here, so proceed at your own peril!JMJ writes: It’s anyone gues...

Raimi Updates SPIDER-MAN 4 & SHADOW
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 10-17-2007)

Director Sam Raimi has updated on the progress of both SPIDER-MAN 4 and THE SHADOW. While the "Shadow" rights are fully owned by Raimi, he had nothing to add to the project other then his desire to bring out a new adaptation of the 30's pulp cha...

Raimi Wants Maguire for SPIDER-MAN 4
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 11-29-2007)

Normally, I would have skipped over this latest interview with Raimi because too many sites/interviewers seem to be asking Sam the same question too many times. The director/producer has already stated on numerous occasions that he will not...


STARTLING STORIES: THE MEGALOMANIACAL SPIDER-MAN #1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 04-19-2002)

Don't get me wrong, I love Peter Bagge's work. HATE is without a doubt one of the funniest and best comic books of the last twenty years (and still dearly missed), and Bagge's rubber-band approach to anatomy and severely cynical take on life enlivens any ...

Disturbia wins but not by much
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-29-2007)

Did you think Disturbia winning 1st place last week with only 13 mil in receipts was something hardly worth talking about? Well, it’s worse this week. The winner, Disturbia, doesn’t even in pull in 10 mil. Yep, you heard me. In a box office...

Raimi Compares 'Spider-Man' to 'The Gift' (Thu 10-26-2000)

In an interview with SFX magazine, director Sam Raimi talks briefly about his experience in working on The Gift and what he would like to take from it to apply to his latest endeavor of filming Spider-Man. Here is what he had to say:`Spider-Man won`t be ...

Comicscape - May 3, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-03-2006)

... issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to collect a particular instance of the Nike "swoosh" logo. Marvel and DC effectively blackmail the reader by saying that if you don't want to see more ads, you just shouldn't buy. Of course, that same logic has always appl...


2007: The Year in Review, Part One
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 12-28-2007)

...   Amazing Spider-Man #545 OMD $3.99 Ben: Oh Snap, this is So Raven! (The ultimate curse)   Avengers Initiative #8 $2.99 Ben: Still the best Avengers book on the market.   Black Panther #33 $2.99   Captain America #33...

Comicscape: Warner Bros. Takes DC to the Movies
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-27-2008)

...   Amazing Spider-Man #569 NWD $2.99 Ben:I hate to admit this, but I bought the last issue and it was totally awesome. Kurt: I’d like to announce an opening as my unpaid joke writer on Comicscape.   Angel Revelations #4 (Of 5) $3....

Digital Destruction
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-05-2007)

...bsp; MMW Amazing Spider-Man Vol 9 HC $54.99   MMW Amazing Spider-Man Vol 9 HC Var Ed 86 $54.99   Ms Marvel #22 $2.99   New Excalibur TP Vol 03 Battle For Eternity $24.99 Ben: I hope they at least get bathroom breaks.   Ome...

COMICS, SEXUALITY, AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-11-2006)

...sterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 8 HC Var ED 68 $54.99Kurt: I love color and everything, but I think I'll just stick with the Essentials. Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 8 New ED HC $49.99 Marvel Milestones Legion Monsters Spider-Man & Br...