I honestly hope there are no interactions between Peter and Gwen. Keep them separate as they would have no sort of attraction and history. It's obviously certain fans who crave that sort of nonsense, relationships being a central point to team-ups.

@punyparker: What am I trying and failing at? I'm just having a conversation. You are the one getting angry and emotional when I make a point. I don't understand what I am trying and failing at.

poor Mayday!!

Haven't been on here for a bit. TBH getting a bit bored of CV lately and all the arguing that goes on about what are fictional stories. Jeesh it gets a bit heated at times, considering the subject matter.

Anyway, I think I am a bit of a Dan Slott fan and if anything its the silver surfer comic that's doing it. With Spiderman, I just wish we had a bit more action. Batman 35 showed how it should be done. Anyone read issue 8 of ASM yet?

Yes yes YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Preview: Guardians of the Galaxy #21 (Unlettered) - November 19th, 2014

As the Guardians of the Galaxy encounter an entire world full of alien symbiotes, they ask themselves…was allowing Flash Thompson to join their ranks a wise decision?

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I'm "getting angry" because i said i didn't like how you expressed yourself?.......

All you do is disagree with me,specifically......and i'm not the one starting the arguements.....you pointed out,the thing i did with MJ pics,first,and then you did that with Gwen.....exacly the same.......you stopped it because noone was paying attention.....

So i,really,see that we don't get along,quite well,since you disagree with me on every aspect......

after reading todays issue i'm almost entirely sure that at least in some universes there will be some type of time fix.

and it seem that Assassin Peter is now with spiderman Uk, good, maybe he realise who really was under the skin

You are wrong, that's another spider, some older Parker. One can see this in his suit like Red Lantern Gardner.

@rubear: that was last stand spiderman

From CBR

Stan Lee isn’t as wealthy as some may think, but he’s doing fine

When word surfaced Tuesday that Stan Lee has put his Hollywood Hills West home on the market for $3.75 million, some commenters began to speculate about the legendary writer’s finances. Of course, they’re not the first.

Asked earlier this year by Playboy whether he at least received “a Tony Star-like helicopter” from Disney’s $4 billion purchase of Marvel, the 91-year-old creator was quick to point out that he’s not as wealthy as some may think.

“My daughter was looking at the internet the other day and read that Stan Lee has an estimated $250 million,” Lee said. “I mean, that’s ridiculous! I don’t have $200 million. I don’t have $150 million. I don’t have $100 million or anywhere near that.”

Elaborating on why he shouldn’t rate George Lucas-scale wealth, he explained that, working at Marvel and its predecessors, “I was happy enough to get a nice paycheck and be treated well. I always got the highest rate; whatever Martin [Goodman] paid another writer, I got at least that much. It was a very good job. I was able to buy a house on Long Island. I never dreamed I should have $100 million or $250 million or whatever that crazy number is. All I know is I created a lot of characters and enjoyed the work I did.”

Lee does receive a $1 million annual salary for life from Marvel, and keeps busy with myriad other projects (the latest being a Bollywood adaptation of his comic Chakra the Invincible), but none of that likely pushes his wealth into those “ridiculous” figures. This website places his net worth at $50 million, which seems … far less ridiculous, and definitely nothing to sneeze at.

Whichever number you believe, it’s probably high enough that Lee isn’t selling his 2,500-square-foot house because he needs cash. And it certainly doesn’t mean he has his eye on a retirement condo, as he makes clear in the latest episode of “Stan’s Rants.”

“One of the things that bugs me is people are always saying, ‘When are you gonna retire?'” he says in the video below. “I figure what they mean is, ‘We’ve had enough of ya, get the hell outta here!’ [...] If you’re having fun what you’re doing, why would you want to retire? [...] Don’t ask me to retire. If I’m boring you, just don’t listen to me, don’t come and see me, don’t read my stuff, that’s OK. But don’t make me stop doing what I’m doing.”

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HE CRACKS ME UP

@animehunter: my mistake

but now i come to realize that maybe that is the Peter that Julia saw on her vision at the end of Grim Hunt, and he is an assassin spider.

Read Issue 8 today...having not followed Spider Verse to date, am a bit confused about what is going on there....but hey, at least a bit more action this month.

@bezza:

@averywetfrog:

Thanks for the heads up !

From CBR

Stan Lee isn’t selling his home, ‘just a hunk of property’

At the risk of ROBOT 6 turning into Excelsior! Home Journal, there is another followup to the Stan Lee real-estate story: It turns out that $3.75 million listing in the Hollywood Hills isn’t for the creator’s home, but instead for another lot he owns. In fact, there’s no longer even a house on it.

“I’m not selling my house. It’s just a piece of property we own,” Lee tells Los Angeles Magazine. “We tore it down, we were gonna rebuild and we decided to sell it instead, so it’s just a hunk of property that’s for sale.”

Considering records indicate the 2,500-square-foot home was built in 1945 and hadn’t been remodeled since the mid-’70s, a desire to start from scratch is understandable. But judging from the description and single photo in the listing, it certainly used to be nice: a four-bedroom, six-bathroom house with a garage, swimming pool, spa and “lush gardens,” located at the end of a cul-de-sac.

Now, however, it’s apparently just a vacant lot with a view of the city — but it can still be yours for $3.75 million.

From Bleeding Cool

‘Having The Spotlight Is Definitely A New Experience’ – Robbi Rogriguez Talks The Rise Of Spider-Gwen At NYCC

Not by Spock's, but by Spider-Uk's team.

With "Silk," Robbie Thompson has such an imaginative take on the character and filling in her past while pushing her into the future, filling out this incredible supporting cast. As we get closer to the launch of "Silk," we can talk about it even more. She's got one of the greatest supporting characters in all of Spider-history in her book, and once we get a little closer, we'll tell you who that is.

I am certain to be way off base on this, 1- there is no point in Silk finding out / knowing about her and 2- She at the moment wants nothing to do with that side of Peter's life, but I can't help saying/typing it, I HOPE it's Mary Jane.

it was hard to tell who that second guy was. didnt realize it was spidey uk.

@bezza:

also i forgot to mention the Spider Totem Karn. when he was younger, his family was battling the Master Weaver who controls the Web of Life and Destiny. He failed to act causing their father to die.they eventually killed the Master Weaver and then forced Karn to wear the helmet.

@animehunter: Wow.....is this Miles written by Slott?......wow.......

I can't praise art enough,though.........

Amazing Spider-Man #8 review

PREVIEWS FOR OCTOBER 29th, 2014

From Thwip Studios (to keep these coming, make sure to support them by subscribing to their Youtube Channel)

Spider man Marvel Knights by Mar Millar Episode 02

Published on 24 Oct 2014

Peter Parker's worst nightmare has come true: One of Spider-Man's enemies has learned his secret identity and is using that knowledge to strike at Peter's family. Now, his Aunt May has been kidnapped. Forced into a personal battle against a mysterious foe devious enough to ensnare him in a vicious game of cat-and-mouse, Spider-Man must battle the Green Goblin, Vulture, Electro, Doctor Octopus, Venom, and more to rescue his aunt. With the clock rapidly ticking down, will Spider-Man earn his greatest triumph or suffer his greatest defeat? Guest starting the Black Cat! In a spellbinding story superbly illustrated by fan-favorite artists Terry Dodson and Frank Cho, best-selling writer Mark Millar presents his definitive take on Marvel's greatest hero.

@animehunter:

9:06 till the end,it's Ultimate Spider-Man.

I'm sure you've this, but just in case

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From CBR

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Teaser Proclaims "The End" of the Ultimate Universe

The Ultimate Universe has been through some major ups and downs -- including surviving a "Cataclysm" -- but now, if the newest Marvel Comics teaser image by Mark Bagley is any indication, "The End" of the Ultimate U might be near. Well, maybe not -- the teaser is clearly a part of the series of mystery teasers that continuously reference past events from Marvel history -- with the most recent "Inhumans: Attilan Rising" teaser combining the Inhumans and "Atlantis Rising". "The End" referred to a number of miniseries that began in 2003 and spanned through to 2007 -- all of which dealt with possible endings for various aspects of the Marvel Universe.

The teaser image by Bagley -- labeled with a Summer 2015 release date, just like the rest of the many Marvel mystery images -- features the full cast of the Ultimate U, ranging from Miles Morales all the way through to Ultimate Nick Fury, the Ultimate Future Foundation and many more. As a special bonus, the image is also reminiscent of Marvel's "Contest of Champions" three-issue limited series from 1982. It's very likely that the teaser is some reference to the "Secret Wars" event by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic.

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From Newsarama

The End of the ULTIMATE Marvel Universe - Summer 2015

Is this The End for Marvel's Ultimate Universe? That's what the newest Summer 2015 teaser from Marvel Comics.

Premiered over on CBR, the teaser features a Who's Who of the Ultimate Universe, including characters from the new (and recently canceled) Future Foundation, which was dealing with New Avengers-style incursions from other worlds, Miles Morales the Ultimate Spider-Man, and the seemingly recently deceased Cloak and Dagger (oops, did no one tell Mark Bagley?). Every person in the image is looking out at the reader, and there's some lovely Kirby Krackle at the bottom.

The Ultimate Universe has been heavily involved in everything that Secret Wars, Marvel's 12-issue "mega-event" is supposed to be dealing with. There are, of course, alternate reality incursions: both the direct world-shattering ones seen in Ultimate FF, and the ones that Miles Morales has dealt with repeatedly, in the pages of Spider-Men, All-New X-Men, and the upcoming Spider-Verse. There's been time-travel. There was that little thing with the 616 regular Marvel Universe Galactus coming to visit...

So, could this really be the end of the universe that launched the Marvel careers of Mark Millar and Brian Michael Bendis? The writing has seemingly been on the wall for awhile. After all, as of February, there will be only one comic book even being published in that universe, Miles Morales's solo book, as January sees the end of New Ultimates. With all the time he's spent with 616 characters, it would be fairly easy to acclimate him, merging him into the main universe.

As worlds die, who from alternate universes will survive?

Previous 'Summer 2015' teasers have included call backs to Civil War, Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies, X-Men: Years of Future Past, Planet Hulk, Armor Wars, House of M , Infinity Gauntletand Old Man Logan, and the new story Inhumans: Attilan Rising .

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From Newsarama

ULTIMATE MARVEL COMICS: A Eulogy for a (Possibly) Dying Line

If today’s newest teaser from Marvel Comics is to be believed, the Ultimate Marvel Universe will soon be no more. As time stretches on the comic book imprint's fifteen year life might just be reduced to a footnote in the now seventy-plus years of 'modern' comic book history: its impact one that is purely superficial. Superficial, but not to be dismissed or ignored, as the superficial is the first aspect of anything that gets noticed and the last that is ever forgotten.

Hey Kids, Comics!

Comics are a business first and foremost and the creation of the Ultimate Marvel Universe was a decision made in that vein. In the industry's endless quest to acquire new and younger readerships, Marvel devised a plan to shed decades of continuity, often claimed to be intimidating to new readers, while not upsetting their loyal and extremely vocal fans. Rather than hold a 'Crisis-style' event and reset everything, then Marvel President Bill Jemas and veteran Marvel talent Joe Quesada tapped an up and coming writer named Brian Michael Bendis, who had attracted a large following with his small-press work, and veteran Spider-artist Mark Bagley to not only 'relaunch' the company's signature character, Spider-Man as the kind of person that is more like the young readers of the day, but also to reach them in new ways including an, in the end unsuccessful, strategy of printing comics in a slick, rack-ready magazine/periodical format to reach readers who might not broach the threshold of their local comic books store.

Today, the relaunching of comic books is a common practice. Even if the whole universe isn't reset (or it is, in the case of DC's New 52), the practice of restating a comic from that eye-catching issue #1 has been largely accepted by comic readers. Each of these 'softer' resets (like Marvel NOW!, All-New Marvel NOW!, and now… Avengers NOW!) allow new talent teams the freedom to take familiar characters in new directions that have found a good middle-ground between slavishly following the past and throwing it all out the window.

Creating for the Trade

The Ultimate Marvel Universe was the first national showcase for the storytelling technique derisively referred to as “decompression.” The classic example is the origin of Spider-Man himself, told within a handful of panels and pages by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee in 1962, but taking six whole issues in the Bendis/Bagley year 2000 iteration. As the Ultimate Universe grew, the practice became more and more viable within the line (the infamous two page long, nearly silent discussion about how The Thing poops in Ultimate Fantastic Four), and outside of it.

The debate that this technique started still rages today. Writers who use this style could well argue that slowly paced stories allow them to build their worlds better, allow big moments to land and to portray their characters as more than spandex-clad punching machines. Ultimate Tony Stark's life as a high-functioning alcoholic socialite was explored, Ultimate Captain America's “Greatest Generation” clashed more starkly with the modern age, and the “mutants as minority group” theme that ran in the background of the classic X-Men comics was in the forefront in Ultimate X-Men. It made for some great storytelling all that might have been lost in the race to the next thrown down with Ultron or Magneto.

On top of that, the five-to-seven issue story is perfect for publishers to collect in a trade paperback (back to those business reasons), and the Ultimate Marvel printed their stories in that format very quickly and prodigiously. This in-turn allowed them to sell their books in another marketplace for new readers: giant book stores, that is, before digital bookstores replaced the them and digital books replaced (or at least supplemented them - for now) those.

Accelerating History

While the story telling might have been slower, the actual stories told came much quicker. Ultimate Marvel had at the time 60 years worth of stories in their back-pockets to reference for their fresh new universe. While not every story told in four-color was on the level of “The Master Planner Saga” or “Kraven's Last Hunt” or even near it, Ultimate Marvel seemed to burn though the canon as fast as it could. For example, instead of the three hundred and sixty issues of Amazing Spider-Man that were printed before the character of Carnage was introduced, Ultimate Spider-Man got there in sixty. Ultimate Marvel went though Galactus so fast they had to do it twice, Jean Grey became Phoenix in less than a quarter of the time, Wolverine’s real name debuted in an Ultimate Universe crossover event about as quickly as possible after it was revealed in Origin, and the Ultimate version of the Fantastic Four was rebooted in-universe twice before their got their own series. Notably, each story retold was done with the kind of editorial freedom that allowed for twists, variations and new character beats including lasting deaths.

However, the result of Ultimate Marvel's “best of” approach might have been its leading contributor to its downfall. Original stories with familiar characters, each now with years of background stories, could already be found in the 'classic' books. And while killing your stars is great for a bump in attention, the holes they leave behind would have to be filled with the dwindling supply of legacy characters that the whole line is leveraged on.

The Look

Comics around the turn of the millennium were drawn, consciously or subconsciously with the big screen in mind. Action was drawn 'widescreen;' big panels with egregious amounts of detail that leaped off the page. Characters were unique and expressive and the idea that they were 'cast' in their roles took off. Never so much as when Samuel L. Jackson was 'drawn in' as Ultimate Nick Fury, a choice that had a permanent impact on pop culture (and even saw a similar character reverse-engineered into the main Marvel Universe). The Marvel Cinematic Universe existed on paper as Ultimate Marvel long before Iron Man hit theaters. That will be the Ultimate Marvel Universe's ultimate lasting impact. Could the MCU have come into being exist with out the the UMU? Maybe, but a better dry run could not have been asked for.

Ultimate Marvel (2000-2015?) is survived by its father, Marvel Comics, brother the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will be remembered by true fans of the form.

I'm going to list who on the cover, I'm sure you can tell whose missing

Who's important to the Ultimate Spider-man book

• Jessica Drew (Peter's clone) - Spider-Woman/Black Widow
• Aunt May
• Mary Jane
• Kitty Pryde
• Gwen Stacy
• Black Cat
• Bombshell
• Miles Morales
• Kate Bishop
• Ganke
• Jefferson Davis

Missing from it (I'm sure you can tell)

• Peter Parker (Dead?, Alive?, Clone?, ?)
• J Jonah Jameson (Dead? TBC) Pssibly killed in Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #6

Who's not so important to the Ultimate Spider-Man Book

• Monica Chang (Dead? TBC) Possibly killed in Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #3
• Cloak (Dead? TBC in All-New Ultimates #10?) Possibly killed in All-New Ultimates #9 - The Trial of Scourge
• Dagger (Dead? TBC in All-New Ultimates #10?) Possibly killed in All-New Ultimates #9 - The Trial of Scourge
• Ice Man
• Rogue
• Storm
• Moon Knight
• Iron Man
• The Thing
• Susan Storm (Invisible Woman)
• Reed Richards - Mister Fantastic
• Falcon
• Nick Fury
• Hawkeye
• Hulk
• Doctor Doom
• Colossus
• Crossbones or Taskmaster?
• Jimmy Hudson

My question to you is why is Peter missing from the cover, what do you think might be the reason? He’s the one that started the Ultimate books, surely he should be there at it’s end.

or Is it that the cover has no relation to the interior of the book, that could be possible if the following are confirmed dead, Monica Chang, Cloak & Dagger.

Also with Black Cat on the cover, will we be seeing her again, she's been gone from the book as long as Peter has been, since we last saw her in Ultimate Spider-Man #154 - Death of Spider-Man: Prelude + a few months. either way it was nice to see her back in her classic costume, even if she is the Ultimate version of the Black Cat

I told you earlier (PM) that she's in the 616 suit,well that's wrong cuz she wears the yellow goggles,so scrach that

NIce video, here really lays things out doesn't he

Really enjoying both the "Batman" & "Detective" titles. Well crafted books both in writing and artwork.

@animehunter: He's a brilliant man.

Cool video. Very informative.

@magnetic_eye: I LOVE how he talks about Spider-Man......really advertises the character

Wish he'd take over ASM, now that it seems he'll no longer have Ultimate next year, that is, if Slott ever gets of it.

He certainly does. I do sometimes wonder though if Miles Morales could have been introduced still with spider powers intact, but with a name other than Spider-Man. I'm not exactly a fan of new characters superimposed over existing name sakes. But that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the character or Bendis' writing style.

He doesn't want to.

I HATE that........but he wouldn't sell,otherwise.

That might be, but I still want him to.

My thought on ASM8

Wow... the M2 stuff was heart breaking... It just ruined the whole thing... M2 had a perfect happy ending...

It was literally like if you were to add another scene at the end to ANY Disney movie where every character is brutally killed and the princess is left to become full of vengeance...

Marvel should have just left it alone since the story stopped at a perfect time, and it was at least set up so they could go back to it if they ever wanted to. the fact that Spider-Woman, Spider-Gwen, and Silk are all getting books because there is a big demand for more female leading books kind of just also shows that they could have really easily brought M2 back for another run, but that's just be thrown in the trash.

It's a real shame since M2 is really what Spider-Man SHOULD be like since Spider-Man was originally the character that grew up and actually had a real progression in his life and kept changing over time, but then Marvel decided to just stunt his growth for the past 20 years and it's just been really mediocre for years with some laughs on top of it.

I'll bet you the Spiders will go to Earth-1218, and meet Dan Slott as the writer of Spider-Man who is considered one of the spiders for being the writer of Spider-Man in our world, and then gets to fight along side Spider-Man. /Meta

..So many comics are part of the Spiderverse, According to Amazon a 620 page TP is coming out in April so I think I will wait for that. Cheaper than buying 20 odd comics at 4 dollars a pop!

That sounds like the Stan Lee thing from the 90s animated series.......

They want your money.
If you're silly enough to buy every damn book,then they succeded.

Spider-Verse Team-Up #3

SPIDER-VERSE TIE-IN!

• A whole group of Spiders team up, but what mission takes FIVE Spiders?

• The SPIDER-GIRL team reunites for a story about Mayday and a mystery Spider!

I been putting some though who this mystery Spider could be and there is only one conclusion I can come up with, Our Peter Parker, obvious I know, but it's all we've wanted, the two teaming up, since we've heard of Mayday's involvement.

I normally don't report this but since it's "Spider-Gwen" I thought , why not

Spider-Gwen Gets A Third Printing

Latour and Rodriguez‘ first appearance of Spider-Gwen in Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 gets a third printing, as the standard cover for first printing sells for up to $37 on eBay, unslabbed.

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Preview: Scarlet Spiders #1 - OUT November 19th, 2014

Together for the first time! Amidst the chaos of Spider-Verse, three fan-favorite characters unite for a desperate mission into the unknown in SCARLET SPIDERS #1! And not all of them are going to make it back! From creators Mike Costa and Paco Diaz – Kaine, Ben Reilly and Ultimate Jessica Drew must unite for a deadly operation behind enemy lines. When the Spiders discover one of the technological secrets that make Morlun and his family so powerful, it’s up to the Scarlet Spiders to go deep behind enemy lines into one of the twisted realms Morlun’s family rules to shut it down. If they fail, every Spider from across the multiverse will face certain death! What horrors await them across the multiverse? Find out in November as Kaine, Ben Reilly and Ultimate Jessica Drew swing into action in SCARLET SPIDERS #1!

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think that with that single image they spoiled something important:

Miles and MJ are standing in front of Peter's gave which means real Peter is super dead, and the Peter that is on the book is a clone.

Spider-verse Team-up #1 Full cover

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Marvel Says ‘Avengers: No More Bullying’ In January

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