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SPECIAL SUNDAY EDITION THE DAILY BUGLE GETS A FRESH NEW LOOK! - SPIDEY, FRIEND OR FOE
WHO IS SPIDER-MAN?
Local Hero or Masked Crook, The Daily Bugles own, J. Jonah Jameson, on who he is and what we should do about it. Jameson suggests jail-time. Read more pg.3 *Photo courtesy of Peter Parker
The Boy, the Bite, the Hero By: Marvel Universe Wiki Orphaned as a baby when his parents were killed overseas in a plane crash as U.S. government spies, only child Peter Parker was raised by his elderly Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Academically gifted, Peter displayed an uncanny affinity for science that was nothing short of genius. Socially, however, he was painfully shy and the target of much cruelty by his peers at Midtown High School. Attending a public science exhibit when Peter was 15-years old, he was bitten on the hand by a radioactive spider accidentally irradiated by a particle beam, empowering Peter with the arachnid’s proportional strength and agility, and the ability to cling to almost any surface. Most incredibly, he had gained a sixth sense that provided him with early warning of impending danger. Disguised, Peter tested his new-found abilities defeating professional wrestler Crusher Hogan in the ring, and earning some cash. Using his scientific prowess, he constructed a pair of artificial web-shooters that attached to his wrists. With an agent, a costume, and a new name, Spider-Man became an overnight sensation on television. Unconcerned with the rest of the world, he vowed to use his powers only to take care of himself and his aunt and uncle. After his first TV special ended, he allowed a burglar that he could have easily restrained to run past him and escape. A few days later, Peter returned home to find his beloved Uncle Ben had been shot and killed. When Spider-Man
confronted the killer hiding in the old Acme Warehouse at the waterfront, he discovered to his horror that his uncle’s murderer was the burglar he apathetically allowed to pass. Consumed with guilt, he became aware at last that with great power comes great responsibility, just as his beloved uncle had once said. To help his Aunt May with finances, Peter took a freelance job at the Daily Bugle selling pictures of himself as Spider-Man to publisher J. Jonah Jameson. Despite Spider-Man rescuing his son, astronaut John Jameson, from a malfunctioning space capsule, Jonah used his newspaper to publicly condemn Spider-Man as a menace. Unlike heroes like the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, Spider-Man was mistrusted and feared by the public. At school, his popularity was no greater, as “Puny Parker” frequently clashed with bully Flash Thompson and his followers. Flash’s girlfriend, Liz Allan, often complicated matters, harboring a crush on “Petey” and making Flash jealous.
Octopus (Otto Octavius), the Sandman, Doctor Doom, and Electro. In Florida, he befriended Dr. Curtis Connors after administering an antidote to reverse his transformation into the terrible Lizard. Though he had many enemies, he also shared adventures with the Fantastic Four (including rival the Human Torch), the Avengers, the X-Men and Daredevil. At the Daily Bugle, he discovered a friend and his first love, Jameson’s secretary, Betty Brant. Even more villains clashed with Spider-Man including the Green Goblin, the Big Man and the Enforcers, Mysterio (Quentin Beck), and Kraven the Hunter. Dating Betty became awkward after her brother, Bennett, was murdered in a clash between Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man. Betty at first held Spider-Man responsible. Though she later recanted, the thought of Spider-Man reminded her of losing her brother. At home, Aunt May suffered a heart attack, causing Spider-Man to abandon a fight with the Green Goblin. For a while after, the public viewed Spider-Man as a coward, before he made a comeback. May’s fragile health and poor finances, however, remain a lingering concernFrustrated by their defeats at the hand of Spider-Man, six of his top villains gathered forces under Doctor Octopus to form the Sinister Six. Through wits and determination, Spider-Man defeated the group one at a time
Peter Parker’s confidence gradually increased. At the same time, his relationship with Betty crumbled as handsome reporter Ned Leeds stole her heart. Jameson took his campaign against Spider-Man to a new level, sponsoring the cre-
“Where there is great power there is great responsibility.”
A Gathering of Enemies Spider-Man soon found himself facing a rogue’s gallery of powerful thieves, gangsters, and megalomaniacs including the Chameleon, the Tinkerer, the Vulture (Adrian Toomes), Doctor
ation of the deranged Scorpion, under Dr. Farley Stillwell. Though the Scorpion turned on Jameson, the publisher persisted with attacks against Spider-Man, and rented the first of a series of robotic Spider Slayers invented by Dr. Spencer Smythe. Spider-Man was able to use his technical know-how to defeat the Slayer.
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Obituaries: Gwen Stacy July 1973 -Vol. 121 The death of Gwen Stacy shocked the American comic book community. Previously, it had been unthinkable to kill off such an important character—the girlfriend of a protagonist with a large fanbase. Generally, a superhero did not fail this disastrously unless it was part of his or her origin story. This story arc has been proposed as a marker of the end of the Silver Age of Comic Books, and the beginning of the darker, grittier Bronze Age. Ben Parker Aug. 1962 Vol. 1 While Richard and Mary were on assignment, Ben and May took care of Peter. Ben and May had never had children of their own, but after Richard and Mary died, they became Peter’s surrogate parents and raised him as if he were their own son. The teenage Peter, before he gaine superhuman powers, was shy and studious, and felt alienated from his fellow high-school students. Ben and May provided him with the love and emotional support he needed, and they were the only two people Peter truly cared for. As Spider-Man, Peter became an overnight success in the entertainment world. After one television appearance, he saw a guard chasing a thief in the studio building. The guard called out to Spider-Man for help, but the masked youth ignored him, thinking that capturing criminals was none of his business, and the burglar got away. By: Marvel Database
SPIDEY SHOWS TRUE COLORS?
SPIDEY BACK IN BLACK, FASHION STATEMENT OR SYMBIATE STALKER? By: Villans Wikia Venom is a major antagonist in Marvel Comics, most commonly serving as an enemy for Spider-Man. The name has belonged to several different hosts over the years, which means that Venom is indeed the identity of this particular alien Symbiote. The Symbiote named itself Venom, as it considered itself a venom for Spider-Man. The symbiote that later called itself Venom was the 998th generation of feral Klyntar, goo-like parasitic organism from outer space. This Klyntar were later imprisoned by its own kind due to displaying unusual dreams to protect its hosts instead of dominating them like tools. Later on, Deadpool stumbled upon the prison complex where the Klyntar was contained. He inadvertently released it before the
*Photo courtesy of Eddie Brock
symbiote bonded with him. However, Deadpool felt the villainous nature and decided it was too dark and violent even for him. He rejected the symbiote, but it was soon found by Spider-Man, whose costume was damaged due to the war at Battlewar, and the symbiote bonded to him as a replacement costume. Just as it left Spider-Man, it stumbles upon Eddie Brock, a frustrated reporter who had a grudge against Spider-Man for, what he claims, making him lose his job. They became Venom, and as both hated Spider-Man, sought to destroy every aspect of his life. Venom had gained all the powers and knowledge of Spidey, only enhanced, however he seems to be absent of his spider sense.
Marvel Asked, Most Popular Marvel Comic Heros... 1. ------------------------- Spider-Man
14.-------------------------- Daredevil
2. ------------------------------- Storm
15. -------------------- Carol Danvers
3. -------------------------- Wolverine
16. --------------------------- Psylocke
4. ------------------------------- Rogue
17. ------------------------------- Magik
5. ----------------------------------Thor
18. --------------------------------Hulk
6. ----------------------- Nightcrawler
19. --------------------------Dr. Doom
7. -------------------------------Gambit
20. -------------------------- Iron Man
8. ---------------------------Jean Grey
21. --------------------- Scarlet Witch
9. ------------------ Captain America
22. ----------------------Black Widow
10. ---------------------------- Cyclops
23. --------------------------- Iron Fist
11. ---------------------------- Magneto
24. ------------------------------Polaris
12. ----------------------- Emma Frost
25. -------------------------- She-Hulk
13. ------------------------Kitty Pryde
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Spiderman Goes to Japan! Local hero gets a strange and awesome twist
By: Jonathan McAloon and Wikipedia The Japanese TV network Tōei licenced the franchise from Marvel, making 41 episodes of “Supaidāman”, a remake which departed wildly from the original comics. The Japanese version featured robots and enlarged villains such as “Cat Demon Monster,” and slotted into the genre Tokusatu, which centred on the use of unintentionally ridiculous special effects. Like the American version, an episode from the series was turned into a film. The show was the result of a three-year licensing agreement with Marvel that allowed both to use each other’s properties in any way they wanted. Toei initially planned to use Spider-Man as a supporting character for an unmade television series starring a fictionalized version of Yamato Takeru who was sent to the present via a time warp. The character who would’ve appeared on this show was intended to be identical to the Marvel version.[3] However, Toei decided to
make Spider-Man the protagonist instead and the character of Yamato Takeru was revised into Garia, an alien who gives Spider-Man his powers. The resulting show deviated from the source material completely, outside of Spider-Man’s costume and some of his superpowers and gadgets.[3] . Although the show’s story was criticized for bearing almost no resemblance to the Marvel version, the staff at Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man’s co-creator Stan Lee, praised the show for its special effects and stunt work, especially the spider-like movement of the character himself.[5]
Where should I start reading Spider-Man? There have been over 50 years of Spider-Man comics mostly across two universes, Ultimate and 616.
Universes!? Marvel comics started a long time ago, and their characters were all set in the same world, so they could meet each other and team up and stuff. But in the year 2000, someone had the idea to create a new world, where they could create modern versions of the origins and stories of Marvel characters like Spider-Man. This new Ultimate universe was denoted as Universe-1610, while the original was denoted Universe-616. So the original Spider-Man comic which began in 1963, Amazing Spider-Man, continued in the 616 universe, but so did this new Ultimate Spider-Man comic in the 1610, or Ultimate universe. He exists in the same world as a lot of other comics under the Ultimate title like Ultimate X-Men.
6 Superior Spider-Man (2013) Starts after the end of Amazing Spider-Man with issues #698-700 and then Superior Spider-Man #1. You may want to read Amazing Spider-Man #600, and #682-687 for a little backstory here. Superior Spider-Man is brilliant, and one of the most memorable stories in all of Spider-Man, but also very different from Amazing so maybe not where you want to start. Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 1 actually contains Amazing #698-700 which is awesome, and cotinues with Vol 2 and Vol 3.
8 Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1 This is the current series with Peter Parker, Spider-Man from the 616 Universe. Parker Industries is a global company, with offices in New York, Shanghai, London and San Francisco. Peter and his "bodyguard" Spider-Man take on the world. The prints start with Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 1.
HISTORY OF SPIDERMAN: A visual list of the spiderman series in the standard 161 universe and the progression of artwork, storylines, and characters
Fun Fact: Spiderman originally appeared in the last and final issue of Amazing Fantasy #15 and was almost thrown out because spiders were “too gross” to make a good hero story.
Ultimate Universe (Universe-1610)
1. Amazing Fantasy (1962) #15 and Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #1 Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced Spider-Man in the final issue of the cancelled Amazing Fantasy anthology. It went on to sell more than any previous issue, and the Amazing Spider-Man series was born! These are classic stories, but not everyone's personal taste. Maybe try a few issues, and then move on unless you're hooked. If you prefer print, the Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 is a great collection. 2. Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1 After issue #441 they restarted the numbering of the series to show new readers it was a good starting point, but at issue #500 they went back to the original numbering, so people often just call this issue #442. It’s a great way to jump to “modern” Spider-Man. It leads right into the “JMS run” of Amazing Spider-Man. A run is a part of a series written by a specific writer, with JMS being a writer people really like. I can’t find a collection that starts with this issue, but Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, Book 1 skips right to the JMS run which is fantastic. 3. Marvel Civil War A massive event which had a huge impact on Spider-Man, and the Marvel universe as a whole. This is a cool place to start reading comics because you get exposed to so many characters, and because the movie is coming out. The event begins with Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #529 but ties into the main Civil War series. Here’s a breakdown of which comics to read for Civil War, but a short summary would be the main Civil War series, which features lots of Spidey, as well as The Road to Civil War and Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War being great additions. 4. Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #546: Brand New Day A brand new Peter Parker emerges from Civil War! But why is everything different? This is as close to a reboot as Amazing Spider-Man has every gotten and it’s a great fresh start for new readers. 5. Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #648: Big Time Parker finally gets his shit together! It’s got some of the BEST recent Spidey stories and leads right into the Superior Spider-Man, which is harder to start at. There’s a great print copy Spider-Man: Big Time Ultimate Collection, followed by The Complete Collection Volumes 2, 3, and 4 which include everything up to Superior.
1. Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1 - This is the first ever issue of the Ultimate universe. It’s a great starting point into both comic books and Spider-Man, since it is such a clean start. With a brand new universe, there’s no back history to know. Print starts with Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1, and Vol. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are all available. 2. Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) #1 This is the moment where the Ultimate Comics universe really created it’s lasting mark on the world, with the beginning of the all-new Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales. The print run is neatly organized in Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book 1, book 2, and book 3, leading right up to Secret Wars.
“With great power comes great responsibility. What would Peter Parker do?” - Miles Morales In 2015, a comic book event called Secret Wars destroyed both of these universes and create a new, single Marvel universe with characters from both.
7. Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1 Modern Spider-Man! The main draw of starting here is that it leads right into the Spider-Verse, which a fun event full of different Spider-Men from different universes. The volume starts with The Parker Luck, then the Spider-Verse Prelude, and Spider-Verse! At this point, Marvel also published an updated origin story called Learning to Crawl. It wasn’t my favorite, but it does tie in a little bit to Parker Luck, so they do make a good pair.
9. Spider-Man (2016) #1 This is the current series with Miles Morales, Spider-Man from the 1610 Ultimate Universe, finding his place in the post-Secret-Wars marvel universe alongside the 616 Peter Parker. This is a good place to get to know Miles for the first time. The prints start with Spider-Man: Miles Morales Vol. 1.
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*All content sourced from: Where To Start Reading – Simple comic guides, with links to books.
Marvel Universe (Universe-616)
Author: Spiderman Wiki
Schueller Spins Stealthy Suit
Everything A Spider Can
Spiderman is back in black, and better than ever
Spidermans history of web slinging abilities
The black costume originated in 1982 from an idea submitted by 22-year-old fan Randy Schueller, after Marvel ran a competition for aspiring writers and artists to elicit new ideas for the Marvel Universe. Schueller's idea was to slightly upgrade Spider-Man's abilities and appearance: he would don a new black, stealth-like suit designed by Reed Richards and The Wasp of the Avengers. Composed of the same unstable molecules found in the Fantastic Four's costumes, this new suit would be more durable and stealth-like than the handmade red and blue costume. The idea was purchased by Jim Shooter at Marvel for the sum of 220 US dollars (over 500 dollars today) and the opportunity to craft the story. Schueller submitted different versions of the story, but ultimately, Marvel t ook creative control.[1] It was not until 1984's Secret Wars that the black costume would debut. Having damaged his original costume in battle, Spider-Man discovers a machine thought to be a fabric replicator. The machine produces a black sphere, which then engulfs Peter in black goo, eventually forming his suit while augmenting his powers and abilities. The suit would later be revealed to be a symbiotic lifeform.
By: Comic Vine When Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, he found he had the proportional speed, strength and agility of a spider, as well as the ability to stick to walls. This inspired him to create his signature weapon and most used tool of all, his web shooters.
The black costume first debuted in ASM #252 with the tagline "The rumors are true", affirming suspicions that Spider-Man would be getting a new costume. Before its revelation, fans rejected the idea and wrote to Marvel asking them not to change the suit. However, Marvel could not remove the black suit since Secret Wars #8-- which revealed the suit's origin-- had yet to be released. The writers then needed to come up with a reasonable excuse for why Peter would want the symbiote removed, in order to please fans. The idea was then to have Peter to want to remove the symbiote because it was an alien lifeform that wanted to permanently bond with Peter. Upon realizing that Peter knew this, the symbiote got tighter on Peter, not wanting to remove itself from Peter’s body. It was blasted off, via a sonic wave blasting gun that Mr. Fantastic had. The problem then was, that fans actually started to like the black costume, before it was removed. So, the idea was then that Black Cat made him a non-alien cloth version that Peter could wear. Finally, new artist Todd McFarlane made it clear to Marvel that he didn’t like drawing the black suit. So, the cloth was gotten rid of by Peter as a request from Mary Jane who was terminated after being kidnapped by Venom and Peter went back to his classic red and blue costume.
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against Electro, acidic webbing to melt through Rhino’s tough hide and flame-retardant webbing to fight fires or fire elemental enemies. Organic Webbing In the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3), Peter had organic webbing generated by glands in his forearms. This was controversial with fans at the time, but proved popular with general audiences.
Bugle Owner Speaks on Spidey
school. In fact, before Jameson worked at the Bugle, another man named Walter Jameson, who bore a strong facial resemblance to the younger J. Jonah Jameson was raised as a child by Da- Jameson, had worked there. This man, who had vid and Betty Jameson. David was an officer of on separate incidents almost snapped a picture the United States Army, a war veteran decorat- of the unmasked Captain America and sent cored as a hero; at home, however, David regularly respondent C. Thomas Sites on a story covering abused his wife and son. As a result, J. Jonah Nick Fury and His Howling Commandos, also Jameson grew convinced that "No one's a hero served as editor or publisher while reporters every day of the week" and "Even the real heroes such as Scoop Daly worked at the Bugle, and can't keep it up all the time." served as publisher when the Daily Bugle ex Jameson is a very complicated indi- posed the disappearance of the original Captain vidual. He comes off as a bad-tempered, bossy, America, something the government denied. demanding and loud and rather bitter old man. This earlier Jameson’ connection to J. Jonah His most infamous trait is his immense, almost Jameson remains unclear; many think he was irrational hatred of Spider-Man, and his con- the younger Jameson’s father, or at least closestant attempts at proving that Spider-Man is a ly related to him in some way. In any event, J. public menace. It is Jonah Jameson had unknown why exa long career as a "Who is Spider-Man'" actly Jameson hates reporter, including He's a criminal, that's who he is! Spider-Man so, but time spent as a war A vigilante! A public menace! he alludes to severcorrespondent. al reasons. On one What's he doing on MY front page? Eventually Jamesside, it shown that on purchased then his hatred of Spider-Man is not exclusive, but financially floundering Daily Bugle, with money comes from a general distrust of superheroes obtained from his personal assets and large inand superhumans, as Jameson believes them heritance. Hence, the Bugle was now owned by to be irresponsible and untrustworthy. Other Jameson’s own company, Jameson Publications. times, it’s shown he doesn’t hate Spider-Man Jameson served as the newspaper’s publisher per se, but rather sees the hero as a figure he can and editor in chief, and revitalized the photoslander in order to sell papers, as he is a pub- graph-dominated tabloid format. In 1968 Jameslisher, therefore is doing it not out of malice, on’s company purchased the Goodman Building but rather using Spider-Man as a way to push on 39th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan his wares so he can get more money. However, and moved its entire editorial and publishing fait is shown that he hates Spider-Man for more cilities there. The building became known as the personal reasons. One being is that he in fact Daily Bugle Building. is jealous of Spider-Man, acknowledging Spi- Later, Jameson became notorious for der-Man’s brave and selfless heroic actions, and his editorial attacks against costumed “super envies the wall-crawler because “he is every- heroes” in general, and against Spider-Man in thing [Jameson] is not”. Another reason is be- particular. Spider-Man first came to public atcause he believes Spider-Man in fact overshad- tention as an entertainer who used his powers ows his son, John Jameson, whom he believes to perform on television and stage. But when does not receive the recognition he thinks his Spider-Man captured a burglar, Jameson became son deserves, and that Spider-Man steals it. His outraged that this masked entertainer would use love and pride of John is one of his much more his dangerous powers to take the law into his positive traits, as he thinks of John, who is an own hands. Jameson began speaking out against astronaut, as “a real hero”. This is not limited to Spider-Man in his lectures and newspaper edjust John, but to all public servants, such as fire- itorials. Jameson raised enough public doubt fighters and police officers. about the mysterious Spider-Man’s motivations Jameson began his journalistic career that Spider-Man was blacklisted virtually overby becoming a part-time reporter for New York night by the entertainment industry. City’s Daily Bugle while he was still in high By: Marvel Database
Fitting around each wrist, Spider-Man’s web shooters are easily concealed under his costume like a magic trick. Mechanics The trigger lies flat in his palm and requires a quick double tap of his middle and ring finger to activate. This keeps him from accidentally discharging his web when making a fist or holding an object. Not only does it need a double tap, Spider-Man’s web shooter also needs a strong amount of pressure to activate, beyond what a normal human can produce. Each shooter has an adjustable nozzle to allow for strong strands for web-slinging or wide dispersal for web nets, shields, cushions, and more. The shooter’s nozzle reacts to minute flicks of Spider-Man’s wrist to adjust the spray. Each shooter has a compartment for a small cartridge of concentrated web fluid which he had developed at home using a chemical set
he had. He keeps spare cartridges in a belt under his costume for easy access. In later times, he improved them by installing a rotating carousel that automatically reloads a web cartridge should the current cartridge inside the chamber of the web shooter runs out of web fluid. A steel pin breaks the cartridge, ready to shoot web for web-swinging or ensnaring villains. The web shooter is also prone to malfunction, thus Peter needs to have constant maintenance to prevent his webbing from exploding and entangling himself. Webbing When Spider-Man taps into his web shooter trigger, the web fluid is shot from a small nozzle. When the web fluid comes in contact with the air, it solidifies into a rope-like material that Spider-Man uses to web-swing across the New York skyline. If Spider-Man taps the trigger hard enough, the nozzle widens its opening, making the web coming out of the web shooter wider. The webbing produced by these cartridges is ultra-strong, but dissolves in about one hour’s time, this is why New York City isn’t covered in discarded webs. Spider-Man has improved his webbing formula over the years as he gained access to better labs and chemicals, and he has also developed variations on his web fluid formula for use against specific villains such as when he fights Venom he has an extremely strong and sticky webbing, insulated webbing