Spider-Man returns
Nathan Poppe reviews Marvel’s latest comic book adaptation, “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
Now that SpiderMan is coming “home” in his latest film, Marvel is focusing on his hometown and supporting cast in the new series “Spectacular Spider-Man.”
In the series, written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Adam Kubert, the stories will be set primarily in New York and will focus on Peter Parker and his friends, family and colleagues.
“With this book, we’re using the same SpiderMan in-continuity but shifting the spotlight back to his NYC environment and supporting cast,” Zdarsky told Entertainment Weekly.
“But even though we’re pushing to make it a more personal book, we’re still going to have big adventures with ramifications that’ll be felt in his other books.”
Looking for more Spider-suggestions? Here are a few to keep an eye out for:
‘100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die’
Mark Ginocchio, of the blog Chasing Amazing, has crafted this compendium of reference, history and trivia that will give new fans a leg up and may even surprise some longtime Spiderfans.
‘Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel’
Bob Batchelor’s biography of the co-creator of Spider-Man is set for a September release. The book follows Stan from his early days through the big successes of Marvel in the 1960s, and through his ups and downs in the decades since.
‘Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1’
The Vulture, aka Adrian Toomes, was one of the first Spider-Man villains to appear, making his debut in “Amazing Spider-Man” issue #2 with a cover date of May 1963.
The character makes his live-action debut in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” played by Michael Keaton.
The first “Marvel Masterworks” featuring Spider-Man features the character’s first appearance in “Amazing Fantasy” #15 and issues 1-10.
These stories, by Lee and artist Steve Ditko, introduced Peter Parker, his Aunt May, and the beginning of SpiderMan’s rogues gallery.
‘Spider-Man: Forever Young prose novel’
Released this week, this prose novel by comics writer and novelist Stefan Petrucha takes a look back at Peter Parker in his college days dating Gwen Stacy.
Kingpin’s the foe in a story that features mob entanglement and an illness for Peter’s Aunt May.
‘Spidey: First Day’
A modern take on the early days of Spider-Man is found in the collection “Spidey: First Day.”
It contains the first six issues of the “Spidey” series written by Robbie Thompson with art by André Lima Araújo and Nick Bradshaw.
Villains include Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Vulture and Doctor Doom as Peter faces high school problems amid finding time to sling his webs as Spider-Man.