Spider-Man Fever by Brendan McCarthy is looking really good! It’s a big nod to the second ASM Annual that had Spidey teaming up with Dr. Strange by Lee and Ditko. Preview and interview with McCarthy -
He’s married in the new Clone Saga story which wraps this week (which is how the Clone Saga story was supposed to be written before editiorial stepped in) and in Spider-Girl which is featured in Web of Spider-Man but is about to go monthly again. He’s still married in Stan Lee’s Amazing Spider-Man Comic Strip. Single everywhere else and in Marvel’s current 616 timeline.
There’s minis here and there like Spider-Man and the Secret Wars which take place before the marriage so his marital status doesn’t matter. Oh and he was married in the What If Spider-Man House of M one shot.
For some odd reason this story of Spidey soon-to-be-unemployed this week was on my morning news TV show today. Maybe the media is trying to say “Don’t feel bad if you’re out of work in this terrible economy! Even Spider-Man can’t hold a job!” Or something like that. Maybe it’s a slow news day, I dunno… Strange thing to make a headline out of IMHO…
Once Mr. Negative returns Michael Lark MUST draw it again, his style is absolutely perfect for that character. I almost wish I could steal Mr. Negative for Daredevil. Damn you DD, why must you be cursed with such a weak rogues gallery? T_T
Also, I really enjoyed the Morbius story from ASM #622. I never really liked the character until now, but that story was pretty good. It’s too bad it couldn’t have been a full 22 pages. I guess Fred Van Lente is too busy scripting Marvel Zombies 6.
It is pretty much the same thing he’s been saying since OMD and even years before that. He doesn’t want Spider-Man married.
But yeah nowadays I get most of my Spider-Man fixes from Spider-Girl, the comic strip, New Avengers and minis like Spider-Man and the Secret Wars. Three times a month, inconsistent writing, inconsistent artwork, still no explanations for a bunch of OMD/BND things and practically no Mary Jane are things that turn me off ASM right now. I’ll still get it here and there if they feature a character I like though.
MJ is going to be showing up more soon, especially after the stuff that just happened with Rhino Peter really needs someone to talk to. And speaking of, man Joe Kelly knows how to pull at the ole heartstrings with what he’s done with Rhino.
Looks like a new Spider-Man video game from Activision is going to be announced on April 3rd during Wonder Con. Dan Slott will be writing and Christopher Daniel Barnes (Spider-Man in the '90s cartoon) will be providing Spider-Man’s voice. It seems like the working title will be “Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions.” Sounds interesting!