Just the other day my friend Aaron was wishing for an Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. Wish granted. Take a look at this clip in which Spidey goes head to head with the Trapster, Klaw, and the other members of the Frightful Four. ‘Cause you’ve always wanted to see Spider-Man throw a plate of high school slop onto Klaw, right?
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Here’s our first real look at Spidey’s return to the big screen in The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield as the Web-Head, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors, Sally Field and Martin Sheen as May and Ben Parker, and Denis Leary as Captain Stacy. Honestly, half of the trailer makes me think this could be a lot of fun… but the other half (Peter’s parents, some of Spidey’s wisecrackin’, and Emma Stone) I still have quite a few doubts about. Spidey swings into theaters on July 3rd.
Mark Waid gives Dan Slott a week off for the first issue of a two-part crossover with Daredevil. When the Black Cat is arrested for burglarizing Horizon Labs Spider-Man calls on an old friend for help (much to the dismay of Matt Murdock who is still trying to convince people he’s not Daredevil).
The issue has some fun Spidey/DD moments and banter including a race between the two from the top of Manhattan to the bottom and Spidey’s recognition how helpful it is to team up with the blind guy against a villain who has stolen a holographic projector that makes the hero doubt what he sees. The banter between Black Cat and Spidey to open the issue is also a lot of fun.
I haven’t been keeping up with Amazing Spider-Man lately given my lack of interest in Spider-Island and sheer the number of issues the title puts out every month. However, I have to say I love what Waid does with the ol’ Web-Head here and I’m eagerly anticipating the conclusion of the arc this week. Best of the week.
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The Raimi-less Spidey reboot finally has a trailer. And we think you really, really should watch. The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield hits theaters next July.
I’ve largely stayed out of Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Universe. The revamped look at classic heroes never really caught my fancy. The one exception to this was Ultimate Spider-Man, which I read sporadically for a short while before eventually moving on to other titles.
The Ultimate Universe has gone through quite a few shakeups in recent years including the deaths of numerous heroes. This issue, however, delivers the death of the hero with the longest running on-going Ultimate title – Peter Parker.
Of all the choices involved in this version of Peter the best was took keep his youth intact throughout his run. This Peter never graduates high school, and after the events of this issue it’s clear he never will. This also makes his death, at such a young age, much more tragic.
I liked this Spidey, but I was far less impressed with the Ultimate version of the Green Goblin, who plans the villain of this issue. After taking a bullet for Captain America in the previous issue our wounded hero makes his way to Queens to save his loved ones from the Goblin’s latest attack. He’s successful, but at a high price.
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