http://www.historyofspider-man.com Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:14:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sony Spider-Man 1 image found on google with my caption Just read the news that Sam Raimi and Tobey Maquire are out and will not be part of Spider-Man 4 and a reboot is in the works. There were script troubles and NO DOUBT Sony was not happy at all that ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/spider-man-4-sam-raimi-tobey-maguire-out-reboot-in-works Amazing Fantasy 15 cover with my caption Kirby Estate Going After Spider-Man Unpacking The Kirby Reclamation Case Wow what a news surprise! What a bunch of crap in my opinion! Having read a lot about the creation of Spider-Man. It's clear to me, that a Lee/Kirby Spider-Man WOULD NEVER have been the same ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/kirby-estate-going-after-spider-man-what-a-bunch-of-crap Various Kirby co-creations with my caption Kirby Estate Goes after Marvel This news is a surprise! It appears that Jack Kirby, or rather his Heirs in the form of his Estate are going to sue both Marvel and now Disney. They are going for the Copyright ownership of the characters Kirby created ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/kirby-estate-going-after-marvel-and-disney-for-copyright-ownership Spider-Man and Captain America by Joe Quesada with my caption Comic Book Resources I took the above images from the Comic Book Resources link above on his Cup O' Joe art. Spidey was a One More Day Wizard picture. Cap was from the Reborn story cover art. I put my text in both ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/marvel-sold-themselves-out-to-disney Marvel Characters image found on Google with my caption I'm sure you heard the news by now. That Disney plans to buy Marvel and all their characters. My reaction? Utter Surprise! For all the comic news gossip / journalism sites, I never saw or read about this coming. Yet, wouldn't their ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/disney-to-buy-marvel-7-reasons-why-i-hate-it Thor and Dr. Strange image with my caption Looking over the Marvel Comics characters of the 1960's, very few Heroes wore capes on their costumes. Of the group only Dr. Strange and Thor wore capes. That's it. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-men, Hulk, etc. no one else got a cape. Was it ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/marvel-comics-few-heroes-had-capes-but-why Amazing Spider-Man One More Day covers with my caption Since One More Day and the issue of Marriage is an important issue. I can't help but think about it again. I recently saw the movie Fireproof DVD (click this link to read about the DVD), and it was quite good. But ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/spider-man-more-one-more-day-thoughts-my-comic-book-idea-of-peter-parker-in-hell Marvel Legacy The 1960s Handbook Cover with my caption I was thinking about 1960's Marvel and what made that foundation of a universe great, why those characters and books got popular, and I came up with 3 concepts which I will expand upon: 1. Community 2. Lack of Space Alien Origins 3. Relatable ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/what-made-marvel-comics-great-community-lack-of-space-alien-origins-relatable-heroes Amazing Spider-Man #601 cover with my caption I must admit J. Scott Campbell does have his moments as an artist. And this is one of his best covers. I like how subtle it is. It has a picture of Peter and MJ together in a photo above her. There is a ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/spider-man-marriage-question-to-all-men-about-one-more-day Spider-Man picture with my caption One thing I've noticed is that until the 1990's Spider-Man had a great, almost easy to follow continuity. His history was not really messed up, or had big gaps of reboots, timeline jumps, or continuity problems. I'll qualify this by giving bad continuity examples. Over at ... http://www.historyofspider-man.com/history-of-spider-man/spider-man-had-a-great-continuity-until-omd-bnd-and-other-such-events