Make your Future Predictions

[rZi]

I was just curious what you think we can expect in the future for spider-man titles, this doesn't mean it will happen within weeks/months it could be years from now, for example:

1) Baby May will return grown up - I really think they havent touched on this because they have future plans for the character , kinda like spider-girl may i don't know.
2) Normie will eventualy grow up to be the next Green Goblin - Surely he must follow in the family footsteps? It's the osborn legacy!
3) Gabriel Stacy will get his memory back and attack peter again - Sarah might make an apperance.

Thats all i can think of for now, but id love to hear your suggestions...i mean there is a huge part of me saying "youve forgotten the most obvious" but i can't think what it is..

[rZi]

/bump

4) Mac Gargan will go back to being the scorpion again and thus eddie will don the symbiote
5) A new Carnage-type character will come back...possibly they would make a terrible retcon for cletus
6) Mary jane will die, i figure if Joe Q wants it bad enough it'll happen...he's certainly voiced his opinions on it

[Dark Soul # 7]

Aunt May dies.
Something happens to the marriage but MJ doesn't die, I think that Marvel learned its lesson from the last time. Peter and MJ stay together.
Spider-man quits the Avengers.
Spider-man asks some sort of favour from Loki.

[JesseJay]

Ben reilly is going to come back, and thus kaine probley will at some point. also think a goblin will return after a long absance, possibly Rodrick kingsley.

on a side note, I figured marvel would have released something recently that featured Harry osborn , what with all the other shameless movie plugs. i.e. "back in Black', eddie brock returning in sensational, and sandman in FN.

[1WEBHEAD]

Somebody NEW takes over the Scorpian suit and title.

Somebody with a grudge against Peter/Spidey gets their hands on the Iron SpiderMan suit peter was wearing.

LOKI!!!

Kingpin get beat into a coma.

More later...

[Arachnid]

Ben reilly is going to come back, and thus kaine probley will at some point. also think a goblin will return after a long absance, possibly Rodrick kingsley.



Bingo.

I would love Grown up Baby may to come though. That would probably be on of my all time favorite comic.

Also, when Aunt May does die, I hope it has just one page that shows here sitting on a park bench with white light everywhere right next to Uncle Ben.

That would be a great end for her Character. To spend the rest of eternity with Uncle Ben.:) :o

[Red Lotus]

The Scarlet Spider will return, but fans will be ticked when the Scarlet Spider turns out to be Sarah Stacy.

Spider-man will do battle with Mephisto to save Aunt May's soul.

Spider-man will almost kill Daredevil when Daredevil gets in his way when he tries to take the Kingpin down.

Spider-man becomes the new new Ronin.

[1WEBHEAD]

The Scarlet Spider will return, but fans will be ticked when the Scarlet Spider turns out to be Sarah Stacy.

Spider-man will do battle with Mephisto to save Aunt May's soul.

Spider-man will almost kill Daredevil when Daredevil gets in his way when he tries to take the Kingpin down.

Spider-man becomes the new new Ronin.

Okay, that sounds really cool.

[Brian "Vash" Ashby]

IT will be revealed that the MJ that has been with peter since they reconciled is, in fact, a new female Chameleon who is in cahoots with Mysterio

They have been trying to drive parker bonkers and did stuff like Sins Past.

[Omega Alpha]

Spider-Man will be revealed to be a part of the Illuminatti and supported the Hulk being exiled to space. Hulk will kill Peter and Marvel will never publish a Spider-Man story again.

[Sean Whitmore]

Ben reilly is going to come back, and thus kaine probley will at some point. also think a goblin will return after a long absance, possibly Rodrick kingsley.

*Opens the envelope...*

"Name three things that will not be happening anytime soon."


SEAN

[SpideyZERO]

It is revealed that Spidey is the secret mastermind behind Secret War, Civil War etc

[Captain Mobra]

I remember reading Tony's predictions speech in an old Illuminati issue. He basically runs through all of Civil War: a young super hero team screws up on camera, someone major (he points out Peter specifically) will unmask, get his family ruined, and then probably gets a crime blamed on him.

So I'd think that Spidey gets something major blamed on him, I don't know what yet. Possibly the murder of the Kingpin, of course he'll come back, but it'll be a big deal in continuity.

[PunisherFan]

May dies, MJ and Peter fight, they make up and out, Doc Ock brings back the Sinister 6, Hobgoblin returns, carnage stays dead, bunch of loser spidey villains team up to take him out(kangaroo, looter, hypno hustler, will-o-the-wisp, lady ock,lol) ok most of it is stuff i hope happens or wrote as a laugh but i do think the first 3 will happen

[Captain Mobra]

I hope Doc Ock does something MAJOR in the next few years. I mean, he's always portrayed as a top villian, but has nothing to back that up except a similarity to Pete in some ways and the sheer number of appearances.

I'd like to see him do something brilliant, not even necessarily anything evil or to Spiderman. Just something huge and something that shows he's one of the top minds in MU, which would make him a much bigger threat to Pete.

[Sean Whitmore]

I hope Doc Ock does something MAJOR in the next few years. I mean, he's always portrayed as a top villian, but has nothing to back that up except a similarity to Pete in some ways and the sheer number of appearances.

I'd like to see him do something brilliant, not even necessarily anything evil or to Spiderman. Just something huge and something that shows he's one of the top minds in MU, which would make him a much bigger threat to Pete.

I think his last really cool thing was saving Peter's life during the Clone Saga, and then allowing himself to be arrested so he could eventually break out and start the dance over again. It's a shame that since his resurrection, he's kind of reverted to his older, two-dimensional incarnation.


SEAN

[rZi]

Some good suggestions but the whole ben reily/kaine things a bit...uhm? I mean i saw a petition "bring back the scarlet spider" and i was thinking...how? I mean he turned to dust for gods sake, surely there is no plausable retcon for that? As for kaine i think he will a few years from now , something to do with baby May

[The Shelf]

Some good suggestions but the whole ben reily/kaine things a bit...uhm? I mean i saw a petition "bring back the scarlet spider" and i was thinking...how? I mean he turned to dust for gods sake, surely there is no plausable retcon for that? As for kaine i think he will a few years from now , something to do with baby May

As much as I agree with you, anything is possible for Marvel. I'm sure there are some alternate universe Reillys and Kaines that they could grab.

EDIT: Actually, I forgot Kaine was still alive. Whatever happened to him? Did he just walk off into the night one issue or something? Or did he die, but wasn't dust-ified like Reilly was?

[founder81]

bunch of loser spidey villains team up to take him out(kangaroo, looter, hypno hustler, will-o-the-wisp, lady ock,lol)

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[PunisherFan]

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i have that one and love it, but with Gibbon and Grizzly good guys and Spot being dead I don't think those 4 will team anytime soon. They shoulda had the Walrus in that group too. lol he's the best lame character to ever grace a Spider-Man page

[Captain Mobra]

Some good suggestions but the whole ben reily/kaine things a bit...uhm? I mean i saw a petition "bring back the scarlet spider" and i was thinking...how? I mean he turned to dust for gods sake, surely there is no plausable retcon for that? Lol.

That's it. I just find the phrase "there is no plausable retcon for that" hilarious. That's the very thing retcons are for. And if there isn't a retcon powerful enough to bring it back, then they can and may retcon retons themselves.

[JesseJay]

They retconed it so that an actress died in aunt may's place, and peter didn't even notice. That's stretching the limits of retconing pretty far. I believe they could bring Ben Reilly back in a easier fashion.

[Sean Whitmore]

They could do it easily by saying, "Nope, that wasn't Ben who degenerated. It was a different clone. Norman's had the real Ben locked up for the past few years."

Of course, the problem with that is we're back to square one. Suddenly, everyone's identity is in question. Who is he, is he a clone? Is that a clone? Is it the first clone or a second clone?


SEAN

[Mister Mets]

My "One More Day" predictions.

I've believed this for months, but recent events (Aunt May's injuries & the drastic upcoming creative team changes make it more likely.)

Spider-Man asks Doctor Strange's help in making the world forget Peter Parker was Spider-Man (Strange had done the same thing with Sentry before.) Doctor Strange refuses. Loki who owes Spider-Man a favor offers to do this (note- Loki will likely have a role in JMS's upcoming Thor relaunch, where he'll probably receive a power upgrade. The Ultimate Loki had the power to change time & space so there's no reason for the original Loki to be different.) Peter mulls it over, until Loki explains that if the change is successful, Aunt May will be okay. If they wait too long, Aunt May will die and she'll have to be dead in the remade worls since Loki's not powerful enough to bring back the dead. Eventually Spider-Man agrees. Just like that the Marvel Universe is changed, but even more than Peter Parker expected.

Aunt May is alive and well. But in the remade world, Mary Jane doesn't know Spider-Man's identity. And she's never been married to Peter (they've dated a few times.) So this fixes the "marriage problem" without divorce or death.

This allows for a drastic new status quo with a single Peter Parker (who still remembers the events of the last twenty years.) And I think Marvel could publish the books in two different ways.

[Mister Mets]

The first possibility is that Marvel relaunches all the Spider-Man titles, renumbering Amazing Spider-Man (because it will bring attention to the relaunch and its likely that the post- One More Day books will have a drastically different status quo) and replacing Sensational & FNSM with new titles (because Sensational/ FNSM don't sell that well.)

My wish list for revamped Spider-Man books would be as follows.

Amazing Spider-Man
Writer- Mark Millar
Artist- Mark Bagley
Amazing Spider-Man would be the flagship title, which establishes the status quo for the books. If Spider-Man gets a new girlfriend/ breaks up with his old one, it usually happens here. I doubt these two guys would want to be on the books for longer than an year, but they would provide for an excellent high profile relaunch.
As for who I'd have to follow the two Marks: Brian K Vaughan, Ed Brubaker (this gives him an year to finish Uncanny X-men which I expect is the easiest book for him to give up) would make great writers, while Mike Wieringo, David Finch, Jim Cheung, Frank Cho, Terry Dodson, or Chriscross would be the artists I'd go for.

Spectacular Spider-Man
Writer- Dan Slott
Artist- John Romita Jr
Every issue of this book would be self-contained. This is the book that would deal with the ramifications of events in other books (ie- crossovers) something Slott's done often in She-Hulk. Some issues will be funny, some will be tragic. Some will feature new villains, classic villains, rarely used B-level villains, and villains from other franchises. It's meant to compliment the shortages of the other Spider-Man books. This should also give John Romita Jr an opporunity to do the best work of his career, as he'll draw something different every issue.
Because of the done in one aspects of this title fill-in work may be common, but it should always be good, and by respected creators (ie- Paul Jenkins, Lee Weeks, Tom Beland, Ed Brubaker)
If Dan Slott wants to write a longer story he'll have to do a seperate mini series, or swap with the Amazing Spider-Man writer for a few months. I want the title to maintain the consistency a single issue format brings.

Astonishing Spider-Man
Writer- Jeph Loeb
Artist- J Scott Campbell
I'd use this book to establish an Astonishing franchise, to surpass DC's All-Star franchise, getting A-list creators doing what they want on an accessible book, free from the continuity of the other books (this would be the book for late writers).
When Loeb/ Campbell are done, I'd try to get Michael Chabon or Joss Whedon to write this book, with Bryan Hitch, John Cassady, or Joe Mad on art.
Note- I'm not the world's biggest Loeb/ Campbell fan though I did enjoy Spider-Man: Blue. Loeb sells well, and he's been working on a project for Campbell for years so that's gotta go somewhere.

I also think a Spider-Man/ Fantastic Four monthly book could also work. Before Wieringo did the mini-series w/ Jeff Packer I thought he'd be perfect for artist. Not sure bout the writer though.

[Mister Mets]

Another thing Marvel could do is cancel the other books, and make Amazing Spider-Man into a weekly series.

The way the series could work would be that each writer/ artist team does a complete story, followed by the next team. For instance- in a six month period, Millar/ Bagley may do a five issue arc, followed by 1 issue of Beland/ Phillips, followed by 1 issue of Lee Weeks, followed by 2 issues of Fraction/ Medina, followed by 3 issues of Sacasa/ Medina, followed by 4 issues of Simone/ Coipel, followed by 1 issue of Millar/Bagley, followed by 1 issue of Slott/Silvestri, followed by 4 issues of avid/Medina, followed by 3 issues of Fraction/Medina. Then the next six months can begin with a six issue Millar/Bagley arc followed by........

The writers would work together a bit to make sure they can work with the developments others make. There may be a chief architect who does more work than the others/ functions as editor. The regular writers may contribute to the work of others, developing subplots, etc.

Pros:
It's good for more than monthly artists who may be constrained by the monthly format, and can handle 16 issues an year.
It also provides many opportunities for artists who can't do a monthly book (ie- Lee Weeks) or for artists already on a monthly book, and capable of drawing even more issues (ie- Sean Phillips.)
It encourages co-operation between writers.
There's less of a wait between cliffhangers, which makes decompression more acceptable.
Because there wouldn't be 3-4 Spider-Man arcs occuring simoltaneously, Marvel would have an easier type time hyping each arc one at a time.
Marvel has the benefit of a 25th anniversary issue every six months, and a 50th anniversary once an year (note- Just because the books weekly doesn't mean it needs 52 issues an year. There could easily be annual or semiannual "breaks" allowing Marvel to adopt the season finale format for the comics, while producing as few as 30 Spider-Man issues an year.)
The format encourages experimentation, and exposes readers to new creators, and gives opportunities for new creators.
There are more opportunities to deal with events in other books.
It encourages cheaper comics, because most weekly books so far (US War Machine, 52, etc) has been at least 50 cents per issue cheaper than the monthly books.
It's also an alternative to the old monthly comic that's been done for the last sixty-five years.
The lower-selling creators (and books that would ordinarily be one-shots) would see an improvement in sales.
Readers would never have difficulty knowing when the next issue of Amazing Spider-Man is coming out.
No more crossovers.

Cons:
Writers/ artists can not be late, as it will delay the projects of others.
Out of continuity projects wouldn't be included in this, so you'd easily have more than four Spider-Man books on some month months.
It hinders creativity, as the writers have to deal with the developments of other writers far more closely than if they were all on seperate books.
Encouraging readers to buy a Spider-Man book a week (as opposed to how readers can currently just follow Amazing Spider-Man) will be hell on the wallet. It may also discourage readers from picking up arcs by creators they would ordinarily follow.
There's a longer wait between arcs by your favorite creators. If Slott/ Jiminez do a six issue arc (assuming they can create one issue a month) that means you probably won't see anything by them for another 4 1/2 months (18 issues) which also complicates their longer arcs.
It requires more lead time for creators (at least at first), since Marvel can't begin an arc until they have every issue finished. There will be an initial loss of a few months of a productivity
The need to fill X (30-52) issues an year, means that Marvel may have to settle for crappier work by crappier creators. Experiments/ new creators can easily fail. It also encourages padding, when the writers know they have to produce X issues an year, and an embarassing hole in the schedule can be resolved by turning a 5 issue arc into an 8 issue arc.
The differences between creators may be jarring, especially in TPB form. TPBs featuring the most popular creators may feature a decline in sales, if they also include the work of the less popular creators. For instance, a JMS fan will be less inclined to buy a seven issue trade with 3 issues of content by him, and 4 issues by other guys.
The architect writer will become more powerful, so if you hate that guy, you'll have more difficulty enjoying the other books than you currently do.
It's more glaringly obvious, when the co-ordination between writers fail, and one arc suddenly contradicts the developments of another.

[Cracker Jack]

I have a feeling that Ben Reilly might return. Lately there are hints everywhere to him coming back. Pretty cool, but I hope they do it in style.

A possible theory of how they'll bring him back is that during or like "The Other" because Ben was a perfect clone, he might've been reborn out of a cocoon too. His dust found its way together again and... became a cocoon.

I dunno, but in short my prediction: Ben will be back.

[Mister Mets]

I have a feeling that Ben Reilly might return. Lately there are hints everywhere to him coming back. Pretty cool, but I hope they do it in style.

A possible theory of how they'll bring him back is that during or like "The Other" because Ben was a perfect clone, he might've been reborn out of a cocoon too. His dust found its way together again and... became a cocoon.

I dunno, but in short my prediction: Ben will be back.

First. Welcome to the board (even if you think Lizard's boring.)

Do you have any other hints to Ben Reilly's possible return?

I just don't see it happening with the unpopularity of the clone saga amongst the current guys at Marvel (plus- very little of it's been reprinted.)

[Cracker Jack]

The Clone Saga is not popular, but Ben gained quite some fans. Including Joe Quescada (or however his name is written) who seems to trying to get what he wants (MJ and Peter not married and the hints he gave to a comic with Ben would sell good).

Plus, Marvel tried to forget the Clone Saga ever happened, yet Ben Reilly turns up in Spider-Girl (I know, not part of the continuity but still might be a hint) and his name is brought up as Peter uses it as an alias.


PS: Thank you for the welcoming. :D

[desanth]

Scarlet spider also turned up in MZ: Dead Days and had a mention in Thunderbolts(as a target for the team). In MZ he wasn't zombified. Plus just Pete assuming the identity of Ben Reilly and the appearance of that person matching what the Ben Reilly might look like.

[Guybrush]

Spider-Girl writer is Tom DeFlaco, who wrote a large chunk of the clone saga. So its no surprise to find a lot of clone saga references in that title. Other then that, I highly doubt we'll see Ben Reilly anytime soon. When you'll actually see him, you know Marvel have officialy ran out of ideas.

[Cracker Jack]

Well, Marvel is quite doing funky stuff already. They're about to erase 20+ years of marriage after they decided it wasn't fun after all to make Spidey's identity public probably through Loki.
My guess is Peter will try to ask he never hooked up with MJ so she wouldn't get hurt, or maybe even further in the past or something like making sure he rescues Gwen (they already gave him organic webbing like in the movie, so why not copy SM3 and let Gwen live?). Which leads to Jackal not making any clones at all (that takes care of erasing the Clone Saga for good) since his crush (Gwen) survived, giving us a whole new background of Spidey.

I can imagine Marvel doing something risky as that.

[Captain Mobra]

Well, Marvel is quite doing funky stuff already. They're about to erase 20+ years of marriage after they decided it wasn't fun after all to make Spidey's identity public probably through Loki.
My guess is Peter will try to ask he never hooked up with MJ so she wouldn't get hurt, or maybe even further in the past or something like making sure he rescues Gwen (they already gave him organic webbing like in the movie, so why not copy SM3 and let Gwen live?). Which leads to Jackal not making any clones at all (that takes care of erasing the Clone Saga for good) since his crush (Gwen) survived, giving us a whole new background of Spidey.

I can imagine Marvel doing something risky as that.One man's "risky" is another man's "retarded".

[Cracker Jack]

One man's "risky" is another man's "retarded".

Some people at Marvel are indeed retarded.

[Mister Mets]

Well, Marvel is quite doing funky stuff already. They're about to erase 20+ years of marriage after they decided it wasn't fun after all to make Spidey's identity public probably through Loki.
My guess is Peter will try to ask he never hooked up with MJ so she wouldn't get hurt, or maybe even further in the past or something like making sure he rescues Gwen (they already gave him organic webbing like in the movie, so why not copy SM3 and let Gwen live?). Which leads to Jackal not making any clones at all (that takes care of erasing the Clone Saga for good) since his crush (Gwen) survived, giving us a whole new background of Spidey.

I can imagine Marvel doing something risky as that.
Anything that brings anyone back from the dead is a bad move just because it makes Spider-Man a momumental dick within his universe for choosing to undo Gwen's death rather than September 11 or Xorneto's genocide in or any Carnage rampage or any event within the Marvel universe which killed more than a dozen people (and that raises way too many uncomfortable and strange questions.)

Kudos for the several potential Ben Reilly clues. I was aware of them but didn't realize how they were adding up (you could add references to Clone Saga characters in Spider-Man handbooks.)

[PunisherFan]

Scarlet spider also turned up in MZ: Dead Days and had a mention in Thunderbolts(as a target for the team). In MZ he wasn't zombified. Plus just Pete assuming the identity of Ben Reilly and the appearance of that person matching what the Ben Reilly might look like.

I think the Thunderbolts target is the Steel Spider... Norman kept saying Steel Spider-Man, and they did fight him last issue

[Mister Mets]

I think the Thunderbolts target is the Steel Spider... Norman kept saying Steel Spider-Man, and they did fight him last issue

If I'm not mistaken, there was a reference to the Scarlet Spider as one of the superheroes unaccounted for. This set off a panic attack for Norman who thought he would have to face Spider-Man.