CBR Spider-Man Forum FAQ

**Mister Mets** · 07-27-2010, 09:32 AM

The question has been asked if change of any sorts is possible in the Spider-Man comics, or if it's doomed to be like the Archie books in which nothing changes from issue to issue.

There have been plenty of developments in the BND era.

spoilers:

Peter Parker made new friends, new enemies, new frenemies and got blacklisted as a photographer.

J. Jonah Jameson's father returned to New York City.

Aunt May got married to J Jonah Jameson's father.

J Jonah Jameson lost control of the Daily Bugle, separated from his wife and was elected mayor of New York City.

Mary Jane became the host of a fashion TV show.

Flash Thompson lost both legs in Afghanistan, and rekindled his romance with Sha Shan.

Madame Web and Mattie Franklin died. Arachne gained Madame Web's ability to tell the future.

Kaine has received new abilities, after a noble sacrifice.

The Lizard ate Billy Connors.

Harry Osborn bought the Coffee Bean.

Joe "Robbie" Robertson and Ben Urich left the Daily Bugle for the alternative newspaper the Frontline.

end of spoilers

And other stuff happened.

**Mister Mets** · 07-27-2010, 01:57 PM

Every month or so we have a sales discussion. The numbers which are usually referenced are the icv2 estimates. These are estimates by the website icv2 based on information provided by Diamond, the online retailer. Many comics insiders argue that the estimates are usually lower than the real sales.

Any figures extrapolated from information provided by Diamond do not include any comic books sold outside of Diamond, which includes subscriptions, domestic sales outside the direct market and sales to the international market.

In addition, the figures do not include the sales data for various reprints (another source of income for Marvel.)

Another source of information is the statement of ownership, usually an annual affair in which it's mentioned how many copies an average issue sold in a one-year period.

**Mister Mets** · 07-27-2010, 02:28 PM

Since the marriage was erased in Amazing Spider-Man #545, Peter Parker had a one-night stand with Michelle Gonzalez in Amazing Spider-Man #601 and a friends with benefits type relationship with Black Cat since Amazing Spider-Man #606.

**Mister Mets** · 07-27-2010, 02:37 PM

There are two scenes in Amazing Spider-Man which have been interpreted as possible rapes.

In Amazing Spider-Man #603, the Chameleon disguised as Peter Parker seduced his roommate Michelle Gonzalez. Two issues later, it was established that they just made out on the kitchen floor.

If the two had gone "all the way," it would not have counted as rape according to current New York state law on the subject (although the law could easily be different in a world in which shapeshifters are more common.)

In Amazing Spider-Man #631, after Curt Connors had become the Lizard again, a former coworker was described as being in no shape to talk. She was the only survivor of a massacre. Curt Connors had been portrayed earlier fantasizing about the woman.

Editor Steve Wacker posted to say that if any rape was inferred, that was a mistake. The woman was simply in shock after seeing a man-reptile eat her coworkers.

There is a further discussion on the topic.

**Mister Mets** · 08-04-2010, 05:57 PM

The Sony produced Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon was cancelled in the wake of the Disney/ Marvel merger.

The next animated Spider-man series will be an adaptation of Ultimate Spider-Man. The creative team includes Paul Dini, Brian Michael Bendis, Joe Casey, Stephen T. Seagal and Duncan Rouleau. Jeph Loeb is the guy in charge. The series will also feature significant appearances by other Marvel superheroes.

**Mister Mets** · 08-04-2010, 06:02 PM

Tom Defalco's soon to be finite Spider-Girl run (and every other title set in the MC2 universe) was a spinoff of a very successful issue of What If?

While set later than titles set in the mainstream Marvel Universe, it features a world in which things diverged from comics produced in the late 1990s (allowing writer Tom Defalco to build on his developments in Fantastic Four, Thunderstrike, Amazing Spider-Man and Green Goblin.)

As such, it was never set in the same continuity as contemporary Spider-Man titles.

**Mister Mets** · 08-09-2010, 03:35 PM

In a brief interview with CBR's Kiel Phegley, Joe Quesada mentioned that he viewed One More Day and the upcoming One Moment in Time as parts of a trilogy.

"Are there other stories to tell? I personally feel this is a bit of a trilogy. There's another story for me to tell but not because there's a dangling question. There's just one more story I could tell around this. Maybe it would take me another two years to get to it, but I'll probably get to it."

**Mister Mets** · 10-03-2010, 12:15 PM

At this point, there are dozens of threads and a lot of posts devoted to the One Moment in Time storyline in Amazing Spider-Man #538-541.

There's an official poll regarding opinions on the entire storyline.

There were several threads for the individual issues.
Amazing Spider-Man #638 Spoilers & Discussion
Two reviews of Amazing Spider-Man #638
Amazing Spider-Man #639 Spoilers & Discussion
Amazing Spider-Man #640 Spoilers & Discussion
Amazing Spider-Man #641 Spoilers & Discussion

One More Day, One Moment in Time and One More story deals with a third story Quesada intends to write, with ties to OMD and OMIT.
One interpretation of how OMD and OMIT work shows OMIT essentially retcons OMD.
JMS or Joe Quesada. Whose version of OMD was better? asks whether JMS's original plans for OMD were better than the final result.
What questions did OMIT not answer? is self-explanatory.
As is, "Which was better? OMD or OMIT?"

And then there's the recently completed five-part "Cup of Joe" series on the subject.
Cup of Joe September 27
Cup of Joe September 28
Cup of Joe September 29
Cup of Joe September 30
Cup of Joe October 1

That was a follow-up to a "Cup of Joe" series on One More Day.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...old=1&id=12664
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...old=1&id=12673
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...old=1&id=12681
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...old=1&id=12688
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...old=1&id=12694
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=12395

And there's the General Quesada's Spider-Man thread.
And a retcons megathread,
And the Amazing Adventures of the Brick.

**Mister Mets** · 10-26-2010, 06:50 AM

Spectacular Spider-Man/ Marvel Team-Up writer Bill Mantlo (co-creator of Cloak and Dagger) suffered severe and irreversible brain damage in a hit-and-run. He resides in a facility, where he receives full-time care.

**Mister Mets** · 11-16-2010, 11:50 AM

They're not killing off the regular Marvel Universe Spider-Man.

The Death of Spider-Man event is part of the Ultimate Marvel line of books.

**Mister Mets** · 12-25-2010, 11:09 AM

**Mister Mets** · 12-25-2010, 11:16 AM

Another feature is a "writer of the week" discussion, started on most Sundays.

Writers discussed so far have included...
J. Michael Stracyznski
Marv Wolfman
James Owsley/ (Christopher) Priest
David Micheline
Howard Mackie
Bill Mantlo
J.M. Dematteis
Peter David
Roger Stern
Terry Kavanagh
Dennis O'Neil
Stan Lee

**Mister Mets** · 12-25-2010, 11:22 AM

And with comics being a visual medium, there's an (almost) weekly spotlight on noteworthy Spider-Man artists.

Artists discussed so far include...
Jim Mooney
Sal Buscema
Pat Oliffe
John Byrne
Rich Buckler
Ross Andru
John Romita Jr.
Alex Savuik
John Romita Sr.

**Mister Mets** · 12-25-2010, 11:35 AM

Short for "retroactive continuity" the term initially applied to untold tales set in a character's past.

Now it's come to mean something slightly different. It's a somewhat new and insular term, but it already has a definition on dictionary.com

Originally Posted by dictionary.com

retcon
/ret'kon/ retroactive continuity.
The common situation in fiction where a new story "reveals" things about events in previous stories, usually leaving the "facts" the same (thus preserving continuity) while completely changing their interpretation. For example, revealing that a whole season of "Dallas" was a dream was a retcon.
This term was once thought to have originated on the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.comics but is now believed to have been used earlier in comic fandom.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-08)

Generally, a retcon is a story built on a continuity point that the original writers hadn't considered at the time. In Writing for Comics, Peter David described the three types of retcons. The first is when writers tie disparate story elements together to make the mistakes seem intentional, such as revealing that Ned Leeds's inability to fight the Foreigner's goons was proof that he wasn't really the Hobgoblin. Peter David also used the example of doing a story in which Captain Marvel recreated the universe, meaning that continuity goofs in titles like the Hulk were a result of the recreation, and would soon be cleared out. These are now in-continuity explanations for goofs.

The second is when stories put modern spins on pre-existing continuity (IE- John Byrne's revelation that Lockjaw was an Inhuman.)

The final category of retcons is when stories establish a new and distinct continuity, sometimes with the aid of an explanation in a continuity-altering event, such as The Crisis of Infinite Earths. This is the one most comic book fans think of when they read the word "retcon" but it's also weirdest to define.

Click here for a discussion about retcons.

**Mister Mets** · 05-12-2011, 08:09 PM

When you start a new thread, there are a bunch of options on the new thread page including "Post a Poll."

So, make sure to check "yes" and select the number of choices you respondents to have.

Write your first post, and click "Submit New Thread." Your first post will be posted and at this point, you'll arrive on the page in which you create the poll.

Do not press "Back" during this process, as this will mean you won't be able to add the poll.

If you want people to have multiple options or if you want it to be a public poll (which means it won't be anonymous, but that there's more transparency) click those options.

Make sure that the question is easily understood and that the possible answers cover all of the options. Recognize the middle ground between "Roger Stern is the best Spider-Man writer ever" and 'Roger Stern's Spider-Man is badly written."

It's also preferable if the thread title "agrees" with the question in the poll. If the title of the thread is "Does OMD suck?" the poll question should not be "Is OMD awesome?"

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