Roger Stern, Tom Defalco and others working on 50th Anniversary mini-series

[David Walton]

I do think the picture's not quite complete until J M DeMatteis is involved in an anniversary project.

This is also the 25th anniversary of Kraven's Last Hunt!

[Mister Mets]

I'm loving the list of writers but my dream 50th anniversary series writers would be:

1st issue(60s era): Stan Lee; Spider-Man vs Doc Ock

2nd issue(70s era): Gerry Conway; Spider-Man vs Green Goblin

3rd issue(80s era): Roger Stern; Spider-Man vs Hobgoblin

4th issue(90s era): Tom DeFalco; Spider-Man vs Venom and Carnage(Venom debuted in the 80s but was mainly used in the 90's)

5th issue(2000 era): JMS/Bendis; Spider-Man vs Morlun

But thats definitely asking for too much and I slightly get my wish with Stern and Delfaco.

I think it would be awesome if JMS did an issue, but I think it would be difficult to do a single issue Morlun VS Spider-Man issue. The same would be true of Venom and Carnage. And the Norman Osborn Green Goblin, as he would need to remember and forget his costumed identity over the course of a 22 page story.

A Hobgoblin story with scenes in Roderick Kingsley's POV would be fantastic.

An obscure villain for JMS, but an ideal one, might be the Mechanized Man from The Twelve. In that series, he was an established villain. So it would be fun to see his debut.

[Billium 3]

Holy crap! Roger Stern AND Tom DeFalco returning to write Spider-Man?! Count me in! If they write a Hobgoblin story, I couldn't be happier!

[Aziz Abbasi]

Hello story with good potential to be great but also not a forgettable possibility to be forgettable
I love the use of Gugg's story cover by JRjr for that article

[Mister Mets]

The solicitations are out.

Celebrating 50 AMAZING Years!
Celebrating 50 Years of the Great Responsibility of his Great powers, The Spider-Man 50th
Anniversary Series collects the Webbed Wonder’s greatest heretofore secret history! Spanning from his earliest days as a hero to the heyday of the heralded Big Time era and everything in between, a collection of Marvel Legends, venerated comic creators and awe-inspiring artists shine the spotlight on everything that makes Spider-Man the World’s Greatest Superhero!
32 PGS. all-new content/Rated T ...$2.99

Peter Parker, Spider-Man #156.1
ROGER STERN (w)
ROB DE LATORRE (a)
Cover by JOHN ROMITA, JR

Sensational Spider-Man #33.1& 33.2
TOM DEFALCO (w)
CARLO Barberi (a)
Covers by SIMONE BIANCHI

Web of Spider-Man #129.1 & 129.2
STUART MOORE (w)
DAMION SCOTT (a)
Cover by MIKE MCKONE

[David Walton]

The solicitations are out.

Interesting.

So SSM 33.1 and .2 would fall between "The Gathering of Five" and "The Final Chapter."

WOS 129.1 and .2 would fall between Peter quitting as Spider-Man and Ben Reilly taking up the mantle.

PPTSM didn't make it to issue 156 in either volume, so I'm guessing they mean PPTSM. That means it falls during the era where Robbie Robertson got busted out of jail with Tombstone, if memory serves. 156 is the Banjo issue!

[Kevinroc]

I'm really curious if these issues will reflect Peter and MJ being married or the post-OMD status quo changes.

[Mister Mets]

Interesting.

So SSM 33.1 and .2 would fall between "The Gathering of Five" and "The Final Chapter."

WOS 129.1 and .2 would fall between Peter quitting as Spider-Man and Ben Reilly taking up the mantle.

PPTSM didn't make it to issue 156 in either volume, so I'm guessing they mean PPTSM. That means it falls during the era where Robbie Robertson got busted out of jail with Tombstone, if memory serves. 156 is the Banjo issue!

I'm a bit surprised that they decided that the period between Peter Parker quitting as Spider-Man and Ben Reilly taking over hasn't been explored enough, considering the filler Scarlet Spider minis.

[David Walton]

I'm a bit surprised that they decided that the period between Peter Parker quitting as Spider-Man and Ben Reilly taking over hasn't been explored enough, considering the filler Scarlet Spider minis.

Maybe I'm somehow mistaken.

It would cover the pregnancy era, so maybe they're going to deal with questions about how the Clone Saga played out differently that will be relevant in the coming year.

[Mister Mets]

Maybe I'm somehow mistaken.

It would cover the pregnancy era, so maybe they're going to deal with questions about how the Clone Saga played out differently that will be relevant in the coming year.

You're definitely not mistaken about when Web 129 came out.

But you do have a good point about this being a good opportunity to show how the Clone Saga would have gone differently if MJ wasn't pregnant.

[Chuckles]

I'm pretty sure that 156.1 is Peter Parker, Spider-Man, which got to 155. Either Mr. Wacker miscounted, or he is including the Flashback issue or something.

As for the OMD status change, my guess is that they skirt around that completely.

[Erik B]

so i dare ask. are these single issues or a mini series for the 50th anniversary?

[Mister Mets]

so i dare ask. are these single issues or a mini series for the 50th anniversary?

It's a series of five issues, which consists of a single issue story by Roger Stern and what seems to be two two-parters written by Tom Defalco and Stuart Moore.

[Erik B]

It's a series of five issues, which consists of a single issue story by Roger Stern and what seems to be two two-parters written by Tom Defalco and Stuart Moore.

thank you very much. that clarified it for me. i was worried.

[ngroove]

Interesting.

So SSM 33.1 and .2 would fall between "The Gathering of Five" and "The Final Chapter."

WOS 129.1 and .2 would fall between Peter quitting as Spider-Man and Ben Reilly taking up the mantle.

PPTSM didn't make it to issue 156 in either volume, so I'm guessing they mean PPTSM. That means it falls during the era where Robbie Robertson got busted out of jail with Tombstone, if memory serves. 156 is the Banjo issue!

It says Peter Parker Spider-Man - perhaps #156 by combining two volumes - that's what Amazing Spider-Man did to reach issue #500, rather than #59 of volume 2.