Spider-Man April 2019 Solicitations

[WebSlingWonder]

Marvel are really making it easier to drop ASM

What?? Why drop it? It's just getting good!

[oldschool]

That's a nice looking solicit listing for April! With ASM firing on all cylinders, a promising start for FNSM and some promising new titles in Symbiotie Spidey and Zdarsky's "Life Story", I am definitely in!

[WebSlingWonder]

That's a nice looking solicit listing for April! With ASM firing on all cylinders, a promising start for FNSM and some promising new titles in Symbiotie Spidey and Zdarsky's "Life Story", I am definitely in!

I know, right? This is a promising era for Spider-Man!

[your_name_here]

Venom seems to be stuck in a little pause since the Knull story. Hope it picks up. I appreciate the Web of Venom stories, though, but would like to see more in the main series.

[Pav]

Needs

More

Scarlet

Spider

-Pav, who wants more comics starring C- and D-Listers in general...

[Michael Watkins]

Thoughts:

- "The wicked web-slinger called Venom," isn't that SpOck too now? Or should we really count venom separately from the Spider-Man brand by this point? Oh lord, he's our Deadpool .

- Lizard and Bachalo? That never ends well. Who's Curt going to eat this time ?

- One thing I hope separates Spencer's big Spidey stories from Slott's is keeping the focus on Spider-Man and have him really drive the story, which so far from the solicits sounds to be the case.

- I wonder if they'll show Gwen's death in "Life Story" or just allude to it? I'm also curious how Zdarksy's Osborn here compares to his take on him in Spec.

- A hero-for-hire seems to be the only reasonable career Gwen could have as a public Superhero. Kind of weird to see them finally bring up her love life though.

- Now that I think about it, I believe Strange is one of the few major heroes Otto never interacted with as Spider-Man, at least that I can remember...maybe during Infinity?

- It's nice to see Tombstone so prominently used in a Spider-Man title again .

- Feels kind of too little, too late, to finally be trying for some Marvel's Spider-Man synergy with Marvel Super Hero Adventures.

I hope that Janice Lincoln also appears.

[Venomous Mask]

Thoughts:

- "The wicked web-slinger called Venom," isn't that SpOck too now? Or should we really count venom separately from the Spider-Man brand by this point? Oh lord, he's our Deadpool .

They fill different niches. Spock is more of an semi-repentant Martin Shkreli while Venom is more of a semi-repentant Arthur Shawcross. Spock will kill an evildoer, buy up their financial assets, take their woman, and do everything he can to sully their name. Venom will kill an evildoer, devour their bones, brains, and flesh, and joke about it after.

Venom seems to be stuck in a little pause since the Knull story. Hope it picks up. I appreciate the Web of Venom stories, though, but would like to see more in the main series.

I think we're gonna get a major cosmic horror/monster story after The Abyss and the War of the Realms crossover are done. Carnage Born and Venom Unleashed only set things up.