The fact that the “new” Kraven looks and acts exactly like the old one kinda hurts the idea that Kraven’s dead. Spencer basically reset Kraven.
I want him gone.
The fact that the “new” Kraven looks and acts exactly like the old one kinda hurts the idea that Kraven’s dead. Spencer basically reset Kraven.
I want him gone.
Neil Gaiman
Victor Gischler
Kelly Thompson
Chris Claremont
Jason Arron
Christopher Yost. His Scarlet Spider was really good and I would like to see his take on Spidey.
As for an artist, I dont know. I would love to see Romita jr. again.
There's a history of comic titles that don't have a character's name, so it's not that big a deal.
It's also possible that a future A-lister will have a great pitch, and bring the series to major success, and there may be times when the best strategy isn't to go for an A-lister. However, with DC throwing in the towel, going with a name writer makes sense.
Granted, there is a shortage of name writers. Among writers with ongoings, it's basically Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Tom King, Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, Donny Cates, Jason Aaron, Mark Waid, Al Ewing and Kieron Gillen. Jason Aaron had a good take on the character, but it's been a while.
Tom Taylor had a decent take on the character, but it didn't exactly light sales charts on fire.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
Another name I don't want on ASM: Jason Aaron...Simply mediocre writer.
Just to be clear, what do you mean by DC throwing the towel? Pulling out of Diamond, decimatng its staff? This is a general question, not one of my usual leading ones. Just want to know.
Won't come back to Marvel, and would be a very poor fit for Spider-Man.Among writers with ongoings, it's basically Grant Morrison,
Maybe, but on the other hand he's a bit too dark.Scott Snyder,
Not after the way his Batman run declined as time went on, after Heroes in Crisis, and certainly as a public defender of ending the Spider-Marriage, him signing on would not be a popular move.Tom King,
On record multiple times for preferring to write his own Ultimate Spider-Man version of Peter to 616.Brian Michael Bendis,
Prefers team books to solo books though I think he did write Spider-Man well in the FF books. Besides X-Men is his all-time favorite Marvel title and he's currently, quite obviously, having a blast writing his favorite title. After he does X-Men, Hickman will go to DC (which he always prefered over Marvel as a young fan).Jonathan Hickman,
Didn't like his Marvel Comics #1000 one-page and his range is limited.Donny Cates,
Interesting. Yeah that might be worth a shot, he's certainly one of Marvel's biggest names right now.Jason Aaron,
Ugh...no. Just no. He's damaged Spider-Man enough.Mark Waid,
A popular choice here. I like Immortal Hulk but don't feel too strongly for or against him.Al Ewing
Would love to see his take on Spider-Man but I just don't see Marvel giving it to him or him having such an interest in writing a character he wouldn't have freedom to do much with.Kieron Gillen.
Tom Taylor's FNSM did pretty well all things considered, it notably sold well enough to get an extension of additional issues. So I think that's quite good for a second series. Certainly better than, for instance, Gage's Superior Spider-Man series.Tom Taylor had a decent take on the character, but it didn't exactly light sales charts on fire.
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Tom Taylor would be a good choice, too, and I did like how he addressed Peter's character, brought back Hobie Brown/Prowler, and even depicted Peter's relationship with Mary Jane. Oh, and his Immortal Hulk/Spider-Man one-shot, "With Great Power," was a pretty solid depiction of Peter's friendship with and compassion for Bruce Banner and the Hulk, especially since spoilers:end of spoilers
the Hulk never forgot who Spider-Man really was.
The spider is always on the hunt.
snyder hasn't moved yet and wants to write other marvel characters
king hasn't moved yet (and wouldnt have enough freedom and doesn't want fast shipping batman stuff again)
bendis has done enough
spider-man would be terrible for hickman, the setting and concepts are too limited for his type of meat, and the candy could turn out bad
cates is getting it /thread
aaron has the same issues as hickman although in his case the limitations could actually be good for him
waid would do fine but the fact that i already know that makes him boring + his passions are at DC
al ewing would put out good spider-man candy but would require the freedom to get weird in order to put out a book as good as hulk
too limited for actually good gillen stuff
no more tom taylor lol
kelly thompson's still pretty mid
duggan would do ok
zdarsky would do ok, who would take taylor over zdarsky
if the goal is a good spider-man run then whatever but if you wanna make it a must read book again some stars'll have to align or y'know big brain editors
i really think nick spencer would be perfect for asm tbh, fits him like a glove! what could go wrong?
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
This might be the best opportunity to get new writers specifically for expanding Spidey’s horizons. Readers have gotten WAY too complacent with the type of stories Spider-Man is allowed to be in.
DC seems to have a new editorial direction, where they don't care as much about the comics. A lot of books have been cancelled, and there's a general consensus that they're not willing to pay writers as much as they used to.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/goss...c-comics-2021/
I'm mainly naming A-list writers. Spider-Man is the biggest franchise Morrison has never touched, and the man has succeeded with the X-Men, the JLA, Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.Won't come back to Marvel, and would be a very poor fit for Spider-Man.
I know that he's more into DC as well, but even his Spider-Man run were dark, it would likely be good.Maybe, but on the other hand he's a bit too dark.
Marvel's editorial position on the end of the spider-marriage is pretty clear.Not after the way his Batman run declined as time went on, after Heroes in Crisis, and certainly as a public defender of ending the Spider-Marriage, him signing on would not be a popular move.
While King has had some failures, most writers have not had his artistic successes.
Just naming A-listers.On record multiple times for preferring to write his own Ultimate Spider-Man version of Peter to 616.
I'm not sure DC is going to offer Hickman what Disney/ Marvel are willing to go with.Prefers team books to solo books though I think he did write Spider-Man well in the FF books. Besides X-Men is his all-time favorite Marvel title and he's currently, quite obviously, having a blast writing his favorite title. After he does X-Men, Hickman will go to DC (which he always prefered over Marvel as a young fan).
If Hickman's not interested in writing solo characters or Spider-Man, Marvel shouldn't force him. But if he has any interest, it's definitely worth exploring.
It was one page. He has written Spider-Man in crossovers. I also haven't gotten the impression that Silver Surfer Black is the same as his Venom, even when characters in common.Didn't like his Marvel Comics #1000 one-page and his range is limited.
The Astonishing Spider-Man/ Wolverine mini-series was pretty good.Interesting. Yeah that might be worth a shot, he's certainly one of Marvel's biggest names right now.
Mainly naming A-listers, although I liked his work on the character.Ugh...no. Just no. He's damaged Spider-Man enough.
He has shown range with Immortal Hulk distinct from his Avengers tie-ins.A popular choice here. I like Immortal Hulk but don't feel too strongly for or against him.
He is doing the Eternals relaunch for Marvel, so I'm not sure why they would be less willing to give him the book than someone else in their stable. It des all depend on his level of interest.Would love to see his take on Spider-Man but I just don't see Marvel giving it to him or him having such an interest in writing a character he wouldn't have freedom to do much with.
The last issues of FNSM were outside the Top 100, selling around 20,000 copies. I'm guessing the decision to add more issues was more about filling a publishing hole than about that one title being great.Tom Taylor's FNSM did pretty well all things considered, it notably sold well enough to get an extension of additional issues. So I think that's quite good for a second series. Certainly better than, for instance, Gage's Superior Spider-Man series.
https://www.comichron.com/monthlycom...9/2019-10.html
https://www.comichron.com/monthlycom...9/2019-12.html
Superior wasn't noticabley worse, and didn't starr Peter Parker.
One more writer I'd mention is Warren Ellis. His gonzo sci-fi sensibility could be a good fit for Spider-Man, creating new menaces after the Dan Slott and Nick Spencer runs which were largely about upgrading classic and B-list villains. There is the obvious problem of the Me Too scandal.
One writer who is definitely not an A-lister who Marvel should take a look at is Deniz Camp. He did a mini-series a few years ago called Maxwell's Demons, about a mad scientist at different stages of his life, and it was exceptional.
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Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
Not familiar with Gischler, so can't comment there.
As for Neil Gaiman, he has never in his career written a monthly ongoing superhero title. The only ongoing he wrote extensively was The Sandman and that's a DC Vertigo imprint that stepped way out of the superhero genre. He also wrote Miracleman but that's not a conventional superhero ongoing either. Most of his other work has been one-shots like the Villain Origins series he did, minis like Black Orchid, independent creator owned work. For Marvel he did 1602 and The Eternals. And of course he's dropped out of comics and focused on literary fiction for his main bread and butter. Point is Gaiman has never had an interest in working on superhero work. He's a dabbler in that field. As for Spider-Man, I didn't think the way he wrote Peter Parquarh in 1602 was especially interesting (nor for that matter was 1602 in general).
Besides, Marvel would have to pay big to get Gaiman to do Spider-Man given his prestige, his pedigree and the fact that he earns more than they usually pay writers to do Spider-Man (Dan Slott who wrote some 160 issues of Spider-Man probably didn't make as much in the last ten years as Gaiman did from writing one novel), so he's not gonna do it out of love. That's the main reason Marvel rarely gives big profile writers to do Spider-Man...they'd ask for too much money and given the fact that ASM is Marvel's most popular title and the title most often read by civilians (Spider-Man readers include a big chunk who don't read and will-never-read other Marvel titles or other superhero titles), it's going to be hard for Marvel to claim that Spider-Man doesn't make money. So they prefer to scale down the talent to people who are "fans" who "like comics" and who enjoy the fact that writing ASM will give them the biggest audience they have ever had and will ever have. Dan Slott was big when he wrote Spider-Man but the eyeballs who followed his run haven't followed him when he moved to Silver Surfer, to Fantastic Four and Iron Man. Short of writing Batman, he's never gonna have that audience again. In the case of Gaiman, he has eyeballs who will follow him and him alone no matter what he does, so to attract him to do Spider-Man would require a paycheck Marvel will not want to sign.
That's AT and T for you. And that's not really an editorial direction, that's the absence of direction, editorial or otherwise.
The fact is that a writer who publicly endorsed that position and did so multiple times while promoting his tease of a marriage story in Batman/Catwoman (which was entirely irrelevant in the context of the DC Multiverse anyway), is not going to be a popular choice.Marvel's editorial position on the end of the spider-marriage is pretty clear.
Probably not, but then Hickman will go back to creator owned work.I'm not sure DC is going to offer Hickman what Disney/ Marvel are willing to go with.
Well see my response about Gaiman above. Kieron Gillen is seen as the successor of Moore and Gaiman, and he's had exceptional success in creator owned work (Once & Future, DIE, WicDiv, Uber, Phonogram, Three) so his agent would ask for more should they offer him Spider-Man.He is doing the Eternals relaunch for Marvel, so I'm not sure why they would be less willing to give him the book than someone else in their stable. It des all depend on his level of interest.
Which means you don't know. The sales for FNSM and early issues and response was pretty high so that justified the extra issues.I'm guessing the decision...
Even if this was pre-2020, Ellis would have made a poor fit for Spider-Man regardless.One more writer I'd mention is Warren Ellis.
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