Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto

[CaptainUniverse]

I feel like Hickman is really going to have to work to make people care about Richard.

I care about Richard.

[Hurricane Billy]

I feel like Hickman is really going to have to work to make people care about Richard.

I mean, I like Richard so far for what it's worth.

The biggest thing going against him right now is that he hasn't gotten the screen time and focus that May has had.

[Jman27]

I feel like Hickman is really going to have to work to make people care about Richard.

Yeah he doesn’t have that multiverse boost like Mayday does.

[Garlador]

I feel like Hickman is really going to have to work to make people care about Richard.

I think all he’ll need is one issue with a spotlight and people will be fully onboard. The smart and responsible older brother type can be quite endearing.

[Frontier]

I don't dislike him myself but he definitely feels like he's just kind of there compared to May.

Although now I wonder if Hickman wanted to write siblings again after his FF run.

[Kaitou D. Kid]

I care about Richard.

Same.

I'm fine with his panel time. We are only 3 issues in. That's only half of the first trade volume.

A lot of the "this character hasn't done much" talk I see strikes me as way too premature. Almost like we are so desperate for a good Spider-Man book we forgot Hickman is still setting things up.

It's actually amazing how many characters Hickman explored in just 3 issues (Peter, May, Jonah, Ben, and parts of Harry and MJ). I'm sure they'll all get their due. Most writers aren't this economical with just 3 issues. Bendis was still on the origin.

[Kevinroc]

I feel like Hickman is really going to have to work to make people care about Richard.

He could always pull a Wells and not do that.

[Huntsman Spider]

Same.

I'm fine with his panel time. We are only 3 issues in. That's only half of the first trade volume.

A lot of the "this character hasn't done much" talk I see strikes me as way too premature. Almost like we are so desperate for a good Spider-Man book we forgot Hickman is still setting things up.

It's actually amazing how many characters Hickman explored in just 3 issues (Peter, May, Jonah, Ben, and parts of Harry and MJ). I'm sure they'll all get their due. Most writers aren't this economical with just 3 issues. Bendis was still on the origin.

True enough, yeah.

He could always pull a Wells and not do that.

Give him some credit . . .

[Frontier]

Same.

I'm fine with his panel time. We are only 3 issues in. That's only half of the trade volume.

A lot of the "this character hasn't done much" talk I see strikes me as way too premature. Almost like we are so desperate for a good Spider-Man book we forgot Hickman is still setting things up.

It's actually amazing how many characters Hickman explored in just 3 issues (Peter, May, Jonah, Ben, and parts of Harry and MJ). I'm sure they'll all get their due. Most writers aren't this economical with just 3 issues. Bendis was still on the origin.

I think it's also just the way Hickman's been pacing the book on a monthly schedule.

[Refrax5]

Replying to posts from another -related- thread


The possibility of this version of eithe Ben or Jonah dying makes me sad, but it is possible the story will take that route.


If they choose to add conflict, I don't want it to be more than a passing argument solved maturely.

I hope Ben doesn't die, simply because Ben being alive is a big part of what makes this version distinct. There are other things, of course, but to me having a version of Spider-Man where Uncle Ben is alive is something I think is interesting to explore.

[Daibhidh]

It's also a version of Spider-man where Peter wasn't actually that close to Aunt May.

[Kevinroc]

It's also a version of Spider-man where Peter wasn't actually that close to Aunt May.

I don’t agree. Peter and MJ still named their daughter after her. That’s not something they would do if they weren’t close to her.

[Daibhidh]

I don’t agree. Peter and MJ still named their daughter after her. That’s not something they would do if they weren’t close to her.

Granted. Still, Peter and Ben's conversation in issue one implies that Peter's more concerned about Ben's loss than about his own. Perhaps they're as close as MJ and Aunt Anna in Earth 616, (when the writer knows what to do with their characters at least).

[Frontier]

It's weird. Like he was with his parents longer even if he still got raised by Ben and May but also May's loss still feels like it's hit Peter the least (though it's still only a 3rd issue).

[Kevinroc]

It's weird. Like he was with his parents longer even if he still got raised by Ben and May but also May's loss still feels like it's hit Peter the least (though it's still only a 3rd issue).

He still has a photo of her (with Ben) in his room. May is the only character that we as the audience can see clearly.



(From USM 1.)

I think the grief is a lot more subtle than people are used to from Spider-Man.