Renew Your Vows promises Spider-Man fun, family-style heroics

[Kevinroc]

http://www.cbr.com/renew-your-vows-p...style-heroics/

CBR interview with Gerry Conway and Ryan Stegman discussing their Renew Your Vows ongoing. They reveal several things about their universe.

Stegman hasn't been happy "for a while now" with the way love stories have been presented in comics. But a book about love, parenthood, and superheroics appealed to him.

They're pulling back on the futuristic technology seen in later issues of the original mini. They have a new take on the Mole Man for their universe.

It's been about 6 months to a year since the original mini.

Peter is an overprotective parent. MJ is a little more loose. MJ also rejected the idea of family uniforms like the Incredibles or the Fantastic Four.

When the series begins, MJ is using the Regent armor to draw on Peter's powers. This also weakens Peter. The creative team hint that down the line, MJ may look for a way to get powers on her own.

The Internet isn't really a big thing in this universe, so Peter is still working for Jameson at the Daily Bugle as a photographer. MJ owns a small boutique, and runs a fashion blog on this smaller internet. Annie is 8 years old, is kind of aggressive, and not as smart as she thinks she is, but she wants to please her parents.

Other characters outside of Spider-Man's world such as the Avengers may appear down the line. Conway wants Human Torch to show up.

[sifighter]

Actually it didn't sound like it didn't destroy the Internet only that the newspaper business in that world hasn't been destroyed.

Honestly it sounds as though that they took the idea of a spider family title from the Renew your vows miniseries and decided to move it into another alternate universe that's similar to the regular universe. Honestly though that doesn't sound like such a bad thing but it does sound like it might confuse people who read renew your vows given that they full on say yes Regent showed up but he didn't get very far.

[Kevinroc]

Actually it didn't sound like it didn't destroy the Internet only that the newspaper business in that world hasn't been destroyed.

Honestly it sounds as though that they took the idea of a spider family title from the Renew your vows miniseries and decided to move it into another alternate universe that's similar to the regular universe. Honestly though that doesn't sound like such a bad thing but it does sound like it might confuse people who read renew your vows given that they full on say yes Regent showed up but he didn't get very far.

I summed up their comments on the internet as "isn't really a big thing." Not that it was destroyed or didn't exist (I even mentioned that they said MJ runs a fashion blog). As a comment, it is a little overly simplistic. But I don't think it's a big deal to say it as such since they still want Peter as a photographer working for Jameson.

Characters that weren't around in the original mini showing up like Human Torch or Thor shouldn't be too big a problem. But I wonder if characters that did appear and were clearly supposed to have been killed by Regent in the original mini will appear like Captain America. That might throw some people for a second, even if they aren't important in the grand scheme to this title.

[sifighter]

Sorry must have misinterpreted what you typed.

Either way I could be wrong but it sounds like this will be more of a what if One more day series then a continuation of what happened in the secret wars mini.

[PaxHouse]

Characters that weren't around in the original mini showing up like Human Torch or Thor shouldn't be too big a problem. But I wonder if characters that did appear and were clearly supposed to have been killed by Regent in the original mini will appear like Captain America. That might throw some people for a second, even if they aren't important in the grand scheme to this title.

Interesting fact that you've pointed out......because here're some of the names of the heroes who were killed by Regent (within the SW Miniseries).....

Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Black Panther, Namor, Namorita, Night Thrasher, Nova(Rider), Speedball, Justice, Firestar, Vision, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Punisher, Cloak, Sandman & the X-Men (unknown if this includes those who were formerly New Mutants, X-Force and/or Generation X; but Regent did demonstrated {throughout the Mini} that he did possessed the powers of Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Prof. X, Iceman & Cyclops IIRCC).

Seeing what other heroes (besides SHIELD, Prowler, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Dagger & even Power Pack) & villians (other than those of Spidey's) should be a fascinating observation to following within this Series.

[Scott Taylor]

Ok hearing more about this, I'm alot more on board with it. MJ doesn't really have powers, she is just borrowing Peter's by use of a special suit.

But mole man, really?

[Kevinroc]

Ok hearing more about this, I'm alot more on board with it. MJ doesn't really have powers, she is just borrowing Peter's by use of a special suit.

But mole man, really?

Mole Man was the villain in the very first Fantastic Four comic. He should be a bigger deal, I say!

[jackolover]

Interesting fact that you've pointed out......because here're some of the names of the heroes who were killed by Regent (within the SW Miniseries).....

Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Black Panther, Namor, Namorita, Night Thrasher, Nova(Rider), Speedball, Justice, Firestar, Vision, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Punisher, Cloak, Sandman & the X-Men (unknown if this includes those who were formerly New Mutants, X-Force and/or Generation X; but Regent did demonstrated {throughout the Mini} that he did possessed the powers of Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Prof. X, Iceman & Cyclops IIRCC).

Seeing what other heroes (besides SHIELD, Prowler, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Dagger & even Power Pack) & villians (other than those of Spidey's) should be a fascinating observation to following within this Series.

Seeing as Regent wasn't a big deal in this rebooted Renew Your Vows, maybe Regent didn't get to kill anybody before he was defeated?

[Ursalink]

My opinions:

+ I find this really weird. I mean, except for Earth-616 (merged with the Ultimate Universe), and the worlds connected to the Spider-Verse, it seems all the other realities were destroyed. The world of the Maestro, the future 2099 of Captain America, Technopolis, Old Man Logan's world... etc. I want to believe that this world is actually a pocket dimension, like the one from Heroes Reborn, where the Parker family is trapped. And in the future, they will escape somehow and live in the main reality; possibly merging with their counterparts and restoring the continuity of the marriage.

+ I knew this book should be similar to the Fantastic Four, after all. It clearly proves a perfect chance to fulfil the emptiness left in the world after the 4F disappeared from Marvel.

+ If the Regent still existed in this reality, I don't get why they had to remove his futuristic technology. It cause a continuity problem after all.

+ "Peter is an overprotective parent, MJ is a little more loose". Not surprised. After all, MJ with Spider-Powers would be very similar to Mayday Parker, her alternative daughter from MC2.

+ MJ rejecting family uniforms like the Fantastic Four isn't a surprise either. After all, she a fashionista, and uniforms are everything but fashion.

+ I was suspecting MJ would use Regent's tech to have her powers, but I didn't expect her draining them from Peter. Humm, which way could MJ get powers on her own? Well, I have a few ideas:
- Spider-Island's infection: This could be the perfect solution. Even if in this reality, the Spider-Island's arc never happened, we coudl still see some references to it.
- Silk (Cindy Moon): If there's a Cindy Moon/Silk in this world too, she could be another perfect solution. Cindy's ability to use silk to create her costume could match perfectly with MJ's fashionista's sense. If this Cindy was trapped into a bunker too and she's freed too, she could wish to have a normal life too. So, MJ could use the Regent's technology to drain Cindy's power completely. That way, this Cindy could have a normal life and MJ get powers. This coudl work with other Spider-Women, like Mattie Franklin.
- Iron Spider armor: Just like her main counterpart. In case Iron Man is still alive and the Iron Spider armor was created in this world too, it could work for "Spder-Mom" in the same way that Main MJ. Also, one of the Iron Spider armor's abilities was changing its look to look like other costumes or to turn transparent. That's something that MJ the fashionista would love too.

+ I don't get it. It's supposed that the Regent killed all the other powered heroes to steal their powers, and now they are supposed to be alive. What stupidity is this?

+ One more thing. After defeating the Regent, Peter did it unmasked and MJ's face was clearly saw by all the people around. So, shouldn't Peter and MJ's "secret idetities" being known by everyone?

Well, anyone shares my points of view?

[Aruran.]

I'm kinda stumped if the bad guy in the pages they provided is the new rendition of Mole Man
ASM-RYV-01-02s-final.jpg

[Cmbmool]

While I love this interview and Cannot wait for the series. I am a bit disappointed that they didn't even reference Spider-girl by Tom Defalco and Ron Frenz as that is the first Spider-family themed title that had MJ and Peter married and with kids.

[Frontier]

I'm kinda stumped if the bad guy in the pages they provided is the new rendition of Mole Man
ASM-RYV-01-02s-final.jpg

Could that be a redesigned Scorpion? Or Stegron?

[Celgress]

http://www.cbr.com/renew-your-vows-p...style-heroics/

CBR interview with Gerry Conway and Ryan Stegman discussing their Renew Your Vows ongoing. They reveal several things about their universe.


....The Internet isn't really a big thing in this universe....

See people the Internet ruins family life, just like my old tech teacher from high school said.

[Kuwagaton]

This is looking and sounding sweet. I guess I'd been missing Spider-Man.

[rward777]

I wonder what will happen if ryv sells more than Slott's asm.