New Amazing Spider-Man trailer released
Sony has just released a new trailer for this summer’s “Amazing Spider-Man,” starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Rhys Ifans’ Lizard also makes an appearance in the new trailer. Marc Webb directs the film, which is set for a July 3 release. I think this shows a little more what type of humor and action to expect in the reboot. What do you think?
- Matt Price
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DC’s new logo; Popeye’s return; Amazing Spider-Man press conference on Planet 46 Comics
Matt Price and Kyle Roberts discuss the new DC Comics logo, Popeye making it back into comics, and an Amazing Spider-Man press conference in Tokyo on the Planet 46 Comics show.
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Amazing Spider-Man #682 teaser looks to the “Ends of the Earth”
Marvel has released a teaser for what it calls “the next big Spider-Man epic.” Part one of “Ends of the Earth” begins in Amazing Spider-Man #682, by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli.
Here’s how Marvel describes the issue: The Sinister Six, led by the vengeful Doctor Octopus, is back and they’re looking for revenge! Can Spider-Man & Earth’s Mightiest save the world before Doc Ock’s explosive endgame is revealed?
“Amazing Spider-Man” #682 s set for a March 21 release.
- Matt Price
Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker and the Ramones; Turn off the Dark Broadway record; Marvel Comics anime
Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark swings past all time Broadway record, two new official images from Amazing Spider-Man, and Blade Anime comes to G4 in the Planet 46 Comics Podcast.
Christmas Comics Countdown: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #46
Todd DeZago creates a fun, touching Christmas tale in “Marvel Adventures Spider-Man” No. 46, an issue of the all-ages series first released in 2008.
In “Silent Nights,” drawn by Roberto Castro (behind a cool cover by Francis Tsai) Spidey is battling the cold, and trying to come up with a great present for Aunt May. Last year, she broke a ceramic decoration she had shared with her late husband, Peter’s Uncle Ben. Peter would like to replace it, but it runs $100, and he’s significantly short.
He tries to scare up a photo assignment from Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson, but Jameson’s got nothing for him. Then Spider-Man hears there’s a burglar going around dressed as Santa Claus, and figures nabbing him might be good for some Bugle photos. The mishaps and adventures that follow make for an exciting tale with a heartwarming twist. DeZago does a good job capturing the feeling of the young Peter Parker here in a recommended holiday tale.
- Matt Price
Comics read in 2011: 2011! Still to go: 0!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Amazing Spider-Man photos; The Dark Knight Rises trailer; favorite comics of 2011
Fans get to see more about The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man, and Matt and Kyle reveal some of their favorite comics of 2011.
SPIDEY PICS
The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb’s film reboot of the Spider-Man property, is set to release July 3, 2012. 
In the meantime, the official site has revealed more photos from the film, which will star Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Theamazingspiderman.com is the film’s official site.
BATMAN TRAILER, PICS
The second “The Dark Knight Rises” trailer has been officially released online. The third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises” stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy, and is set to be released July 20, 2012. New pictures also reveal closer looks at Batman and Bane.
FAVORITE COMICS OF THE YEAR
Matt and Kyle talk about some of their favorite comics of the year, including X-Men Schism and Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine for Kyle, and Batman: The Black Mirror and Criminal: Last of the Innocents for Matt.
REVIEW FILE: Activity #1, Near Death #4, Justice League #4
Criminal: Last of the Innocent #1 reviewed here.
For 2011 count: Detective Comics 871-881; Criminal: Last of the Innocent 2-6.
Comics read in 2011: 2009 Still to go: 2.
Christmas Countdown: Marvel Team-Up #1 (1972)
Peter Parker’s been assigned to take photos of the local Polar Bear club on Christmas Eve, as they plan a quick swim in the frigid temperatures. But they’re interrupted by a disturbance in the sand — the Sandman is back! Peter changes to Spidey to track the villain down, but Sandman slips through his grasp.
Spidey still hopes to make his date, so he swings by to warn the Fantastic Four that the Sandman is back. But the only hero on hand is the somewhat Scroogelike Johnny Storm, who isn’t feeling in the Christmas spirit.
Still, Spidey joins Johnny, dressed in some swingin’ ’70s threads, to search for the Sandman. The pair stop to help make some citizens’ Christmases more merry along the way, by averting a traffic accident and stopping an attempted robbery.
They eventually catch up with the Sandman, and there’s a Christmas twist of sorts to the tale’s final third. Johnny eventually comes around on the season, as well.
Roy Thomas and Ross Andru are the creative team for a charming first issue. The series, featuring Spider-Man teaming with various Marvel superheroes, ran through issue No. 150 in 1985. Trivia note: The woman who Johnny and Spider-Man save from a mugging was later revealed to be Misty Knight, later girlfriend to Iron Fist and a private detective in the Marvel Universe.
- Matt Price
Comics read in 2011: 1981. Still to go: 30
Christmas Countdown: Amazing Spider-Man #166
Spider-Man is tracking down the reptile-man Stegron in this Christmas tale from Len Wein and Ross Andru.
Stegron was once Vincent Stegron, lab assistant to Dr. Curt Connors. But, ironically given his surname, he’s transformed into a dinosaur-man after injecting himself with dinosaur DNA. He manages to re-form dinosaurs from skeletons in a museum using a ray he’s invented. He can then command these dinosaurs to battle Spider-Man. (These are some out-there powers.)
When Spidey goes to Dr. Curt Connors for help, it turns out that Stegron has already been there – and triggered Curt Connors’ transformation into the Spidey foe the Lizard.
Spider-Man must stop Stegron’s plans, rescue Curt’s son, and stop the Lizard without hurting Connors. He can’t do it without putting a crimp in Peter Parker’s Christmas plans, however.
With reconstituted dinosaurs, a Manhattan snowstorm and a wedding proposal, “Amazing Spider-Man” #166 is pretty out there, but a fun holiday issue nonetheless, especially for those with 1970s Marvel nostalgia. (I guess a wedding proposal and a snowstorm aren’t that odd for the Christmas season. But the reconstituted dinosaurs, definitely unusual.)
- Matt Price
Comics read in 2011: 1977. Still to go: 34.
Scarlet Spider #1 preview from Marvel Comics
Marvel has sent out a preview of “Scarlet Spider” No. 1 by Chris Yost and Ryan Stegman. In the book, Kaine – the all-new Scarlet Spider – finds himself on the run in Texas after saving New York City during Spider-Island.
Kaine is a failed clone of Peter Parker who first appeared in the 1990s “Clone Saga.”
“Scarlet Spider is a book that can deal with a character much like Peter Parker but at darker, more difficult place in his life,” said Stephen Wacker, Marvel Senior Editor, in a news release. “The violent choices he’s made through years of struggle—the sins of youth, so to speak—have come at a brutal cost. He may hope that the things he’s done will be left to the dusty, yellowed pages of history, but someone ALWAYS remembers who you used to be.”
“Scarlet Spider” No. 1 is on sale Jan. 4.
- Matt Price
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Halloween comics review: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 1 #20
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 1 #20
Two creators I consider personal favorites — writer Peter David and artist Mike Norton — teamed up for the 2006 Halloween tale “Monster Mash” in Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #20.
