Comments on: Spider-tail wags Spider-Dog?

By: Michael Nicolai

Michael Nicolai — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:29:08 +0000

I have a theory about Superman Returns that could be considered a spoiler, but I’d like to get some feedback on it, so I’ll just say this: The similarities between the movie and the comic are more than just superficial. Superman II and the events of Infinite Crisis depict a powerless Clark Kent, who suddenly has a lot more time to spend with Lois. (and what ramifications could that have? Google “Man of steel, woman of Kleenex” then go watch the trailer again)

By: Steve Pheley

Steve Pheley — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:58:17 +0000

If true, I have to wonder how Marvel picks and chooses what in the comics should sync up with movies and what shouldn’t. I mean, I doubt the upcoming Iron Man movie will have IM selling out to the government and employing questionable tactics to round up other superheroes, and the X-Men didn’t conveniently start wearing black leather again in time for X3.

With the Spidey unmasking thing, I could see it happening if the third movie is supposed to be the last in the series, but I think Raimi’s too much of a traditionalist otherwise.

How much does that kind of thing really help anyway? The Kryptonite/Montoya/Chloe/Hawkgirl examples are all good ones, where an actual character (or rock) is added to the mythology, but does anybody really think a “new” reader is going to pick up a Spider-Man comic, only to throw it down in disgust when they discover that Spidey is using artificial web-shooters?

And why bother having a Superman plot that superficially resembles the movie when you’ve still got the Lois/Clark marriage, the less-campy Luthor, and whatever other elements that make the comic different from the film?

By: Will Morrison

Will Morrison — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:25:36 +0000

Funny how Quesada bashes the marriage of Spider-man as a short-sighted stunt done only in response to the newspaper comic every chance he gets and then does this….

By: Mike Nicolai

Mike Nicolai — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:13:27 +0000

Don’t forget Harley Quinn.

By: Matthew E

Matthew E — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:42:15 +0000

“Batman and Superman have been playing give and take between their comic and screen versions since the 40s (Kryptonite and Renee Montoya are two examples of things introduced outside of comics that have been incorporated into the ongoing mythology).”

And didn’t I read somewhere that Chloe from Smallville was going to become a character in the comic books?

Not to mention the JLU-inspired greater prominence for Hawkgirl in the DCU.

By: Graeme McMillan

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:46:02 +0000

I could see Spider-Man unmasking in the movie, if it really is a clone saga/Venom thing, but that’s just me…

By: Matthew Craig

Matthew Craig — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:36:26 +0000

I honestly doubt that Sam Raimi is that goddanm stupid.

I mean, Jesus Christ on a Bike, isn’t there enough going on in that film already, for one thing?

Just when you thought Spider-Man couldn’t get any goddamn worse.

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By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:21:17 +0000

Huh…could be- Afterall, Joe said the unmasking wasn’t part of Millar’s original script, it was added in later. Whatever, I think it makes for good story, couldn’t care less where the idea came from.

By: Mostskillz

Mostskillz — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:07:22 +0000

Technically, a bunch of people on the subway train already know Spider-man’s identity when he got unmasked fighting Doc Ock in Spider-man 2. They don’t necessarily know that he’s Peter Parker, but they know his face..

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:59:51 +0000

And is that necessarily a bad thing?

Batman and Superman have been playing give and take between their comic and screen versions since the 40s (Kryptonite and Renee Montoya are two examples of things introduced outside of comics that have been incorporated into the ongoing mythology).

Sometimes a good idea is a good idea no matter where it comes from.

By: Mike Nicolai

Mike Nicolai — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:59:08 +0000

Well, yeah. That’s just good business sense, and a way to attract readers. And over at DC, “Superman” has just “Return”-ed from a long absence. I thought this kind of thing was common, not really a conspiracy.