Hey, continuity nuts! Here’s a reason to pick up that Civil War novel that you might have missed:
Fans returning to the Civil War saga will find that all-new material has been added to the experience, including a new take on Spider-Man’s role, with the story set in the post-”One More Day” reality and showing these events as they unfolded without Peter Parker and Mary Jane being married for the first time.
It’d be great if it was exactly the same as it unfolded the first time, except at some point, MJ says something like “Man, I’m so glad that Aunt May got over us living together even though we’re not married, tiger.” For the curious, there’s also a downloadable prologue from the novel at the link, letting you know what to expect.
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:00 am
So has anyone else tried any of the myriad efforts to adapt comic book events into novels (as opposed to original plot with familiar faces)? I read Roger Stern’s Death of Superman novel when it came out, way back in ’93. It was pretty forgettable. Denny O’Neil’s retelling of Knightfall had some good moments, including an ending that was surprisingly ambiguous about what came next. Rucka’s No Man’s Land novel benefited from his skill as a full time novelist, but lost some of the immediacy of the original. And I couldn’t get into Maggin’s Kingdom Come novel, which strayed very far from the comic.
May 29th, 2012 at 12:43 am
One More Day” reality and showing these events as they unfolded without Peter Parker and Mary Jane being married for the first time.
http://www.signs247.net/
May 30th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Why would we even want “graphic-less” versions of those stories ? it’s as much a part of it as the script .
Seems like a collossal waste of efforts , money and talents for some truly marginal merchandises . Unless it’s actually selling well and i missed it
June 3rd, 2012 at 3:32 pm
No, thanks.