Marvel: Superior Spider-Man

Image by Olivier Coipel

So this weekend is C2E2, the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. I've been keeping an eye on all the comic news sites for any news, this expo has become very popular as a place for the publishers to make announcements. One of the first to catch my eye was the Marvel: Superior Spider-Man panel which also included news on Daredevil, Venom, Scarlet Spider and other 'street' level titles.

First up July will be Superior Spider-Month, with the release of some new titles Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Superior Spider-Man Team Up and debuting a new costume for the character in Superior Spider-Man #14 dealing with the fallout from the previous Daredevil storyline Shadowland. This was also announced during Superior Spider-Week at the beginning of the month.

Next Marvel have finally confirmed the long rumoured appearance of Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O'Hara, in the pages of Superior Spider-Man in September with issue #17. This is another Spidey storyline which will have an impact on both the Spidey titles and the Marvel Universe as a whole. It was also noted that Venom will be making a a return to the headline Spidey title some time down the line. Another part of the exciting news for the appearance of Spider-Man 2099 is that this will be accompanied with covers from Olivier Coipel!

Up next was Nick Spencer talking briefly about his new tile coming up Superior Foes of Spider-Man, the line up for this title is a lot larger than the villains pictured on the 1st issue cover, but these villains will be the main cast for the title. Also Declan Shalvey was there to talk about his roll on Venom with Cullen Bunn and its current arc and how much he loved drawing the 'Dark' Spider-Man, its sad that his run is ending at the end of this current storyline but he himself has mentioned his next project will be announced this weekend. Being a huge fan of his work this is something I will be keeping an eye on.

Mark Waid made a point of his working relationship with Chris Samnee the way they will discuss scripts and the creation of new characters and events that take place are given input by both and how this has been a major factor in the success of his current Eisner award winning Daredevil title.

This then led onto Fan questions.Questions and answers of note, Brevoort has confirmed there will be a follow up to Brian Bendis' summer hit Spider-Men, but would not make any commitments of when. More to be announced at San Diego maybe? I sure hope so as Spider-Men was one of my favourite titles last year and also was left on a brilliant cliff hanger, and I hate cliff hangers as I have very little patience for waiting for what's next.

There were no real answers for questions regarding Superior Spider-Man and Peter Parker/ Doc Ock's future with the simple reply of read Superior Spider-Man #9. One last noteworthy mention is the tentative yes's given in reply to whether there will be a Daredevil/ Superior Spider-Man crossover's and also a Superior Spider/ Scarlet Spider crossover. Something to get the various fans thinking on.

For the full coverage check out the link below;

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=45180