Tag Archives: Brand New Day

The Culture Shock of Brand New Day

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Thomas Mets

Some of the backlash against Brand New Day was inevitable. The book suddenly had younger (defined by the year they were born, rather than the year in which they started writing Spider-Man) American writers. For 30+ years from September 1972 to … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man Comics Read In July 2013

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Thomas Mets

With the debut of Superior Foes of Spider-Man, I went and reread previous stories about the Sinister Syndicate, usually back issues I bought back a while back. Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #1-4 was a dense in a good way series about … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man 103: Later Peter Parker

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Thomas Mets

You could split the Spider-Man comics into four eras, many of which can be subdivided into later categories. The Silver Age, covered in the Spider-Man 102 reading list, included the runs of Stan Lee and Gerry Conway from Amazing Fantasy … Continue reading →

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Is Amazing Spider-Man still set in the 616?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Thomas Mets

In the Infinite Spider-Man series, Thomas Mets considers whether Amazing Spider-Man is still set in the 616 Universe after the events of One More Day. Continue reading →

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Religion and Politics in the Spider-Man Comics

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Thomas Mets

One question for the next Spider-Man writers and editors is how to depict religion and politics in the comics.  It’s something that many readers take quite seriously, and for the most part, writers have been vague about the religious and … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man’s Supporting Cast

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Thomas Mets

Anyone in charge of the Spider-Man books is going to need a plan for the supporting cast. This is one category which has often been handled poorly. There have been some suggestions that the book should focus more on the supporting … Continue reading →

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Peter Parker First

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Thomas Mets

While the possible schedules and formats for the series are important for any writer or editor to consider, the purpose of the format is to serve the content. And the lead character drives the content. The central question for any Spider-Man … Continue reading →

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No More Evergreen

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Thomas Mets

Sometimes there are holes in the schedule that have to be filled. This problem is exacerbated with higher output. In his 2006 Spider-Man Manifesto, Senior Editor Tom Brevoort offered a suggestion: Evergreen material. As a safeguard, we would also commission three to … Continue reading →

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Problems with a weekly Amazing Spider-Man Part 2

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Thomas Mets

Problems With Fill‑in Work Marvel could also try to avoid delays by making sure they always have a few issues on hand that aren’t as dependent on the state of the various subplots and can thus be moved around to … Continue reading →

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Problems with a weekly Amazing Spider-Man Part 1

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Thomas Mets

While the Brand New Day schedule was bold and had its benefits, it also had numerous disadvantages over the traditional format of two to four monthly Spider‑Man titles. These problems will persist should that format ever return in the future. … Continue reading →

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