Spider-Man

Spider-Man Webs Up This Week’s Comics

If you’re heading to the comic book store this week, I hope that you like Spider-Man. Otherwise, you may find yourself with a surprisingly light shopping bag on the way out. The post-San Diego slump hits now, with next-to-no new launches or trades allowing Marvel’s webbed-wonder to try and steal all the money from your…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 5

Who Can Replace Topher As The Gooey Spawn Of Evil?

A Venom spin off is in the works, because clearly everyone liked him more than Peter Parker in Spider-Man 3. This may be partly due to the fact that Topher Grace’s acting completely eclipsed all three standard recurring characters thus far. Alas, the rumor is there will be no Topher in this Venom (not a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 31

How Does Your Hero Measure Up On Our Wish-Fulfillment Checklist?

Sometimes you just want to escape into a heroic universe of wish fulfillment, with just the right kind of angst. And let’s face it, some heroes do a better job of hitting your escapism sweet spots than others. We’ve put together a chart comparing the great action heroes, and seeing which ones hit most of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 25

The Cure For Rampant Sequel-Itis

We don’t need our future-scope to know what the future of mass entertainment holds: more sequels. Every hit movie has to spawn more movies with colons or numbers in their titles. Every awesome book has to become a series. And every great TV show has to go on and on. And on. There’s no stopping…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22

If You Make Jazz Hands When Your Spidey Sense Tingles, This Is For You

Open auditions for the Broadway production of the Spider-Man The Musical will be held July 28th at New York City’s Knitting Factory. The crew is looking to fill the part for both Mary Jane Watson and and Peter Parker. Auditions will be from 10 am to 5 pm and are open to both male and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 18

Spider-Man Finally To Lose Virginity

In all of his forty-plus years of comics, movies, cartoons and video-games, there’s never quite been a Spider-Man story like Brian Michael Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man Annual for 2008. Instead of fighting supervillains, dealing with his Aunt May’s never-ending heart attacks or having money problems, it’s time for Peter Parker to finally become a man… by…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 18

Where The Marvel Universe And Real World Intersect

Ever wanted to go on a tour of the world that the Marvel superheroes fly around in? Thanks to Flickr member ChildOfAtom, that’s easier than ever. He’s gone to four of the real world addresses of some of the most famous addresses of the Marvel Universe and taken photos of what’s actually there, and posted…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 5

Eight Toys You Can’t Leave Comic-Con Without

Click to view The San Diego Comic-Con isn’t just the place to go to meet your favorite geek celebrities, hear about the latest comics, movies or television shows or pick up that long-desired issue of Adolescent Radioactive Black-Belt Hamsters – It’s also where toymakers release a lot of “exclusives” that you can’t find anywhere else.…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 29

Spider-Man Sacrfices His Face to Hold Your Cellphone in a Car

Poor Spidey. His disembodied head suction-cupped to your windshield, forced to hold your mobile devices with his face. That’s no way for a superhero to go out. On the plus side though, this little plastic gadget will give you a unique place to store your cellphone while keeping it at eye level in case you…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 25

Superheroes Who Get Laid All The Time

Click to viewWe didn’t mean to give the wrong impression with last week’s examination of superheroes who can’t get any — there are plenty of superheroes whose utility belts are covered with notches. From “hairy-chested love god Batman” to the swinging Spider-man to the sensuous She Hulk, the superhero genre offers plenty of playas. Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 17

First Vertigo-Inducing Screenshots From Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows

The huge innovation of Sam Rami’s Spider-Man movie was its CGI web-slinging, which really made it look as if Peter Parker was bouncing around the skyscrapers of New York by his web thread. But movie CGI still isn’t up to the task of creating an airborne battle as breathtaking — and air-sickness-causing — as this…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 9

Marvel Comics Are Anti-Everything

Marvel Comics’ big summer Spider-Man storyline, “New Ways To Die”, promises to introduce a new villain into the webslinger’s life: a mysterious character connected to his enemy Venom, called Anti-Venom. The most recent issue of Marvel’s Fantastic Four series featured Mr. Fantastic stopping an invincible foe by wearing his new “Anti-Galactus suit”. Sensing a trend…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jun 6

Have Superhero Movies Killed The Summer Movie Season?

It’s the argument that quite literally some people are talking about: Are superhero movies responsible for the death of the high-quality summer blockbuster? You may be scratching your head, wondering when the last high-quality summer blockbuster wasn’t a superhero movie. (First person to say Independence Day gets punched.) But Entertainment Weekly isn’t afraid to take…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 4

Spider-Man Terrorizes Chattanooga!

Here’s the first glimpse of the Spider-Man Robber, who’s been robbing Chattanooga convenience stores (10 so far) over the past week or so. He wears a Spider-Man mask over prescription glasses or some type of industrial goggles, and carries a gun. You can watch some security camera footage of him here. To get to the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 3

Don’t Let Tobey Ruin Another Spider-Man

Tobey Maguire will get one more shot to apologize for emo Spidey. The online rumors that Sony was planning to scrap Tobey as Spider-Man, in favor of new teen sensation Patrick Fugit, have been proved wrong. In a statement to IESB, Sony/Columbia Pictures says, “No one is being considered for the role but Tobey. Period.”…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 29

Could Spider-Man Be Going Back To High School?

With the news that the next Spider-Man could be premiering as early as 2010, it seems that the producers for Spiderman 4 and 5 are already picking out their next Peter Parker from a line up of up-and-coming Hollywood boys. According to Latino Review the studio’s shortlist has two names: Patrick Fugit of Saved and…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 27

Two More Spideys To Film Back-To-Back

Spider-Man 4 may or may not be a great movie, but at least it’s looking like you’ll have a clear sense of the plot is leading — straight into Spider-Man 5. According to Cinematical, James Vanderbilt has turned in a “working” draft of Spider-Man 4 which has a story arc that leads directly into the…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 19

How Superhero Movies Made Comic Books Cooler (If Not Better)

Click to viewEverybody talks about how superheroes have come to dominate movies in recent years. These days, summer is spandex season, and it’s only going to get more superpowered in the next few years. But the success of movies like Spider-Man 2, Iron Man and Batman Begins has had a huge effect on comic book…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 15

What’s Coming After Marvel’s Skrull Massacre?

Spider-Man’s Aunt May not only hooked up with a shapeshifting alien Skrull pretending to be the Avengers’ butler Jarvis — she’s also pregnant with a half-Skrull baby! Or maybe not. Luckily, fake spoilers weren’t all the Marvel editors and creators let slip during today’s New York Comic-Con panels. They also teased some upcoming projects, both…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel Apr 18

Technics vs. Marvel Shirts Are Perhaps the Most Incredible Shirts Ever

Even though our (pretend) DJ days were over back in college, we still have a fond spot in our hearts for Technics and their beautiful equipment. The Technics 1200s are legendary DJ gadgets after all, so when we saw that the company actually issued a series of shirts featuring Marvel characters behind the decks, our…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16

Spider-Man Webs Up This Week’s Comics

Who Can Replace Topher As The Gooey Spawn Of Evil?

How Does Your Hero Measure Up On Our Wish-Fulfillment Checklist?

The Cure For Rampant Sequel-Itis

If You Make Jazz Hands When Your Spidey Sense Tingles, This Is For You

Spider-Man Finally To Lose Virginity

Where The Marvel Universe And Real World Intersect

Eight Toys You Can’t Leave Comic-Con Without

Spider-Man Sacrfices His Face to Hold Your Cellphone in a Car

Superheroes Who Get Laid All The Time

First Vertigo-Inducing Screenshots From Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows

Marvel Comics Are Anti-Everything

Have Superhero Movies Killed The Summer Movie Season?

Spider-Man Terrorizes Chattanooga!

Don’t Let Tobey Ruin Another Spider-Man

Could Spider-Man Be Going Back To High School?

Two More Spideys To Film Back-To-Back

How Superhero Movies Made Comic Books Cooler (If Not Better)

What’s Coming After Marvel’s Skrull Massacre?

Technics vs. Marvel Shirts Are Perhaps the Most Incredible Shirts Ever

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