What does J.J Abrams have to do with Spider-Man and why did it make fans angry well you’re
about to find out here on Casually Comics.
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alright for let us bask in the casual or just starting out fans dilemma for a moment.
When you’re just getting into something the whirlwind of fandom minutia can all get
pretty confusing it can be like showing up to a party late and everyone is already mid
conversation, and not only do you have to figure out what everyone is talking about
but find something to contribute.
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So recently the Spider-Man fandom was abuzz thanks to a mysterious tweet that appeared
Marvel comics twitter which was retweeted by C.B Cebulski which was a big deal as he
is currently editor in chief over at Marvel so in other worlds the retcon king should
he so choose.
The tweet in question was four presented in 1960s animated style webbing with the retweet
text reading no one is going to see this coming.
So of course fans were off wondering just what could it be.
The lead assumption right off the bat was a Spider-Man 4 comic book adaptation to continue
on in the Raimi timeline.
Sam Raimi having directed the the first spider-man trilogy starring tobey maguire which is still
beloved by many fans and of course memed because of how it ended I dunno I wouldn't hate it
if these new ones had more dancing.
Ultimately after Spider-Man 3 was a bit of a mess the series was rebooted with Andrew
Garfield and The Amazing Spider-Man run began.
However Raimi had plans for a 4th film and so fans believed that maybe those plans were
going to be adapted into a comicbook.
Which isn’t that odd of an idea to have it’s happened before and in general visual
media like television or movies continuing on or having comic book spinoffs and tie ins
isn’t that strange.
Cliffnotes people got excited.
The Other idea people had was maybe some kind of really big Fantastic 4 spider-man team
up comic again a distinct possibility Peter has quite the history with Marvel’s first
family and has long been after a rocky start best friends with Johnny Storm when writers
remember that, that is.
But the next day there was number 3 so disappointment was already creeping into the mix but some
held out hope I mean who starts a countdown at 4 you don’t just start at 4 you start
at 10 or 5.
Some also began to take issue with Cebulski’s tone which some read as friendly ribbing and
others read as trolling.
With the tweet accompanying the number 3 being Wait, so it's not a Spider-Man/FF crossover?!?
You mean, it's not a comic adaptation of Spider-Man 4?!?
I told you, you will not see this one coming!
Number 2’s tweet read Dashing hopes that Spider-Man was going to join the Warriors
Three… which some read as a mockery of those who had assumed and gotten excited for a 4th
raimi spider-man.
From the outside looking in you can just slowly see it going wrong.
And the Number 1’s tweet was the one where fans really began to cry bait that they were
being played with and that was Looks like we only have to wait One More Day for the
big Spider-Man reveal!
(Just joking...)
We actually just talked about One More day last time and the impact that had on spider-man
fans and why most hated it.
Most fans only want to hear about one more day if it’s to say One More Day is going
away.
That rhymed and that makes me happy for I am lame.
So with all of this antici….pation.
Fans were expecting something absolutely amazing and what they got was….wait for it.
We could not be more thrilled to announce that @jjabrams, Henry Abrams and @sara_pichelli
will be launching a new SPIDER-MAN comic series for @Marvel this September!!!!!
Yeaaaah this went over poorly for a couple of reasons 1 the build up and the slight ribbing
of people’s assumptions about what it was going to be assumptions that many felt were
cooler than what we actually got.
2 J.J abrams and his reboots, some people like them and others feel he’s incredibly
derivative and has a hard time tying multiple plots together.
Sidenote he’s also in negotiations with Warner right now about rebooting DC so some
are very confused by all of this.
3.
Ok before we get to 3 can we talk about MJ on this cover cause the way she’s posed
she is about to plunge to her death Peter is not holding onto her.
And after gwen we know he learned his lesson.
I feel like that was too soon, is it still too soon to joke about Gwen is that just always
inappropriate.
Like me.
4.
Nepotism now nepotism happens all the time and many people if they had the choice would
totally do it but they don't like seeing it rubbed in their face.
In short some feel that Abram’s son is being given an unfair leg up over those who have
struggled to get into the comic industry.
Although we don’t know maybe he has been trying.
Don’t look at me like that.
Others feel that way about both of them why do they get a comic over other actual comic
writers.
5.
Cadaverous so some details about this project have been revealed it’s coming in September
2019 it’s going to be 5 parts the villain is called cadaverous which vacillates between
sounding cool to some or like something a 12 year old made up.
Again I have some receipts aka quotes about how the process went down.
On the genesis henry said I’m nervous, but I will do my best.
Nick Lowe, the editor of this comic, reached out about 10 years ago.
More recently we began to develop an idea: a new and different and exciting take on Spider-Man.Most
of my exposure to comics came when I was super young: Calvin and Hobbes, Tintin, Spy vs.
Spy.
I did have a Marvel compendium when I was 6 or 7 that I adored and I would always land
on this page of Spider-Man, not knowing anything about the character or the back story or the
powers, but connecting with the visual designs of Steve Ditko.
I didn’t really start reading him until I was 11 or 12.
And at that point, I realized that this is a character that I see myself in and that
was probably the first time I ever felt that way with any fictional character.
I feel like I’ve developed not just as a writer, but someone that can appreciate stories
more.
Spider-Man is one of those superheroes where the more you read about him, for me at least,
the less I understand him.
He’s so anti-everything that you’d expect from a hero.
I think Stan Lee said something about putting the human in superhuman.
That is what we’re trying to do.
On whether he would write more comics J.J had this to say Sure.
It’s been fun working with Henry.
I know that Henry has some other ideas for some.
I can imagine working with Dad has its advantages but I can imagine wanting to do things on
his own.
Now some feel everyone needs to calm down this is just going to be
a 5 part mini series a fun side project for the abrams and it’s goal is to drive sales.
Hopefully bring in new readers by having Abrams name on it.
So someone who doesn't necessarily read comics may be like oh I like spider-man I like jj
abrams I’ll buy this.
Many feel the blowback for this would have been smaller or even nonexistent if the announcement
had been handled differently.
Seriously why start a countdown at 4 fans feel that
it was intentional to get people talking about a spider-man 4 to build up buzz, and some
negative hype to get more videos more articles more eyes on marvel for the actual announcement.
What do you think?
Do you think they baited fans?
Or do you think people are overreacting?
Are you excited for a J.J Abrams and son comic?
4 Questions cause 4 is where we start things apparently.
I’m Sasha thanks so much for watching and we’ll see you again soon here on Casually
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