James Harvey
01-18-2002, 07:03 PM
www.marvel.com has announced Brian Bendis’ plans for Ultimate Spider-Man to coincide with the release of the May Spider-Man film.
In addition to a previously announced story arc featuring the return of the Green Goblin in Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man Team-Up will go on hiatus for a month in favor of the Ultimate Spider-Man Special, a project Bendis says has been in development for six months and is an, “all-new star-studded Spidey story like you've never seen!”
“This self-contained story reveals Spider-Man's young and naive look at his place in the complicated world of the Ultimate Marvel Universe,” explains Bendis. “After what could only be described as a couple of really bad team-ups, Spidey really doubts whether he should be doing it at this time. It all comes together in the form of an illustrated essay he writes for class about power and responsibility.
“I have been working with Ultimate editor Ralph Macchio to create a special gathering-of-all-star-comic-book-artists-from-all-generations thing - a perfect mixture of Indy stars and comic book legends - each creating a chapter of work written specifically for them. And all of it ties together into one of the biggest stories I have ever written. It's too early to spill the beans on the creators who have signed on, but this is a true dream team, people!”
Bendis also touched on a much-rumored development…
“Oh, and I was going to give you all the dirt on that super secret Spider-Man show I'm writing for MTV, but... oops, I'm out of space!”
Look for more details on both projects soon.
In addition to a previously announced story arc featuring the return of the Green Goblin in Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man Team-Up will go on hiatus for a month in favor of the Ultimate Spider-Man Special, a project Bendis says has been in development for six months and is an, “all-new star-studded Spidey story like you've never seen!”
“This self-contained story reveals Spider-Man's young and naive look at his place in the complicated world of the Ultimate Marvel Universe,” explains Bendis. “After what could only be described as a couple of really bad team-ups, Spidey really doubts whether he should be doing it at this time. It all comes together in the form of an illustrated essay he writes for class about power and responsibility.
“I have been working with Ultimate editor Ralph Macchio to create a special gathering-of-all-star-comic-book-artists-from-all-generations thing - a perfect mixture of Indy stars and comic book legends - each creating a chapter of work written specifically for them. And all of it ties together into one of the biggest stories I have ever written. It's too early to spill the beans on the creators who have signed on, but this is a true dream team, people!”
Bendis also touched on a much-rumored development…
“Oh, and I was going to give you all the dirt on that super secret Spider-Man show I'm writing for MTV, but... oops, I'm out of space!”
Look for more details on both projects soon.