Amazing Spider-Man #546 - 558 "Brand New Day" Talkback (Spoilers)

[James Harvey]

It's a Brand New Day . . .

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546



WRITER: Dan Slott
PENCILS: Steve McNiven

THE STORY: This is it, Arachnophiles!!!! Prepare for what promises to be the most pulse-pounding piece of four color fiction to be delivered unto the Mighty Marvel Minions in decades! You asked for more Spidey! You demanded it! And, by Buckley, you're gonna get it! After the devastatingly heartwarming events of ONE MORE DAY, Peter Parker puts the past behind him and sets forth on a BRAND NEW DAY! Starting with Amazing Spider-Man #546, you now have THREE times the action! THREE times the villains! THREE times the danger! Amazing Spider-Man – Now 3 times every month! Bank on it, buck-o! And if that weren't enough: Amazing Spider-Man #546 goes double-sized to bring you back-up features that introduce you to the new players in the lives of Peter and his family!

Comments?

[kid rabbit]

from what I read on other web sites the status quo looks like spider man 2 where Harry Osborn is obess with killing spider man and still being Peter's best friend ,living in a rathole apartment and pining over Mary Jane. They could've done worst so I'll give it a chance

[Miyamoto Musashi]

It's a Brand New Day . . .
After the devastatingly heartwarming events of ONE MORE DAY Comments?

Heart breaking is more like it
The artists you mentioned isn't John Romita jr, what happened to him?

[Joe Wagner]

I must have missed the heartwarming momment in Brand New Day....unless they're talking about the part where they attempted to rip out the core essence of Spider-Man and promptly throw it into hellfire.....

Some of the artwork that I've seen previewed is intriguing but it's a shame to see Peter reduced to 1970's Peter Parker. I'm not entirely convinced that I like the artwork as a whole though but it seems to work. Then again, I have no intention of picking up this issue after the recent series of events. That is, unless they reveal that Peter was secretly replaced by Blackheart and the real Spider-Man never made the stupid deal in the first place. Or if they bring back Ben Reilly as the one, true Spider-Man - that I would buy....

-Joe!

[Wolf Boy2]

Or if they bring back Ben Reilly as the one, true Spider-Man - that I would buy....

I NEVER thought I would see that statement in print. EVER.:anime:

I got it - it was a SKRULL that made the deal. Hell, MJ was a Skrull too. Neither Peter nor MJ were actually involved and when Jack Kirby **cough**, I mean, God, finds out he will set eveything right.

There. Now we know a way for Joey Q to undo this story. No, wait. Skrulls actually make sense (too much sense for a Joey Q story). Dang, it'll never happen.

[Miyamoto Musashi]

I must have missed the heartwarming momment in Brand New Day....unless they're talking about the part where they attempted to rip out the core essence of Spider-Man and promptly throw it into hellfire.....

Some of the artwork that I've seen previewed is intriguing but it's a shame to see Peter reduced to 1970's Peter Parker. I'm not entirely convinced that I like the artwork as a whole though but it seems to work. Then again, I have no intention of picking up this issue after the recent series of events. That is, unless they reveal that Peter was secretly replaced by Blackheart and the real Spider-Man never made the stupid deal in the first place. Or if they bring back Ben Reilly as the one, true Spider-Man - that I would buy....

-Joe!

Pfffft
Heartbreaking and not warming.
They'll make Spidey wake up to find he's still married and the whole civil war was just a nightmare, he is an avenger but not known by other members his true identity and he lives with his aubt in her home.
Toomes comitted suicide because he feels guilty after years of remorse for the death of the one he knew as his only friend; Nathan Lubensky

This is what I'll do if I was in Marvel

[rggkjg1]

well, i liked this issue and i'm gonna stick with this "new" spider-man until it gets revamped/rebooted back to the way things were.

[Russkafin]

I went to the comic book store yesterday with my buddy Mike. He picked up the last part of "One More Day" and the first part of "Brand New Day." He doesn't read internet spoilers at all so he did not know what to expect.

An hour or so later I got this picture sent to my cell phone.



.....There was a caption as well, but, it's not suitable for print here.

[WrenchNinja]

I thought it was awful. Horrendous. It's like Peter reverted all the way back to huge levels of jackassery. I don't see how anyone was able to enjoy the issue. I mean seriously, if you wanted to have younger Peter, why not just read USM? At least he's likable there. All of that character development went down the drain. Just like that.

Thanks Quesada, you're a stand up guy.

[Spider-Man]

Against all my instincts, I picked up the first issue of Brand New Day. I did it solely on the fact that I loved Dan Slott's now invalid Spider-Man/Human Torch: I'm With Stupid mini-series and I really like McNiven's art. And overall the issue was incredibly mediocre. I was expecting something with more power behind it but it just ended up coming across as just a rather average affair. This issue really needed to be something that blew every away in order to at least justify One More Day. This doesn't. The art is beautiful but the story itself is average at best. In fact it's probably some of the weakest I've read of Slott's work. The back up stories aren't all that great either, with the one focused on Aunt May being the worst. I'm not sure if I'll be reading the next issue next week since it took alot more me to just get pick up this issue with the new status quo.

Also, on Newsarama they have an article where they talk to retailers about the sales of this issue and it's looks like it is not going to be a huge hit.

[Shantosh9500]

Well so far i tried to enjoyed this the best way i can which is forgetting everything about Spidey's long history but the sad truth is for me its impossible and i find it very hard to enjoy this. McNiven's art is probably the best thing about this book but Slott's writing isn't exactly what i hoped for. The story is just average for me not the kind that i would expect from Dan Slott.

[James Harvey]

Brand New Day continues!

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #547



WRITER: Dan Slott
PENCILS: Steve McNiven

THE STORY: AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING! In this premiere month, Spidey's new status quo gets a swift punch in the gut as Dan Slott and super-star artist Steve McNiven hit the ground running with new villains, new friends, and some familiar faces that promise to make Peter's life messier than ever before. This is where it's all happening. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: Same Old Power. Same Old Responsibility. Brand New Day.

Comments?

[Xurk]

This is a response to #546, which I just read yesterday - that's the trouble with this book coming out almost every week now, I'm going to be continually behind in the talkbacks

The Good:

The best thing about this issue is definitely the art. Steve McNiven is utterly amazing with the work he turned in here! Though I suppose the inkers and colourists well deserve some of the credit for that. But still, from the headshots to the splash pages to the scenery to the look for Mister Negative, this issue was a treat to look at!

The supporting cast. Seeing all those familiar faces, with some new ones thrown in, this feels more classic than Spider-Man has been in years. But they manage to not make it feel too much "been there, done that" by trying out some other things, such as Peter finally confronting JJJ on the issue of how much he has to thank to Peter, followed by JJJ getting so angry he has a heart-attack [I guess I get the context of that very strange teaser picture from the next issue featuring Peter and JJJ now].

The Harry Osborn back-up; it wasn't anything stellar, but it set an interesting tone for the character and I'm curious to see where this goes.

Oh yeah, there was a spider tracer! And thought balloons!

The Bad:

The obviousness of some of the newly-introduced story elements:
- Carlie is going to be the main love interest for Peter;
- Peter not being Spider-Man anymore, which is going to last two issues if lucky - and it's the exact same thing done with the "last" reboot, but granted, this time it's because he's an unregistered superhero;
- Jackpot is so going to end up being MJ.
- Peter saying: "Please, I'm too young to get married" ... I think they meanto to draw JQ here, but accidentally drew Peter instead

Although I am interested in the Jackpot character, the back-up was annoying, as it's being laid on way too thick that they want this character to become really popular, being thrown in our face in a back-up instead of letting us get to know her in the main story. I liked the art by Greg Land though.
Don't get me started on the Aunt May back-up... I get the idea, but it is executed in a far too "squeaky clean" '80s anti-drugs comic book manner [not that I have anything against those books in particular, but nowadays it just seems like a cheesy concept]. At least it doesn't appear to be a throw-away story, as the Freak character is supposed to be used in the main story at some point, IIRC.

One thing I think I'm onto, which I'll address in a spoiler tag:

Spoiler:

Harry Osborn = Mephisto? It would make sense as Harry is supposed to be dead and all, and in this issue alone I picked up a few hints, like: "Harry Osborn, speak of the devil."

Then again, it would seem rather strange for Mephisto to be masquerading around as Harry Osborn almost all the time, surely he would have better more evil things to do?

In conclusion, this issue was hit and miss, and although I think Dan Slott is doing the best he can with the concept he was given, I agree that it seems a bit under his regular Spidey par. I'm still on board though [wonder what could ever push me to stray ], here's hoping #547 has enough good things to cancel out the negative things I've listed so far!

[Miyamoto Musashi]

Who are the three stooges on the cover fighting with spiderman?

What? Harry Osbourne? Can't be

Spiderman should've stayed in his retirement as a super hero, or at least renew his retirement before the twins insanity breaks loose

[kid rabbit]

I've been saying this on other post the status quos the same as he movies and I still stand by my thoiry that spider man and MJ's daughter is destined to kill mephiso

[rggkjg1]

i'm really digging the weekly format. i don't know if i'd be onboard for this whole thing if it wasn't. when all this is done and over with, it will at least have been a real quick ride. i'm keeping my fingers crossed for no delays (another reason why i'm reading, just to see if they can keep it on time).

[wonderfly]

Paul O'Brien of the X-Axis website has some interesting observations on "Brand New Day", (many of which I actually agree with). Still, I don't think I enjoyed the first issue as much as he did, (going by his review). I'm going to give this a few issues for the new status quo to sink in, it may just take some getting used to...

[Fanboy Dave]

So far the story is nothing great,but I will admit that I enjoy the return of the wisecracking Spidey. After who knows how many issues of cliche angst and dark "i'm gonna kill you this time" attitude it's nice to get a quip once in a while.

I will never love the fact of how we got here,but I'm willing to give it a shot if they make strides in the overall story.

[Miyamoto Musashi]

Dark side of the spider? It only started after he became publicly known as Peter parker, right?

[Shantosh9500]

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=143482

First look of the Marc Guggenheim/Salvador Larroca BND issues. Larroca's artwork looks pretty good here. Let's hope that the writing is just as good. Plus a first look at the David Finch Variant which looks terrible by the way (Jackpot looks like a giant compared to Spidey)