#sci talks comics

[sciderman]

spider-man: holiday spectacular (2025)

[spidcy]

I'm (finally) starting the comics and I was hoping for some series recommendations? Specifically for spidey, but if there's anything you just think should be read, I'm also interested.

Depends on your personal tastes! Personally, I like a laugh and a half, so my suggestions probably reflect that. My Spider-man knowledge is far from complete, I’ve not even touched anything from the 80′s and 90′s, so there are certainly a lot of gems I’m missing. 

I started right from the beginning, in the swinging 60′s through to the 70′s, and that’s always the Spider-man that comes to my mind immediately when someone mentions Peter. He’s ridiculous, over-dramatic, and nearly insufferable. It’s not all campy fun, though. You’ll read through the tragedies and failures that wind up shaping Peter to become one of Marvel’s greatest heroes. But, heck if I don’t love that cocky brat in the red and blue pyjamas. 

Speaking of brats, if you’re looking for something more recent, and have a penchant for high-school drama, 2000′s Ultimate Spider-man comics might be your poison. I think this series being so freaking amazing is the reason why we’re constantly stuck with teenage Peter Parker. But this series is amazing. (Way better than Homecoming. Like, there’s not even any contest.) You’ll feel genuine fear for a Peter Parker that’s in way over his head, squaring up against villains far more frightening than anything you’d expect from a colourful Spider-man comic. You’ll genuinely worry if Peter will make it out alive. While high-school drama isn’t really my ticket, the action more than makes up for it.  

If you’re wondering how Peter fares when he’s grown and matured; Straczynski’s 2000′s Amazing Spider-man run is a great read. The “Coming Home” arc has Peter becoming a science teacher at Midtown High. Issue #31 floors me, every time I read it. 

Since you’re just starting out, though, you might want a smaller series, without a big ridiculous overarching plot. Avenging Spider-man (2011) is a team-up of the month type of series, with some fun to be had. It’s hit-or-miss, but it was one of the first Spider-man series I read, and it introduced me to a lot of Marvel characters. Comics are absurd, so it’s always great to see a series embrace it. 

(An FYI, #12 - #13 is one of my all-time favourites.) 

There’s a couple of mini-series I’d say are worth checking out! The Spider-man and the Human Torch series is hokey and heartwarming. 

Astonishing Spider-man and Wolverine is… just, bonkers, honestly. Like the weirdest fanfiction ever. It has to be seen to be believed. 

Also the 2015 Renew Your Vows series is great, particularly if you have a soft spot for super-families. I haven’t been reading the 2017 continuation of the series, but 2015′s is a self-contained mini-series that’s a joy to read. 

Good luck with your expedition into comics! It’s all downhill from here! 

[sciderman]

undeadpool #1 (2025)

undeadpool #2 (2025)

undeadpool #3 (2025)

[sciderman]

marvel's spider-man/superman is out now , as well as dc's superman/spider-man. have any thoughts on either?

i haven't fucking seen EITHER in my local comic book shops but both deadpool/batman crossovers are still on shelves. what is going on! i guess i'll have to find it online, by totally legal means...

i've read DC's superman/spider-man first and - it's lacklustre in the same way marvel's deadpool/batman was. but it's cute, for sure - but, i don't know. not a fan of how peter's written. he's a bit annoying.

feels very tom holland coded - and, yes. i'll hate on a spider-man interpretation purely for being tom holland coded.

i mean it as in - he's so childish and cutesy. not my peter parker. not terrible by any means - and like, i love any time i get to see peter have to lift like, a building. always goes hard. never gets old.

it's nice. i like this panelling. it's cute.

i just - i don't like how young peter looks and acts and feels here. doesn't feel right, to me. tom holland coded, again.

whatever you say, anime boy.

another panel i love though is this silhouette shot - where you see a flash of red from clark's cape and peter's boot - that's a neat panel. cute, cute.

ultimately it's cute, but a little bland. peter and clark just aren't that interesting. it's more the gimmick of them teaming up that sells it, rather than their characterisations. nothing new under the sun.

the marvel spider-man/superman issue, however... much better. it's what i hoped for - peter and clark's chemistry immediately fires on all cylinders. i love that it starts in the middle of the action - and i love the back and forth.

peter's characterisation feels much better here. much less naive, more like the peter i love. more sassy, more sarcastic, just right.

love that you immediately get the sense that clark is soft on peter. love how you get to see the gears click into place as they learn more about each other (what i wantedd!! what i wanted all along!!)

and, of course. spider-man gets to lift a big heavy thing. always love to see it.

just make peter have to keep a big heavy thing from collapsing on top of him and i'm happy.

i really love this scene - just - peter asking clark to keep him from getting too into his thoughts.

"I'm Stubborn Like That." - Peter Parker (2026)

i don't want to spoil the meat of it - but i like this issue. i'll keep looking, to see if i can find a physical copy. but it's a delight.

they are so so pretty together...

i love the heart-to-heart - it's sweet. i love peter wearing yellow, more than anyone can understand. i love peter BRINGING AUNT MAY TO MEET THE KENTS...

good fanfiction. perfect happy ending. it's all so cute and they wrote it for me. it's exactly the sort of thing i was hoping for - heart to hearts, and clark and peter bonding over their upbringings. they are so, so loved.

peter and clark are such a perfect two characters to crossover - i feel like the writers had much more to work with here than with - like, deadpool and batman. and i'm so glad the marvel issue didn't disappoint. the dc issue though... kind of forgettable. i kind of forgot it already.

[sciderman]

Deadpool/Wolverine WWIII (2024) #3

[sciderman]

cable & deadpool #13

[sciderman]

Read Wade Wilson's War today and got hit with James Franco pre-scars Wade...somehow basic bitch jock Wade from Spider-Man/Deadpool feels better.

Brunette Wade my nemesis.

we don't talk about basic bitch jock wade from spider-man and deadpool either. but yeah this is not good either. pineapple express looking mother fucker.

i think pre-weapon X wade wilson is always a controversial topic. nobody seems to be happy with portrayals of pre-weapon X wade wilson. which is why i [REDACTED]

i kind of don't want to know what adult wade looked like pre-weapon X. i don't want to know. mostly because i don't want to see him. especially from artists who "don't want to draw the scars" and want to handsomify him. i don't want them to have anything to work with. nothing at all.

[sciderman]

Peter, stop flirting and focus!

Pe-oh my god he's so fruity. "Kravey baby" will be stuck in my head for a long time. If anyone reads him as straight, they're illiterate, the closet is made of glass and covered in dust and cobwebs with how forgotten it is. I really think 50% of Spidey banter is just flirting with his oponents.

truly I know it's the looney tunes style of banter that bugs bunny uses because spider-man thinks himself some sort of wise-guy - but we also know retrospectively that bugs bunny is, indeed, an lgbt icon. and so is spider-man

no straight man would design a costume like this.