COMING EARLY 2015!
*This is a project I debated about for years now. Well before the JUSTICE series was developed, I seriously thought about making a Marvel series centered around Spider-Man. Besides Batman and the Flash, he is my favorite superhero of all time. Spider-Man's greatest gift I think, is the fact that at heart, he is a kid stuck in a serious world. He's a sarcastic, fun-loving, insanely smart, and above all, a brave young man who doesn't hesitate to sacrifice for the greater good.
This is a project that I kept drifting back to, creating new ideas for the story while shaking my head in fury and deciding to dedicate my full-time attention to Batman and the DC Universe. But after the whole Sony hacking deal, in which details were released saying that maybe, Sony and Marvel will unite and bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and I couldn't be more happy. I kept having flashes of my love for the webhead and ideas just wouldn't stop. So... against my better judge and my lack of personal time... I am going to try my hardest to make this my best story yet.
This Spider-Man story will NOT be an origin story. I made that mistake with the DARK KNIGHT series and I regret taking that long to get the story and action stared. Peter will have already been Spider-Man for the better part of a year and he is a junior in high school. Mary Jane has not shown up yet and he is deeply in love with Gwen Stacy. An Avengers-esque alien invasion has occurred six months before and the world now knows openly about heroes. Spider-Man is just getting the spotlight. Spider-Man is a little different in this story, though. In the old comics, he was more like a detective, using his gadgets to investigate crimes and find people, which helped in his job as a photographer for the Daily Bugle. Somewhere down the line, J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle WILL appear, but I don't have the story completely down yet. He has invented his web-shooters and his costume has an interesting origin that hasn't been shown yet. There is no set time on completion for this story as I won't allow that stress to happen again. The story will be done by the end of 2015. I know that sounds like a huge time window but with senior year ending for me and my future getting aligned, I have no clue what the future will entail. I am just going to let the bulk of this story lead itself.
On another note, the Avengers will be present eventually. Other New York heroes like Daredevil and the Fantastic Four will show up as well. But unlike my JUSTICE series, everything involved in the MSMU (MegaSam's Marvel Universe) will stay inside the Spider-Man stories. My life is just too busy to make short-stories around Captain America's WWII adventures, the Hulk's travels around the world, and what Wolverine does between time off with the X-Men (although I would love to!). The villains for this first story will be Wilson Fisk for the most part (also known as Kingpin, mostly a Daredevil villain). This will be mostly a crime story, with Spider-Man trying to take down a crime syndicate that is taking over New York. And in superhero vs. villain fashion, the eye-candy bad guy will be Vulture, a hitman-for-hire who uses his mechanical science skills for money.
In short, if you love Spider-Man, you'll love this. I will respect the character and my love for Marvel will surely show. This story will be action-packed, loaded with teenaged humor, and will open the door for the universe that Spider-Man is partly responsible for creating. It will be epic, I assure you.
-MS777