If you were put in charge of the Spiderman line

[Bionic Joe]

OK Marvel hired you to be in charge of the Spiderman line and are handed total control only limits you have to keep it an all ages book
So what would you do?

First thing i'd do is making the Amazing Spiderman the main title in the line and make it come out once a month
second i would do away with the muscial writer and artist junk,
get a solid constint writer and artist
for writer i'd go with Roger Stern and artist Mark Bagley
thrid i'd bring back the Spiderman rogues gallary
fourth put the fun back in to Spiderman
Fifth and most important to me Gwen Stacy never died!!!!

[aquatroy]

Add "Kick Joe Q in the sack" and get rid of the Gwen Stacy thing and I would agree.

[The Toyroom]

Fifth and most important to me Gwen Stacy never died!!!!

See, to me, Gwen Stacy dying is one of the most important elements of the Spidey mythos...He wasn't able to save his one-true love* from dying at the hands of his mortal enemy, The Green Goblin. So Spidey has two strikes against him...Uncle Ben and Gwen...He WON'T let it happen a third time.

(* Mary Jane Watson is just a rebound romance IMO...)

[Bionic Joe]

See, to me, Gwen Stacy dying is one of the most important elements of the Spidey mythos...He wasn't able to save his one-true love* from dying at the hands of his mortal enemy, The Green Goblin. So Spidey has two strikes against him...Uncle Ben and Gwen...He WON'T let it happen a third time.

(* Mary Jane Watson is just a rebound romance IMO...)

I unstand what you are saying but killing Gwen always bugged the c*** out of me

The only thing that bugged me more was the whole Gwen had twins garbage
I would rewrite the story so it was Mary Jane that died that day

[aquatroy]

A few years ago I heard a Roy Thomas interview where he described Gwen as "Stan's shiksa girlfriend". He didn't like Gwen as a character. That's not to say that she couldn't have evolved into something more complicated.

[Dark Shadow]

I'm with The Toyroom on the death of Gwen Stacy.


If I were in charge of the Spider-Man franchise, I would:

*Create a Spider-Man Bible specific to each universe/line..
*Keep the essence of the stories confined to each individual line.
(Crossovers would be minimal, and would not include essential plot developments)
*Mandate some sort of artwork consistency, leaning toward the complex.
(Simplistic elongated stretchy teeny boppers would be cause for instant termination)
*Spider Powers would be unique to Peter Parker, absolutely no clones, relatives or imposters.
(Alternate lines from ASM would be based on Parker making different choices)
*Hire writers who are focused on writing compelling stories, no gimmicks!
(Any writer who put his personal agenda [“making history”] ahead of the Bible would be termed)
*Get the movie rights back from Sony (Hey, it’s an imaginary scenario, right?)
*Revoke Hasbro’s figure rights & hand them over to Sideshow 12”, Heroes In Action 8”, and back to Toy Biz for 3” & 6”.
*Hire someone to create a compelling cable series for HBO, Showtime, or AMC…no network BS and no SyFy.
*Hire someone to create a sophisticated animated version for Cartoon Network.
*Rework the Broadway disaster into a touring live theatrical performance.
(No musical numbers, no dance performances, just straight on story telling with killer effects)
*Create a more complex theatrical experience for Vegas.
*Spider Island would be a theme park resort, not a silly “everybody has Spider Powers” BS fest.

Whew….I’m ready for my vacation!

[Hector]

See, to me, Gwen Stacy dying is one of the most important elements of the Spidey mythos...He wasn't able to save his one-true love* from dying at the hands of his mortal enemy, The Green Goblin. So Spidey has two strikes against him...Uncle Ben and Gwen...He WON'T let it happen a third time.

(* Mary Jane Watson is just a rebound romance IMO...)

I agree 100%...

[BlackKnight]

Hire Todd McFarlane again.

[thunderbolt]

Get him off multiple teams, two books Amazing and SPectacular, bring back Team Up, and no more idiotic crossovers like Spider-Island or whatever its called.

[MIB41]

As relevant as Gwen's death is to the Spider-man mythos, so is the death of the original Green Goblin as a result of that. How writers could bring Norman Osbourne back with the added insult of suggesting he raped Gwen before having her killed is unforgivable. I would undo that most ignorant of writing debacles first.

[The Bat]

I'd have a compete reality change that only Quicksilver realizes what has happened, and he has to "fix it". Then I'd not only change Spiderman's reality....but the whole Marvel-verse. Then I'd re-design ALL their costumes so that they had an armored look to them and get rid of all the Super Hero costumes that wear Underoos on the outside of their suits. And I'd give them all collars and all the bare-legged girls pants.

[The Toyroom]

I'd have a compete reality change that only Quicksilver realizes has has happened, and he has to "fix it". Then I'd not only change Spiderman's reality....but the whole Marvel-verse. Then I'd re-design ALL their costumes so that they had an armored look to them and get rid of all the Super Hero costumes that wear Underoos on the outside of their suits. And I'd give them all collars and all the bare-legged girls pants.

OMG! LMAO! Brilliant Dane....Brilliant!

[BlackKnight]

I'd have a compete reality change that only Quicksilver realizes what has happened, and he has to "fix it". Then I'd not only change Spiderman's reality....but the whole Marvel-verse. Then I'd re-design ALL their costumes so that they had an armored look to them and get rid of all the Super Hero costumes that wear Underoos on the outside of their suits. And I'd give them all collars and all the bare-legged girls pants.

This could Happen.

[emeraldknight47]

I'd have a compete reality change that only Quicksilver realizes what has happened, and he has to "fix it". Then I'd not only change Spiderman's reality....but the whole Marvel-verse. Then I'd re-design ALL their costumes so that they had an armored look to them and get rid of all the Super Hero costumes that wear Underoos on the outside of their suits. And I'd give them all collars and all the bare-legged girls pants.

Don't give them any more ideas than they probably already have. Most of them are probably bad ones at that...!

[emeraldknight47]

I think I'd go back to Spidey #122 (I think that's the one where Osborne bit it), and have Spidey get knocked unconcious at the end of the issue only to wake up in issue #123 remembering some really bad dreams about symbiotes and clones and all the other CRAP that has gone down since then. I'd take him back to his roots and find a artist who could do him as well as Romita, Sr. without being a complete swiper....