Another new Spiderman costume

[kingdom warrior]

I honestly believe that, DC and Marvel have deals with toy companies that they have to create a new costume or gimmick every year so the toy companies have something new to sell.....it can only explain all the lame garbage that they put out every few months.....

[Figuremod73]

Derivative characters means more action figures

I think youve hit the nail on the head with that one. I think thats exactly their way of thinking.

The 90s isn't all it was cracked up to be

Heck, it wasnt to bad. I thought the superman and batman titles were good MOST of the decade. It helped having guys like Jurgens and Ordway (for awhile at least). Louise Simonson did some good stuff as well. They went well beyond what Byrne started. Norm Breyfogle (spelling?) was just awesome on batman. First time I ever saw the guys art and still think it holds up well.
I do start running out of exceptions after awhile,lol
I guess some could say the '80s were bad compared to the '70s as well....and on and on.

[The Toyroom]

The 90s isn't all it was cracked up to be

[samurainoir]

^^^^
It's the same with all the franchise characters these days... Just look at the Hulk Family. Derivative characters means more action figures as well. Although I'm enjoying Flash Thompson as the military commando Venom, it's kind of a nice break from two decades of I'll eat your brains Venom. It also feels much like an early Spidey book because Flash just can't catch a break. he tries to do the right thing, but the symbiot just keeps messing it up for him... But without it he's just a legless vet.

but you don't need Venom, because Eddie Brock is running around now as Anti Venom. Plus just to show that it is the nineties all over again, the Scarlet Spider s back.

[Figuremod73]

McFarlane started on "Amazing" #298, the intro of Eddie Brock as Venom....

I remember being excited when Mcfarlane first started doing Amazing because of his work on the hulk. After a while though, it began looking worse and worse. (It may have been because it became a bi-weekly comic) Sadly, thats starting to look like the good old days.
I cant get into what they are doing now either. It just isnt good design work and it looks as if theres tons of different Spidermans running around in the Marvel Universe for those who really arent keeping up with the books on a regular basis. Spiderman has definately lost his uniqness.

[Earth 2 Chris]

In Spider-man vs Wolverine, he was stuck on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall and stole a costume that had "Die Spinne" on the back of it.

Bringing things full circle, Spidey was forced to wear his "Die Spinne" outfit again starting in ASM #300, drawn by McFarlane. Mary Jane was freaked out by his black costume after her first run-in with Venom, and it was the only red-and-blue suit Peter had for several issues!!!

[The Toyroom]

McFarlane started on "Amazing" #298, the intro of Eddie Brock as Venom....

[samurainoir]

Actually Ron Frenz designed Bag Man. I have that comic. It was a RIOT. But again, Spidey had to resort to that just to get home. Nowadays he'd have Stark International design him one and send it over. Sigh.

Chris

Ah yes, that's right... McFarlane's first was the 1st appearance of Venom wasn't it? Bag Man would have been before that, when he tried to get rid of the symbiote outfit.

[samurainoir]

I recall a time when Spider-Man's real costume was destroyed/stolen or something, and he had to go into battle in a cheap Halloween version. It kept coming off, he even had to web his boots up. Now he walks over to his walk-in closet "Hmm...do I feel like white today? Maybe black? Hows about Halo Exo-Suit?"

Chris

In Spider-man vs Wolverine, he was stuck on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall and stole a costume that had "Die Spinne" on the back of it.

[The Toyroom]

I just can't get into Spider-Man anymore...He's too popular within the Marvel Universe, being an Avenger, on the F.F., buddies with Iron Man, for someone that was always the underdog...

[Earth 2 Chris]

Actually Ron Frenz designed Bag Man. I have that comic. It was a RIOT. But again, Spidey had to resort to that just to get home. Nowadays he'd have Stark International design him one and send it over. Sigh.

Chris

[MIB41]

Is it just me or are comics just becoming fashion shows for nerds?

[samurainoir]

I don't think folks had a chance to blink after this one debuted last year before he started wearing the white FF uniform.



Lo and behold not long after



Year before that we had this one

[samurainoir]

I don't think this s a reaction to DC's new 52. Spiderman's been getting on average new Special mission suit once or twice a year now for a while. Inevitably a few months later a new action figure is released by Hasnro which reelects the new (temporary sales bump) look.

What takes the cake for me is that the Amazing Bag Man is being made into a figure... Which probably indicates a certain desperation for Spiderman variant costumes to make into toys. Although it WAS designed by McFarlane.

[kingdom warrior]

Ugh... Everything is armor these days. What the h*ll...

Everything in the 90's was jackets and grinding teeth, they just follow whatever trend is in at the moment.........