Venom #8
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| It's a Giant Spider Island of savings at Menard's! (art by Tony Moore) |
Creative Team: Rick Remender (writer), Tom Fowler (art)
Page 2: Betty Brant's mother, Eleonore, died after slipping into a coma, induced when gangsters looking for money from her son, Bennett, backhanded her into a coffee table, as revealed in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #12.
Page 3: After Ned Leeds died, Betty became an investigative reporter, and acquired a penchant for firearms...sometimes to a ridiculous degree. So yes, she probably does know how to use that gun.
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| I just...I don't...f*** you, the '90s. (Web of Spider-Man #116, written by Terry Kavanagh, art by Alex Saviuk and Don Hudson) |
Page 4: Flash Thompson's sister, Jessie, first appeared in Spectacular Spider-Man #-1. (Yes, -1. In 1997, Marvel had Flashback Month, in which every book flashed back to a time before its lead characters were super heroes. It...kinda worked.)
Page 17: Yes, the Queen and Captain America used to date, back in WWII, as revealed in her first appearances.
Amazing Spider-Man #672
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| Look out, Pete. She's got the crazy eyes! (art by Humberto Ramos) |
Creative Team: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba and Karl Kesel (inkers)
Page 5: Reed and Ben know that Peter Parker is Spider-Man as of ASM #591. He initially revealed this in Spider-Man/Human Torch #5, but it was erased from their minds by the Iron Man/Reed/Dr. Strange mindwipe in One Moment In Time.
Page 7: Peter designed this suit in ASM #650 to counteract the Hobgoblin's deafening Lunatic Laugh.
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| "I think maybe you should wait a few days after watching that new Tron movie before designing a new costume. Also, ow, my spine." (Amazing Spider-Man #650, written by Dan Slott, art by Humberto Ramos, Carlos Cuevos, Joseph Damon, and Victor Olazaba) |
Peter refers to the much-maligned (and justly so) The Other storyline, where Peter died after a brutal beating at the hands of Morlun, only to return to life with a number of strange new powers, including wrist-stingers, increased strength, and an enhanced spider-sense...all of which have mysteriously gone away. As we'll see later, Kaine apparently underwent a similar transformation.
Page 12: No annotation here, I'm just impressed they snuck a gag this dirty into an issue of Amazing Spider-Man. "Shared a toothbrush", indeed...
Spider-Island: Amazing Spider-Girl #3
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| When they said this neighbourhood was full of wasps, I thought they just meant white people. (art by Ale Garza) |
Creative Team: Paul Tobin (writer), Pepe Larraz (art)
Well, uh, nothing to Spider-Mannotate here, but judging by the size of the spider Hobgoblin kills in this issue, he totally murdered a baby. Harsh.
Spider-Island: Cloak and Dagger #3
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| No caption, this is just a really nice cover. (art by Emma Rios) |
Creative Team: Nick Spencer (writer), Emma Rios (pencils), Alvaro Lopez (inker)
Page 19-20: D'Spayre and Nightmare are extremely powerful demons concerned with one aspect of the human psyche. D'Spayre, as his DeviantArt-tastic name would imply, is lord of depression and misery. He first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #68, and was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. He's met C&D before, having infused them with portions of his soul.
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| Maybe we didn't need that second panel, but what isn't improved by adding a little Man-Thing? (Uncanny X-Men #144, written by Chrus Claremont, art by Brent Anderson and Josef Rubinstein) |
Nightmare rules the extradimensional Dream Dimension, and is responsible for humanity's bad dreams. He's really old-school, having been created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Strange Tales #110, which also featured the first appearance of his nemesis, Dr. Strange.
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| Welcome to my me. (Strange Tales #122, written by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko) |
Mayhem, on the other hand, was Brigid O'Reilly, Cloak and Dagger's friend on the police force...the key word there being "was". Corrupt cops poisoned her with nerve gas, and C&D's attempts to revive her instead brought her back to life as Mayhem, a lethal vigilante. She was created by Bill Mantlo and Rick Leonardi in Cloak and Dagger #1.
Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #3
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| You're not Sylvia! You're one of the Deadly Hands of Kung Fu...Three! (art by Sebastian Fiamura) |
Creative Team: Antony Johnston (writer), Sebastian Fiamura and Leandro Fernandez (pencils), John Lucas (inker)
Page 7: Rounding out the Immortal Weapons in this book, we have Dog Brother #1 (wily protector of orphans and stray dogs) and Tiger's Beautiful Daughter (merciless leader of a village of female warriors). Both were created by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja in Immortal Iron Fist.
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| How did these guys miss out on Marvel vs. Capcom 3? (Immortal Iron Fist #9, written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, art by David Aja) |
Next: the epilogue issue, and the future of the Spider-Mannotations!
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