Comments on: Goodbye, Spider-Girl

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:26:49 +0000

spider girl didn't end at issue 30 i have issue 58, and 5

By: marvelcomicsgroupy

marvelcomicsgroupy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:24:20 +0000

In his defense, Tom DeFalco had a great run on Amazing Spider-Man in the good 'ol days. Long time readers have a great appreciation for him. I hope he does well elsewhere at Marvel.

By: tolsvar

tolsvar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:45:12 +0000

This book needed to be pushed heavier on the newstand and other outlets outside the comic shops, where Continuity is King and regular comic readers have been trained to read slow moving books. It needed to be in places where anyone could see it, especially little kids that convince their parents to buy them stuff (is there some unwritten law that comics can't be sold in toy stores?).

I read Spider-Girl from issue 1 of the first series until issue 6 of Amazing (dropping the book for financial reasons) and enjoyed every issue. DeFalco made the title easily accessible to anyone picking it up for the first time, an art in and of itself that seems lost on most Marvel titles.

It is a shame that a book that was fun to read is being cancelled because it can't support a monthly schedule. Marvel could make money off Spider-Girl if they simply started thinking "outside the box" of comic shops and monthly titles, but that were require some sort of intelligence.

By: Jack Norris

Jack Norris — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:45:51 +0000

I was also a lifelong DeFalco hater, considering his earliest work (especially his Marvel Two-In-One run) some of the worst comics writing of all time, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. As for the art, the person earlier who cited Buscema as a problem is insane. His presence is what made me greatly prefer this to the Marvel Adventures book's group style when it comes to younger-reader-friendly Marvel output.

By: Jeff Albertson

Jeff Albertson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:35:49 +0000

Amazing Spider-Girl was one of a handful of Marvel books I was still buying. I found it to be the last bastion of old school Marvel serial storytelling, and one of very few books that actually tried to introduce and develop supporting characters. Losing it means that there really isn't any book being published that harkens back to the old Stan Lee model.

I'd prefer to see the book survive, but I'll be content if the series survives in Spider-Man Family. As for relaunching with a different writer? No thanks. Although some talented possibilities were mentioned, I just can't see another writer handling the series and retaining the features I appreciate.

By: R. J. Sterling

R. J. Sterling — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:55:41 +0000

Now, "The Brave and the Bold" didn't get cancelled; it got turned into "Batman and the Outsiders". THAT got cancelled. And does anybody remember "Kickers, Inc.", that DeFalco wrote? Oh, God, the suck.

By: Rene

Rene — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:53:46 +0000

I've never read the book, so I couldn't judge it, but I really LOATHE Tom deFalco's writing in other books that I did read (such as Fantastic Four and Thor in the 1990s), and I can't really imagine anyone getting so engrossed by deFalco's writing.

By: grphxkindaguy

grphxkindaguy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:28:42 +0000

"Dalarsco
October 13, 2008 at 12:39 pm

Weird. Usually once a book hits the hundred issue mark itâ€™s pretty much safe."

Not necessarily. Tell that to:

Power Man & Iron Fist
Marvel Team Up, vol 1
Batman: LOTDK
Brave & the Bold vol 1
Peter Parker: Spectacular Spiderman etc

By: Sijo

Sijo — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:06:23 +0000

Well, of course Spider-Girl has to be cancelled! Don't you see? Having a daughter makes Peter Parker OLD! Nobody would read a series where Peter has a child! Right?

(And that has to be the snarkiest post I've made in a while. )

By: Thunderbeard

Thunderbeard — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:01:19 +0000

You guys do realize it was canceled because, like, zero people were buying it, right? It's almost happened several times before BND. Joe has nothing to do with this.

By: Teebore

Teebore — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:24:37 +0000

Aw man, that sucks. I jumped aboard after the One More Day debacle, dropping ASM for it. I came in mid-storyline and found myself entirely engrossed in the story and characters. It quickly became one of my favorite books each month. At least there's a bunch of back issues I haven't read yet.

So much for voting with my wallet...

By: Pedro BouÃ§a

Pedro BouÃ§a — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:14:22 +0000

I bought that series since the original What If issue. I'm really sad to see it go and hope that DeFalco and pals can fit a backup series in the Family book.

Who knows? It's not unheard of (albeit quite difficult nowadays) that a backup series can rise and take over the main book. Hope springs eternal!

Best,
Hunter (Pedro BouÃ§a)

By: Matt Jackson

Matt Jackson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:23:25 +0000

I'm really torn on this.

On the one hand, I really like the character of May Parker, the whole Spider-Man Legacy, and the general themes of the book.

On the other, I just couldn't get into DeFalco's writing and Buscema's art. For a book that was supposed to be young, fun, and hip, the guys behind it were pretty much the opposite of it.

I would love to see them relaunch Spider-Girl, or give it one last chance, but with a different creative team. I think a Paul Tobin, a Coleen Coover, a Terry Moore, or a Fred Van Lente would be awesome on that book, and inject it with the fun youthful energy it needs, without sacrificing the old school feel that makes it special.

But that's just me.

By: Frank Rook

Frank Rook — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:27:46 +0000

Yeah, "nice" is what I'd call continuing on only in a criminally overpriced tome of disorganized reprints mixed with half-assed fill-in material. I've been buying two copies of this for three years now, one for me and one for my early-teen niece. I sure as hell won't be paying twice as much for something Joey & Chumps view merely as part and parcel of their misguided BND empire.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:29:56 +0000

â€œMore Trafficâ€ gave the most informative post reply in this thread.

Yeah, but he's a robot spammer thingy - how can any of us compete with that?

By: Agent_Torpor

Agent_Torpor — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:41:48 +0000

"More Traffic" gave the most informative post reply in this thread.

By: Annoyed Grunt

Annoyed Grunt — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:58:14 +0000

As someone who's never read it I'd say it's quite an accomplishment that such a low selling book ended up lasting #130 issues in today's marketplace.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:20:29 +0000

i really have disliked Tom DeFalco's writing on everything that he's ever done. i'm happy that he's not writing one more book, becasue i think he's writing is that bad. i wouldn't mind having Spider-Girl brought back without him writing.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:14:03 +0000

Well, that means I will be down to two Marvel books a month. And as I only buy a few DC comics, I will soon have very few superhero comic books. Oh, well, more money for my dvd collection.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:30:08 +0000

What happened?
Did Mephisto get worried that people would remember his deal because of this book?