Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 10:51:11 GMT -5
From 1973 to 1985, Marvel UK published a weekly Spider-Man comic which, of course, reprinted U.S. stuff. Eeerily, it ended after 666 issues! It was called many things during its time. Here were all the things it was called:
Spider-Man Comics Weekly
Super Spider-Man
Spider-Man Comic
Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly
Super Spider-Man TV Comic
Spider-Man (and His Amazing Friends)
The Spider-Man Comic
Spidey Comic
Some of those are too ordinary. Or cumbersome.
Spider-Man Comics Weekly would have done what it said on the tin. Ditto Spider-Man Comic.
Super Spider-Man sounds odd. I can work with “Amazing” or “Spectacular” but not Super. Maybe it’s because I associate Super with a guy in a red cape.
Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly sounds great. That’d get my vote!
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly is descriptive, and practical as the Hulk was sharing a comic with Spidey, but it doesn’t sound right.
Super Spider-Man TV Comic seemed like a misnomer. Of the issues I had, apart from some stills of the Nicholas Hammond TV show, it was just a reprint.When I picked up a bundle of these at a jumble sale (do Americans know what a jumble sale is, by the way?), I was hoping we might get some adaptations of the TV series. Or something akin to it. Naivety, eh?
Spidey Comic sounds too juvenile.
So, Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly would get my vote as the best-sounding title.
After 1985, we got Spider-Man and Zoids. I had little interest in Zoids, to be honest. From 1990-1992, we got The Complete Spider-Man, which reprinted all 4 core U.S. Spidey titles. After that, we got The Exploits of Spider-Man, which, at 100 pages, reprinted the core titles, Spider-Man 2099, the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko tales - and sometimes other stuff, too.
From 1995 until today, Panini Comics have had the Marvel licence on these shores - and their comic has been called Astonishing Spider-Man, but it’s been on hiatus since March.
Any general views on these titles? I presume none of them made their way to U.S. shores for licensing reasons, but I suppose it’s possible that Americans might have got hold of them somehow, pre-eBay or not.
Which title do you think has the best name?
Spider-Man Comics Weekly
Super Spider-Man
Spider-Man Comic
Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly
Super Spider-Man TV Comic
Spider-Man (and His Amazing Friends)
The Spider-Man Comic
Spidey Comic
Some of those are too ordinary. Or cumbersome.
Spider-Man Comics Weekly would have done what it said on the tin. Ditto Spider-Man Comic.
Super Spider-Man sounds odd. I can work with “Amazing” or “Spectacular” but not Super. Maybe it’s because I associate Super with a guy in a red cape.
Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly sounds great. That’d get my vote!
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly is descriptive, and practical as the Hulk was sharing a comic with Spidey, but it doesn’t sound right.
Super Spider-Man TV Comic seemed like a misnomer. Of the issues I had, apart from some stills of the Nicholas Hammond TV show, it was just a reprint.When I picked up a bundle of these at a jumble sale (do Americans know what a jumble sale is, by the way?), I was hoping we might get some adaptations of the TV series. Or something akin to it. Naivety, eh?
Spidey Comic sounds too juvenile.
So, Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly would get my vote as the best-sounding title.
After 1985, we got Spider-Man and Zoids. I had little interest in Zoids, to be honest. From 1990-1992, we got The Complete Spider-Man, which reprinted all 4 core U.S. Spidey titles. After that, we got The Exploits of Spider-Man, which, at 100 pages, reprinted the core titles, Spider-Man 2099, the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko tales - and sometimes other stuff, too.
From 1995 until today, Panini Comics have had the Marvel licence on these shores - and their comic has been called Astonishing Spider-Man, but it’s been on hiatus since March.
Any general views on these titles? I presume none of them made their way to U.S. shores for licensing reasons, but I suppose it’s possible that Americans might have got hold of them somehow, pre-eBay or not.
Which title do you think has the best name?
