Bump if you're reading.
Half the issue gone and no Spider-Man yet. All the action off-panel. GAY
And that's it. If you liked this, support your LCS or whatever.
>>154244967bump
This was good.
>>154244963variant covers and next issue, posting them since Hulk is my Marvel Comics favourite character.Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1 Björn Barends Magic: the Gathering VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #1 Dave Johnson Foil VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #1 Mark Brooks VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #1 1:25 Stephen Platt VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #1 1:50 Björn Barends Magic: the Gathering Virgin VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #1 1:100 Mark Brooks Virgin Variant
>FRANK CASTLE in possession of the COSMIC CUBE! Alone in the jungles of South America, Frank's mission is to keep the Cube out of the wrong hands. In pursuit: a hulking green monster that has wiped out his squad. Fresh on the scene is SPIDER-MAN. who has been tasked by S.H.I.E.L.D. to acquire the Cube on their behalf. Spidey and HULK may be hunting Frank, but they're about to find out that sometimes the prey is deadlier than the predators.
Spider-Man: Long Way Home #2 Geoff Shaw VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #2 Marcos MartÃn VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #2 1:25 Dike Ruan VariantSpider-Man: Long Way Home #2 1:50 Geoff Shaw Virgin Variant
>>154245037>>154245030wonder who wanted to do the Predator homage more, Hickman or Kubert
>>154245043so which Hulk persona is this?
Really curious to see how Hickman writes more of The Punisher. Good 1st issue.
>>154245110I'm very aware that this is just a movie tie-in considering the character cast, but in-universe wouldn't this realistically be more of a Wolverine job than a Spidey job?
>>154245661This doesn't take place in 616.It's also a gimmick of Hickman books to have Peter working with Shield for whatever reason, he did that in that Spider-Man round robin comic as well
>>154245829Even so, black ops in Veitnam seem a bit outside of the wheelhouse for The Amazing Spider-Man...
>>154246083I'm pretty sure this is Central or southern America, considering all the Predator references
>>154245599One of the asshole ones.
>>154245110I'm sorry, what is Spider-man supposed to do here?
>>154246185Boost sales of the book, mostly
>>154245094More tedious Hickman wank. The question Spider-Man asks in >>154245094 is on the money. This mini would do about as well as GODS or Imperial otherwise.
>>154245043What the fuck is his problem
IDGII thought they killed this Universe
>>154246402>>154246185Guys, it's Spider-Man.
>>154247545 what universe? It's MCU-lite with older Peter and Hulk is still an unknown + Frank working for Shield
>>154247711so its ultimate or?
Kill Hickman.
>>154244967where are the charts hickman you asshole
>>154244989That's a lot of dead nerds.
>>154247763Just a completely different AUSays it takes place after the Berlin Wall fell, so it's not Hickman Ultimate (Camp had Castle become the Punisher during the 1970s)
>>154244967Bump
Currently the best Spider-Man comic being released right now
>>154245110I liked it
>>154247694>Spider-Man book.>Barely in it.
>>154252565Just like Ultimate.
>>154246185I mean, Spidey is definitely a Hulk beater, and fighting in the jungle would be great for him. Plenty of stuff to jump on and swing to and what not.
>>154253080Hulk significantly outclasses Spider-Man, at least the regular one.
>>154245009Ah the eternal question of how big is the Hulk supposed to be
>>154253170Not really. Writers can futz around with the numbers a lot, but consistently the only thing that the Hulk should significantly outclass Spider-Man in is in raw strength, and even that can be pushed. Leaves the rest of the room to do the whole "but Peter has far more agility, technique, webs, spider-sense, etc. etc." shtick. Considering, again, it's a dense jungle, he's easily one of the heaviest hitters that's best suited for the environment and keeping a lower profile.Unless you're a doodoo power scaler and have an obsessive list of mismatched feats to go over that may or may not even apply to this book, rather than general writing conventions and limits for the characters. If so please declare as such
>>154253332He's well suited for not getting killed and can pull a clever solution out, but "beater" definitely isn't the correct term for him. Will probably be a lot of dodging punches, getting blown back by claps, Hulk ripping through his webbing, and so on until he figures out what Hulk's deal is and either they team up or Hulk turns back to Banner.
>>154253332Spider-Man can't do jack to the Hulk physically. Agility, technique, webs, spider-sense, it means nothing against a guy who is both significantly stronger and significantly more durable than he is. Best he can do is talk him down.
>>154246185Whatever a spider can I suppose
>>154253379Nah, based on the pitch of the book, I wouldn't expect a team-up or neutrality, unless the variants for next issue give it away. In any case, I'd say that the fact that they're making a point to show that it's a Hulk with reasoning only raises flags towards the hackneyed old "gets enraged anyways and baited into a stumble and pin," and given that it's Hackman and Spider-Man's in the title role, it'll probably work out for him before getting interrupted by a spray of Frank bullets that gets them all to scatter.>>154253442Thank you for declaring as such. I always hate believing that there's room to actually talk and have a back and forth on comics, only to find out I'm talking to someone who's nothing more than a mindless wall where the bricks are scattered factoids and "examples" from a smattering of different writers and contexts.
>>154253645I'm very well aware the the guy whose name is on the book will ultimately win, but these aren't original characters, they have established characteristics. Any story where Spider-Man beats Hulk physically is a bad one. If a hack writer would want to have Spider-Man beat someone, they could make one up or use a different more suitable character.
>>154253730>whose name is on the book will ultimately winWell that's not the whole point.>Any story where Spider-Man beats Hulk physically is a bad oneNah, Spider-Man has the chops to knock out the Hulk. His character has historically been pushed to that range of being a tier below in strength but then has all the other characteristics that can make up for it. It's been shuffled around a lot because decades of writing, but it's within the realm that, if a writer wants to write it that way, it's fair for them to do so.
>>154254015You are flat out wrong.
>>154244995GNARLY
>>154254015any examples of hulk getting beat by spidey? or does personal headcanon trump what's printed on the page
>>154257970Not him but Spider-Man Unlimited #11 is one that immediately comes to mind
>>>154245113>HickmanIs he going to be trashed again from his works if it outsells ASM?
>>154259571It is a limited, so I don't think that would happen even if it sold 2 million copies.
>>154257970Not him, but there's that classic image that asserts that teenage Peter is only outclassed by the Hulk, the ever-loving Thing, and Thor, and that he has room to grow from there. Not to mention stuff like being able to casually flick over train cars, rip down entire buildings with just webs, and other shit. Guy is an immensely strong precog with a genius intellect. One could argue he has the toolset to take on the Hulk.
>>154260590That was retconned with the next Marvel universe book showing him a few tiers lower and OMD retconned his powerset again
>>154260686Some things like ripping down buildings is post-OMD, and more importantly: this isn't 616. If a writer wants to write Peter as being this strong, he's not beholden to the latest hack retcons, and they have plenty of justification to do so. It's an established level of combat ability.
>>154260590>there's that classic image that asserts that teenage Peter is only outclassed by the Hulk, the ever-loving Thing, and Thothat was so early in the MU that there have not even been any other people of that power level when that that statement was made. 3 Annuals later they remade it with Namor and Hercules added, and removed the "only these guys are stronger" entirely, just leaving a general claim that there are stronger people (who at this point there have already been dozens of)
