Spider-Men - more info about the crossover

[sherkahn]

USAtoday.com has further update as to who is the Big Bad that is bringing the Spider-men from two very different universes together.

"Mysterio, the nefarious magic man who has been a Spider-Man villain since the hero's earliest days, is the guy who finds a rift between the regular Marvel Universe and the alternate-reality Ultimate Universe, a plot device that is central to the upcoming Spider-Men."

More....

"Peter arrives in a world where its Peter Parker died in the line of duty being Spider-Man, inspiring Miles to become a hero, and Peter will encounter all the people who were important to the alternate version of him, such as Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson.
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If you read further into the story, it sounds like the writers really put some heart into this, a true "miles stone" (pun intended) for the heroes who wear the webs.

Comments

[q99]

I note those are all 616 villains in the picture.

[glprime]

And all but The Lizard (ugh) are almost in their most "classic" forms.

[lascoden]

Electro looks like he's sporting his new look, as well

[eaglet_auditore]

Ok, another crossover I'm looking forward to. Mostly because of Miles, but I wonder how Peter will react upon entering a world where he's died. ...I wonder how his aunt will react.

[littlepunkryo]

Man, getting to see Peter all grown up when her Peter died as a teenager...it's gonna be tough for her, I think.

I'm excited as well.

[eaglet_auditore]

If done well, it would be one powerful moment.

[nefrekeptah]

She might mistake him for Peter's father Richard.

Especially seeing how we've already seen an aged-up Peter Parker clone in the Ultimate U, and he was such a dead ringer for Richard Parker no one could tell the difference.

[darkknightjrk]

So, this is being labeled as an event that will impact both the Ult.-verse and the 616, involves Peter meeting the Ultimate versions of characters like Gwen Stacy...and the upcoming movie has Gwen as Peter's love interest...

How much do y'all want to bet that the big reveal in Spider-Men is that the Ultimate Gwen Stacy's going to make her way into the 616?

[venatosapiens]

I hope they don't do that for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the fact that Ultimate Gwen is significantly younger then 616 Parker. By like, a lot.
But then, considering the lengths they went to to bring Ult! Fury into the 616, who the hell knows?

[darkknightjrk]

Quick question--how old is she right now in the Ult-verse? Plus they could kinda tip-toe around it--maybe Gwen falls for the 616 Peter and Peter doesn't want to go to prison.

[lascoden]

I would say she's about the same age as 616 Gwen was when she died.

[venatosapiens]

I think she's 17. I think. I'd have to check.

Plus, I would hope she wouldn't fall for 616 Peter because 616 Peter isn't nearly as good a person.

[espanolbot]

She was fifteen when she died in the Ultimate Universe, and is roughly 16, 17 years old now.

[nefrekeptah]

...um, far as I know, they didn't bring Ult. Fury to the 616 universe. He's been to the Supreme Power one, but never to 616 proper.

[kenn_el]

But then we'll find out that Ulti-Gwen's mother, who looks EXACTLY LIKE HER has been in stasis between dimensions all this time, and it will actually be SHE who joins Peter in the 616-verse, as Gwen's dying of a rare malady brought about by some encounter with a Spidey-foe!

[thatnickguy]

A Mysterio who plays with alternate realities?

The hell? That's the plot from Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (game).

[lascoden]

Oh shit, you're right. Man, I heard somebody suggest that jokingly, can't believe that's what they're going with.

[maseiken]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Kinda weird, given that there's already a precedent for 616/Ultimate crossover circa Ultimate Fantastic 4/Marvel Zombies.
Or do we not talk about Marvel Zombies?

[mrstatham]

Nobody talks about Marvel Zombies because Marvel rode that cash cow until it collapsed dead in the dirt.

[amazing]

No there isn't. That didn't happen; Millar just teased at it in issue previews.

[bruinsfan]

Does the writer know that Mysterio uses stage magic, not the Dr. Strange kind? Because while I can see a number of job descriptions that might stumble across other dimensions, Evil David Copperfield isn't one of them.

[thatnickguy]

At least in the game (you know, the one with the exact same plot), Mysterio got a magical McGuffin that gave him a big power boost.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I'm intrigued. I haven't picked up a Spider-man title in some time, but this one may be the first...

[deepspaceartist]

Ok, that's all I needed to hear. I'll definitly be picking this up when it comes out. 616's Peter Parker meeting Ultimate U's Miles Morales in the Ultimate U? Written by Bendis, who despite his flaws has never written a Spider-Man story I felt any worse than neutral about? That's more than enough for me to give it a shot.

[eyz]

Color me intrigued!
this might turn out okay~

Though like some others wrote above, I hope this isn't an excuse to bring Gwen over just in time for the new movie....