Spider-man books

[tomswift2002]

I just started reading Hugh Matthews Wolverine: Lifeblood. It’s funny, but the book has Wolverine in Ottawa and I was in Ottawa yesterday (I also had the book with me yesterday) so it was interesting to be reading it in Ottawa. Not to many books get set in Ottawa. I find the books are usually set in Toronto or Vancouver or elsewhere in Canada, but hardly in Ottawa. Considering that Ottawa is Canada’s capital you would think it would be attacked in fiction set in Canada about as much as Washington, D.C. or London, England.

Also I see Hughes Matthews or Matthew Hughes is a Canadian, so it’s interesting to have a Canadian writing about the Canadian Wolverine.

 

[Daddy Todd]

I just started reading Hugh Matthews Wolverine: Lifeblood. It’s funny, but the book has Wolverine in Ottawa and I was in Ottawa yesterday (I also had the book with me yesterday) so it was interesting to be reading it in Ottawa. Not to many books get set in Ottawa. I find the books are usually set in Toronto or Vancouver or elsewhere in Canada, but hardly in Ottawa. Considering that Ottawa is Canada’s capital you would think it would be attacked in fiction set in Canada about as much as Washington, D.C. or London, England.

Also I see Hughes Matthews or Matthew Hughes is a Canadian, so it’s interesting to have a Canadian writing about the Canadian Wolverine.

I’m a fan of Matthew Hughes, and one of his non-tie-ins, The Other, published around the same time, had a lot of resonances with the Wolverine book.

 

[tomswift2002]

I think Hughes doesn’t like chapters. So far they are MIA!

 

[tomswift2002]

Okay, he really doesn’t like chapters. It’s just “Ottawa, Canada, Present Day” or “Berlin, Germany, 1943”.

Also I’m 100 pages in and I’m still trying to figure out what “Lifeblood”’s plot is. It seems to be more a Wolverine trying to recover his memories story and meets the people of the memory in the present!

Also the book seems to be set in the 2000’s (for the present, as there are references to the Afghan War of the 2000’s) and back in World War II. But Wolverine seems to be in a pre-X-Men story as he has no memories of the X-Men (at least so far).

 

[tomswift2002]

Okay, so I gave up on “Lifeblood” a little while ago. If there was a plot, I sure couldn’t send it. The book just seemed to go from present to past for no reason.

Anyway, I’m starting “Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six”, the final book in the Adam Troy-Castro Sinister Six Trilogy. The trilogy has been pretty good so far.

 

[tomswift2002]

So I’ve been reading through the last book. It’s really good. But it’s filled with a lot of pop culture trivia, from Star Trek to Simpsons to Other 90’s era pop references. And Troy-Castro also thanks Trek author/editor Robert Greenberger, along with others for his input.

Also, Wolverine shows up at the end. He’s not referred to as Wolverine or Logan, just as ‘.Old Soldier’, but it’s clear it’s Logan.

Of course, one GLARING issue with the book is the editing, or lack of editing. The copyright page says the book was edited by a Dwight Jon Zimmerman. Suffice it to say his editing skills are nowhere near Keith R.A. Decandido’s skills on the first book of this trilogy. In ‘Secret’ there is a lot of word doubling, and then there are sentences that read like the author wrote them at the end of a long day of writing, and he thought he could do better on a sentence, so he went back, changed it, and was too tired to realize that the sentence was clunky and doesn’t read correctly.

 

[KRAD]

I hesitate to ding Dwight too much, as Byron was down to a skeleton crew at that point. He was overworked and underpaid and did the best he could.

 

[Koric]

Hey everyone,

Here is a new listing on Amazon for an ebook I have been requesting for YEARS:

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Class...l-text&sprefix=Marvel+classic+,aps,357&sr=1-5

Marvel Classic Novels - Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus Kindle Edition

Containing these three novels:

WEAPON X by Mark Cerasini

ROAD OF BONES by David Alan Mack

LIFEBLOOD by Matthew Hughes

All at 816 pages.

Ever since X-Men Origins Wolverine movie in 2009, since there was no novelization.

So I am excited for this.
Just a heads up. Please stay safe and best wishes to all,
-Koric

 

[tomswift2002]

Hey everyone,

Here is a new listing on Amazon for an ebook I have been requesting for YEARS:

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Classic-Novels-Wolverine-Omnibus-ebook/dp/B087PMHDTS/ref=sr_1_5?crid=475HAIKEDAG2&dchild=1&keywords=marvel+classic+novels&qid=1588584218&s=digital-text&sprefix=Marvel+classic+,aps,357&sr=1-5

Marvel Classic Novels - Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus Kindle Edition

Containing these three novels:

WEAPON X by Mark Cerasini

ROAD OF BONES by David Alan Mack

LIFEBLOOD by Matthew Hughes

All at 816 pages.

Ever since X-Men Origins Wolverine movie in 2009, since there was no novelization.

So I am excited for this.
Just a heads up. Please stay safe and best wishes to all,
-Koric

“Lifeblood” I just recently read and I only got half-way through before having to put it down. No chapters and a boring story.

 

[Isaac]

Beginning X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest Omnibus by Greg Cox. Its a thick one but I'm sure I'll be able to blast through, plenty of time on my hands these days.

 

[Koric]

A new old Marvel novel collection from the 1990's again. I found the listing on Amazon in Kindle. But not being released until 2021.

Let's give our support to @KRAD and @Christopher


Marvel Classic Novels - Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours Omnibus Kindle Edition for $9.99

To be released on May 11, 2021

Collecting three classic fan-favorite Spider-Man novels together for the first time in a brand-new omnibus edition.

THE DARKEST HOURS by Jim Butcher

When Black Cat foils Spider-Man's attempts to stop the Rhino rampaging through Times Square, she informs him the Rhino is just a distraction. The real threat comes from a group of Ancients, members of the same race as the being called Morlun, seeking revenge for Spider-Man defeating them years before. Spidey must rely on Black Cat if there's any hope of stopping them again, before they can steal his life force.

DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A mysterious drug known as Triple X has been giving users super-powers as well as rendering them mentally and physically unstable. Only by teaming up with a police force that hates him can Spider-Man find the source behind this lethal drug and protect people from those using it. But one of Spider-Man's most fearsome enemies may be behind it all as part of a greater scheme to bring down the city.

DROWNED IN THUNDER by Christopher L. Bennett

The ongoing conflict between Spider-Man and his longtime outspoken nemesis, crusading newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson, reaches a whole new level when JJJ exploits several mysterious attacks on Manhattan island in his propaganda war against the web-slinger.

Again support @KRAD and @Christopher

I hope Titan books keeps the ebook releases coming. I'm excited for the re-releases as I have never read the Marvel novels.
-Koric

 

[Christopher]

I'm glad these are coming back into print, and I'm glad they'll finally be available as e-books.

 

[KRAD]

Koric: from the 2000s, not the 1990s. These three novels were part of Simon & Schuster's line that ran from 2005-2008.

 

[John Clark]

I'll look these up. I have read The Darkest Hours (and liked it) but hadn't seen the other two

 

[JD]

It's not a Spider-Man book, but David Mack's Wolverine Road of Bones, which was part of the same line of Marvel novels, is included in the Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus, coming out on Oct. 27th.
There were quite a few Trek authors involved in that line:
Fantastic Four: What Lies Between, and Wolverine: Election Day by Peter David
Fantastic Four: Doomsday by Jeffrey Lang
Fantastic Four: War Zone by @ Greg Cox
Wolverine: Nature of the Beast and Fantastic Four The Baxter Effect by Dave Stern
X-Men: The Return by Chris Roberson
The Ultimates: The Tomorrow Men by Michael Jan Friedman

 

[veritech]

I'm so stoked that these Marvel prose novels are getting a reprint/e-book editions. Lots of great stories!!!

 

[Koric]

After being delayed from October to December like 3 or 4 times
Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus is finally out. I bought the ebook right when it came out. Here is the link if anyone needs it.

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Class...gital-text&sprefix=Marvel+clas,aps,295&sr=1-2

I had been requesting it through Amazon for years, especially in 2009 when X-Men Origins Wolverine movie came out. But its finally here. I liked the original Wolverine Weapon X cover with the silver Weapon X logo down the side. Hopefully we will get more Marvel novels from Titan books too.

Much success to all the authors and @David Mack too.

Just a heads up.
Best wishes and Happy Holidays to all on the forums. Please stay safe and well as well.
-Koric

 

[tomswift2002]

So I’ve been reading “Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours” by Jim Butcher.

It feels like I’m reading a Part 2 to a story. It keeps referring to some sort of vampire name Morlun, who I’m unfamiliar with. Apparently this Morlun like eating the energy of totemic people, in other words someone who identifies with an animal, such as Spider-Man and Rhino.

Also it’s interesting in that it is told in the first person, so this is an autobiography by Peter Parker and Spider-Man about an adventure that features the Black Cat, the Rhino and the brothers and sister of Morlun. So you get a bettter sense of Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s inner thoughts when compared to the 90’s TV series. But this is making me hear Christopher Daniel Barnes speaking, although some of the language, I don’t think he would say as Spidey and ultimately it doesn’t sound like Spidey. Butcher doesn’t have Spidey dropping f-bombs, but there’s still a good bit of language that I don’t think Spidey would say, since he would be thinking that kids might be reading this and Spidey likes being a role model to kids.


Thd cover art is also interesting in that it’s a very classic Spider-man cover. It seems as if I’ve seen it somewhere else, besides the book. But having Spider-Man

 

[Christopher]

So I’ve been reading “Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours” by Jim Butcher.

It feels like I’m reading a Part 2 to a story. It keeps referring to some sort of vampire name Morlun, who I’m unfamiliar with. Apparently this Morlun like eating the energy of totemic people, in other words someone who identifies with an animal, such as Spider-Man and Rhino.

It's a sequel to a storyline from J. Michael Straczynski's run on The Amazing Spider-Man.

 

[tomswift2002]

It's a sequel to a storyline from J. Michael Straczynski's run on The Amazing Spider-Man.

Never heard of it. And I don’t read the comics. Was he trying to link Spider-Man into the Babylon 5 universe?