Tag: Spider-Man

  • Four New Face Front Originals!

    Four New Face Front Originals!

    Sam Wilson snapped his fingers, and tore reality to shreds. Following this event are four brand new Face Front Originals that will fill in the blanks and set up the story for Infinity Showdown Part 2! Below are the posters for each new tie-in and a brief description.

    Infinity Showdown: Nick Fury

    This is actually a prequel to the first Avengers: Infinity Showdown video. In Infinity Showdown: Nick Fury, we will discover how the Infinity Gauntlet wound up where it was, and how Sam found out about it. These events will also cover where Nick Fury went and why he left Talos in charge during Spider-Man: Far From Home. This marks the first appearance of Nick Fury in the Face Front Universe!

    Infinity Showdown: Spider-Man

    Sam’s relationship with Peter has been… contentious to say the least. But when Sam snaps his fingers, Peter all of a sudden finds himself in a universe with no Avengers! How will Spider-Man fight against this new group of villains, the Sinister Six!

    Infinity Showdown: Doctor Strange- A Face Front Halloween Special

    When the Falcon ripped reality apart, he opened a doorway to the Dark Dimension, leading Dormammu to take control of some of Marvel’s spookiest villains! Now Doctor Strange must lead a team consisting of Ghost Rider, Elsa Bloodstone, Blade, and Moon Knight against Dormammu and his new army, Man-Thing, Morbius the Living Vampire, and the Green Goblin! This ties directly into events in Avengers: Infinity Showdown Part 2! This event will also have some top secret information for the Oscorp Conspiracy: Back to Formula interactive experience, so keep an eye out!

    Infinity Showdown: Loki

    Loki always causes mischief, but this time he’s gone too far. Taking place mere minutes before Avengers: Infinity Showdown, Thor banishes Loki to the realm of Hela, Goddess of Death. Loki must rely on his silver tongue and tricks if he hopes to survive this encounter. These events are crucial to Part 2 of the Infinity Showdown.

    There you have it folks! Make sure to follow Face Front on Facebook and Twitter, or just keep an eye on the blog, for more news on release dates for these projects! And as always, Face Front True Believers, I’ll see you in the Multiverse!

  • #SaveSpiderMan

    I’m not going to rant or rage. I’m not going to curse Sony or blame Disney. I’m not going to squeeze an entire article out of this. Because the matter is very simple. Spider-Man is my favorite hero. I only love Marvel as much as I do because of Spider-Man, he’s the reason I became a fan. And in the 17 years I’ve loved the character, since seeing that first movie in 2002, I’ve never been happier than when I saw him flip into that airport and web Captain America’s shield. I don’t care about companies, I don’t care about money, I care about Spider-Man being where he belongs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So I’ve said before, I’ll say it again, and I’ll keep saying it to the end of time; never forget, Sony, Disney, all of you: With great power, there must also come great responsibility.

    Face Front True Believers, and #SaveSpiderMan.

  • My Thoughts on Amazing Spider-Man #25

    So the last time I paid $8.00 for a comic book, it was December of 2012, and Spider-Man died! Trepidatious is probably an understatement on my state of mind when picking up Amazing Spider-Man #25, the first milestone comic in Spencer’s run, and slapped with a $8.00 price tag. “60 pages of Spider-Mania!!!” the front cover touts (and yes, with three exclamation points). I picked it up, I read it cover to cover, and here are my thoughts.

    This was very unexpected. Usually with these milestone issues, Marvel goes big. So I was thinking there was going to be an all out battle with Kindred, he makes some big move, some grand entrance, establish why he’s a threat, who he is, and how he’s going to give Spidey a hard time. None of that. In fact, Kindred had a rather small role in this issue, which is actually a tad frustrating because I want to know more about him. But I did read an interview with Nick Lowe in a recent Previews issue, and he suggested that while #24 and #25 are important, Kindred is going to be a whole thing, so I guess we’ll have wait longer.

    Mysterio was still alive, which was nice, but come on. Did we really think they were off Beck with Far From Home out this year? The more interesting part is the script Kindred gave him, that Beck himself apparently wrote. And the fact that it stars May Jane. I’m actually quite excited for that story.

    On the topic of MJ, we know she’s got a comic coming, The Amazing Mary Jane. The Previews also suggested that this would be a set up issue, so I think MJ’s story here was more to that end. But if the Mary Jane comic is anything like this little adventure, then sign me all the way up. MJ and Carlie Cooper vs. the female Electro, saving an old acting rival of hers? It was so much fun, and I loved every second of it. This Syndicate story seems intriguing as well. I’m a classic Sinister Six guy myself, but we’ll see where this goes.

    Next is Spider-Man. Why am I 5 paragraphs in and just now getting to Spider-Man? Maybe because his story was more of an action-packed pep talk to get Curt Connors back on his feet. I don’t know why, but I always get the feeling Lizard is going to die whenever he shows up, which I really don’t want to happen. But even in the Slott era, they always made it seem like Curt Connors’s next transformation will be his last. They keep putting the poor guy through the wringer, and I really hope he can just find some peace with his family, because I do love the Lizard, and I do love a happy ending!

    So, paragraph 5 ended up being more about the Lizard. Paragraph 6: Spider-Man! Gee, nothing really happened with Pete! I mean, he decided to go back to school, and he fought those weird color-alien-robot things with Jameson, but… Wow. This Amazing Spider-Man comic had very little Spider-Man in it. I don’t know how I feel about that.

    I will say, however, that my absolute favorite part was the tease of Miguel O’Hara falling from the sky and smashing into our time! And back in his blue suit no less! I read Spider-Man 2099 when it relaunched off Superior Spider-Man, and it was my favorite comic of the time. I unfortunately didn’t finish the run (I stopped around the Civil War II tie-in), but that’s a Marvel Unlimited binge for another day. Especially now that O’Hara is back!

    Other than that, there was a little funny story about having a bot write a Spider-Man comic. The issue was pretty good, though if I had to complain about something, I’d say that it was a lot of setup and very little payoff. I guess I’m used to the milestone issues being the payoff issues, but if anything #24 had more plot reveals and master planning than this one (including the Chameleon!) But hey, at least Spider-Man didn’t die this time! Amazing Spider-Man #25 put a lot of pieces into place, and I for one can’t wait to see how they play out!

  • 4 Marvel “What If?” Comics that Actually Happened!

    You know that awkward moment when Marvel’s been around so long that some of their “What If?” stories start making it into the canon?

    Let’s take, for instance, what if Captain America had been elected President of the United States? You mean, like in the Ultimate Comics United We Stand arc?

    How about this one: What if Hulk had become a barbarian? Can someone say Skaar, son of Hulk!? Because I sure can!

    Ooh, I got one: What if Spider-Man’s clone lived! No, but Ben Reilly got hit by the Goblin’s glider and turned to dust! There’s no way he can come back from that! You know, unless Miles Warren gathers the dust and revives and kills Ben repeatedly until he breaks free and becomes the new Jackal.

    This can’t be! How many more? Is Marvel really making comics out of “What If” stories? Okay, here’s one they could never have done! What if… stay with me now… what if somehow Jane Foster became Thor! Yeah, because that could never happen.

    I’m out True Believers. I’ll see you in the Multiverse. Unbelievable…

  • Spider-Man Far From Home #1: A Face Front Comic!

    Hey there True Believers! Here’s a brand new comic for based on the brand new trailer from Spider-Man: Far From Home! Just thought I’d have a little fun with the little emojis I got from the Spider-Man: Homecoming app years ago. You’ve seen I’ve made a bunch of little memes with them, but I wanted to go a step further and make a full(ish) comic! Hope you had fun!

  • Miles Morales Spider-Man #2

    Y’all reading that new Miles Morales? Yeah, so TL;DR, Miles’s girlfriend’s cousin got roped into a ‘mind controlled kids’ operation that also happened to rope in Rhino’s niece. So Rhino and Miles teamed up to stop it only to find out that Tombstone was behind it! When they couldn’t figure out how to work together properly, Tombstone got away, but none other than… Captain America… showed up to help save the day…

    So I was able to get past Rhino and Spider-Man teaming up. Rhino’s a Spidey villain, and though I found him going a little too soft on Miles, I respected his motivation and I think that a Miles/Rhino duo is a fun situation! And then Tombstone is back in the mix, he’s always underutilized, so why not? But… Captain America shows up out of nowhere to help? Yeah, y’all lost me. But hey, I’ll keep reading! What do you guys think?

  • (Almost) All the Avengers (Maybe) Survived (Possibly)!

    Okay, so this theory actually came from my brother, which is odd because he doesn’t comic book, like at all. I won’t say that, he’s a DC fan that straddles the line between casual and hardcore, he knows his stuff, but if you go too deep, you’ll lose him.

    Anyhow, I noted that the only color in the flashbacks of the decimated Avengers that you could see was red. Then he said that maybe it was because the Reality Stone is red and that they all were transported to a different reality when they blew into dust.

    I was stunned, it’s actually a pretty good guess! I mean, matter can’t be created or destroyed, only transported. So that’s completely plausible! Although poor Vision didn’t get decimated, he just got the Mind Stone pulled right out of his head. So… he might be gone gone. Poor Vision.

  • Plot Twist!

    Well, I guess it wasn’t so legal after all…

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is in theaters now! And it’s awesome!

  • Face Front Update

    Hey there True Believers! Now I know what you’re all wondering: Why has the greatest Marvel blog on the internet been quiet these past few weeks? Well, there’s a good reason for that! Sort of… Let me explain.

    So as you can probably imagine, while running Face Front is an honor beyond words, it doesn’t exactly pay the bills. So I got a new job, the downside is, it’s very demanding in terms of free time. I’ve also been playing Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4… but it’s mostly the job. Since it’s fairly new, I’ve still got to find that work-life balance, but I’m working on it!

    So in the meantime, I just wanted to give you guys an update as to what’s coming soon on the Face Front Blog:

    • Spider-Man PS4 Pro Unboxing

    • Top 10 Moments from Iron Fist Season 2

    • Oscorp Conspiracy Part 4

    • Face Front Podcast Episode 9: Captain Marvel

    • Marvel Problems

    I also wanted to mention some things I’m working on:

    • Sam Says Episode 3

    • Face Front Music Video

    • Marvel Corner (Working Title)

    • New YouTube Series

    • Exclusive Face Front User Benefit (Trust me, you’ll love this!)

    • Amazing Fantasy: A Face Front Fan Fiction

    And don’t forget that there’s still plenty you can do on the blog! Check out our Videos section, read my review on the prequel book to the Spider-Man game, listen to the latest podcast episode, play Oscorp Conspiracy Part 3! There’s never a dull moment on the Face Front Blog! Either way, thank you all for being patient with me as I adjust to this new job, and I promise, more great Marvel content is coming! Face Front True Believers, I’ll see you in the Multiverse!

    -Joshua Westbrook

  • Marvel Problems #012

    So technically, technically, Spider-Man had the date first. Well, at least they announced it first. Still though, it’s really not a good situation. Both cater to Marvel fans and both demand many hours of our precious time. I mean, what do we do? Stop playing what will probably be the best Spider-Man game ever to watch Iron Fist or vice versa? I don’t think so! And we have to watch Iron Fist because people drop spoilers online! I don’t know, but hey, at least we have something to do while Spider-Man installs…