COMICS: Wolverine Is Dead, Long Live...Spider-Man?! He's About To Join The X-MEN!

COMICS: Wolverine Is Dead, Long Live...Spider-Man?! He's About To Join The X-MEN!

With Wolverine set to meet his maker, what will become of Wolverine and the X-Men? Well, whether his former teammates like it or not, Logan's last wish was for Peter Parker to take his place on the team, so get ready to see Spidey as a member of Marvel's Merry Mutants...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 10, 2014 10:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: ComicBook.com
ComicBook.com have revealed that Wolverine and the X-Men will be relaunched as Spider-Man and the X-Men this December from the creative team of  writer Elliot Kalan and artist Marco Failla. Spidey will be the school's new guidance counselor, but not everyone is happy about the latest addition to the Jean Grey School. "He’s not a mutant, and though he may be a friend of the X-Men, he’s not a member of the family," Kalan told the site about how the rest of the X-Men feel in regards to Wolverine wanting Spider-Man to join the team in his absence. The writer adds: "I want to spotlight some of the newer X-men students who have been around for a little while but haven't gotten all of the attention I think they've deserved. The stars of this book are Spider-Man and his class of students. We'll see many of the other X-Men, but characters like Storm and Beast get plenty of attention." His class will apparently include No-Girl, Rockslide, Glob Herman, Ernst, Hellion, Shark Girl, and Eye Boy. How do you guys feel about this latest plot development? 



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KrazyForKomix
KrazyForKomix - 9/10/2014, 10:51 AM
Yawn.

*ssssnnooooorrreeeee*
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 10:53 AM
Just wish Spidey and Xmen were part of Marvel Studios. Realy bothers me they're not.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 9/10/2014, 10:53 AM
Bahahaha.

What happened to Marvel trying to lessen the exposure of the characters who's movie rights are with other studios?

Where's the conspiracy now?
TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 9/10/2014, 10:55 AM
Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever Marvel Editorial Staff wants him to do
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 9/10/2014, 10:55 AM
X-Men needs to stay at Fox. They're doing a fantastic job. With only 2 bad movies out of 7...Their track record is just as good as the MCU, better than Sony (2 good, being TASM1 and 2)out of 7 movies), and shits on WB(Dark Knight Trilogy and '89 Batman being the only gems)
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 9/10/2014, 10:56 AM
Peter must be super popular. Wasn't Johnny Storm's last wish for Peter to take his place on the Fantastic Four? Maybe Nick Fury's last will will be for Peter to be the next Director of SHIELD. Wouldn't surprise me at this rate.
thewonderer
thewonderer - 9/10/2014, 10:56 AM
@monstersquad

Spiderman, agreed.

No to X-Men. While some elements might be more comic faithful, the stories would definitely be neutered. I want dark themes and drama to be explored as they were in First Class, The Wolverine, and Days of Future Past.

Marvel has yet to convince me they can make something without a joke every minute.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 9/10/2014, 10:57 AM
@thewonderer

I don't remember Cap: TFA having much for jokes at all...and TWS was quite serious (some good one-liners, though)
Bekss
Bekss - 9/10/2014, 10:57 AM
@MercwithMouth
Don't be so happy, people now are going to say that they are replacing X-men with Spidey because they have a good relationship with Sony
thewonderer
thewonderer - 9/10/2014, 10:57 AM
Mercwithamouth

Yeeeaah agreed with until you made no mention of Raimi's Spiderman and called TASM better. Spiderman 2 is still one of the best CBMs.
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 10:57 AM

agreed. You're right.

Spider-man should be part of this universe with the AVengers, etc.



shadearts
shadearts - 9/10/2014, 10:58 AM
See you next year wolverine
Crawler
Crawler - 9/10/2014, 10:58 AM
So...this is the beginning of Marvel segregating their Fox owned properties from their Marvel Studios properties. This actually looks like it could be good. It will be like that Avengers Academy issue where Spidey was subbing mixed with Wolverine and the X-Men.
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 10:59 AM
Do you think if Marvel studios had Spidey we would see Civil War?
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 9/10/2014, 11:01 AM
Wow this looks soooo… boring. Worse than a Singer Xmen movie:P
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 9/10/2014, 11:01 AM
thewonderer - You agree about the Spiderman part?! I thought you enjoyed the TASM franchise, so you agreeing about Spider-Man returning to Marvel Studios surprises me.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 9/10/2014, 11:02 AM
@MercwithMouth Fox doesn't make X-Men movies. They make Wolverine movies featuring X-men. They kill Cyclops and make his little brother a Firxt Class character. They can't even get the Phoenix Force right. And all that black leather...
thewonderer
thewonderer - 9/10/2014, 11:05 AM
@DeusExSponge

I [frick]ing hate TASM 1 and I found TASM 2 mildly enjoyable. Gets way too much hate I think. Still, I would prefer to see Spider-Man done at Marvel Studios and with the Avengers. At least Marvel has a competent plan, even if it doesn't make good movies half the time.
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/10/2014, 11:06 AM
should of got deadpool or cable to replace wolverine.
TheRealSupaMan
TheRealSupaMan - 9/10/2014, 11:06 AM
Jeeeesh......Talk about over using a character! What's he gonna lead the Guardians of the Galaxy next!
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 11:09 AM
SOny should be banned for having anything to do with the joke of green goblins we get. Seriously though, to me, it's the worst costume design in both spiderman movies to date. Dafoe's was the weird green bull crap thing and then in TASM 2....we got another dumb ass design. Whoever "ok'd" those designs needs a shovel to the face.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 9/10/2014, 11:10 AM
I like how people are talking about the movies when this is about the comics.
SADVIPER
SADVIPER - 9/10/2014, 11:10 AM
Really marvel? Lol fail. I wanna see the fanboys reaction they outta praise every single marvel thing
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 11:11 AM
Comicbook MOVIE.com...hence the word movie
JamesMan
JamesMan - 9/10/2014, 11:11 AM
@RevelVulcan

Because Marvel says he can!
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 11:13 AM
@ScionStorm

Agreed
JamesMan
JamesMan - 9/10/2014, 11:14 AM
I guess you didn't notice the giant label in the title that says COMICS, hence that is what's up for discussion.

But whatever, keep talking about the films. I don't give a damn.
Demiurge
Demiurge - 9/10/2014, 11:18 AM
In terms of story, it doesn't make any sense. Someone else should've stepped up, like Beast for example.
This is purely for financial reasons. Spidey will bring his legion of fans to the book and hopefully help help it sell a few tens of thousands of issues a month.
I probably won't be reading it, though. Unless it's off the charts good.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 9/10/2014, 11:19 AM
Saying TASM movies are better than Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy is like saying testicular torture is better than winning the lottery.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 9/10/2014, 11:20 AM
@MonsterSquad35- Everyone wants Civil War. Well, I say screw the petty squabbles of should-be-heroes over secret identities. Give me the real story. Give me the REAL threat. Give me ANNIHILATION!
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 9/10/2014, 11:22 AM
@thewonderer

Sorry man, always hated Raimi's films. Only thing I liked was Dafoe.

@AlphaAndDecima

Nice try bud...lol

@ScionStorm

Sorry, I disagree. I love the Fox franchise. They're great films.
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 9/10/2014, 11:22 AM
Raimi's first two were better. the third one well...lets just say i'd rather chew glass than watch that ever again. they should bury every copy of that movie in a landfill with ET for Atari
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 9/10/2014, 11:30 AM
@MonsterSquad35 woops, didn't see your response while I was adjusting my post. Yeah. While everyone was focused on Captain America and Iron Man sending heroes to slap each other silly, Annihilus was turning Galactus into a cosmic bomb set to annihilate all life in the universe. Whole planets were destroyed in the intergalactic war.
Dedpool
Dedpool - 9/10/2014, 11:34 AM
Personally I like it! Yeah it's a gimmick, but I like it! Just like I liked him joining the Avengers, and then the FF (Future Foundation). He's kind of everyone's brother. He knows just about every, hero, villain and wanna-be. And he's made some really god connections with people over the years like Johnny, and Logan, and more. So it's actually not surprising that Logan would want him to join the X-men, and bring a little humanity and humility to the team.

As for theSPidey movies, Raimi's best was Spidey 2. Spider-Man gets a lil less love every time I watch it. The Raimi franchise did something fundamentally wrong with the character that is being addressed very well in Webb's film, and that's Peter's sense of humor. There were a few humorous moments but for the most part it was "Oh woe is me! It's such a burden to be Spider-Man!" and although Peter has moments like that in the comics for the most part he loves it! The ASM franchise has fully embraced that. Despite it's faults ASM2 felt the most like the actual comics of any SPider-Man film do to the tone, story, and relationships. No it wasn't all fun and games, but there were still lighter moments. And all the relationships in the movie are well done. Sure the villains need a bit more fleshing out, but hey we're getting a Sininster 6 flick for that.
KilledHal9000
KilledHal9000 - 9/10/2014, 11:40 AM
In the 2nd image, who is the skeleton mutant in a pink bubble? Who's the one in the Red & Black suit with black hair? And who's the mutant thats just a brain floating in a jar? Can anyone tell me?
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/10/2014, 11:43 AM
Does it have to be Spider-Man and the X-men? Why cant it just be X-Men?
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