COMICS: SPIDER-MEN Sequel Coming In 2017; Not Tied To GENERATIONS
The long-awaited sequel to Marvel's Spider-Men miniseries (which saw Peter Parker meet Miles Morales) will happen in 2017 but it's not related to the upcoming Generations crossover event.
The five-issue 2012 miniseries Spider-Men from Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Sara Pichelli was one of that year's better selling comics and the sequel will hit retailer shelves in 2017 according to Bendis. Appearing on the Ultimate Spin podcast, the real surprise was that the sequel would no be connected to Marvel's Generations, the comic publisher's big event which will tackle the relationship between long-standing Marvel superheroes and their legacy inheritors.
Said Bendis, "I had a year to establish what Miles is in the 616. Peter didn't plan on there being a bunch of Spider-Man characters, and their responsibility is becoming his responsibility... or is it? That's a big part moving forward."
Bendis is of course referring to the collapse of the Ultimate Universe and the folding of many of its elements into the mainstream 616-Universe. There's also a variety of other Spider-Man derivational characters running around the 616 besides Miles such as Silk, Spider-Gwen, Ben Reilly, Kaine Parker and a recently returned Otto Octavius (who now finds mind in a clone body that was constructed from the DNA of his original body and Peter Parker).
Bendis goes on to add that the new Spider-Men series will debut this Summer and that it will answer a lot of fan questions including what Peter discovered when he tried to locate the 616-version of Miles. It's currently unknown if Pichelli will return to provide artwork for the series.
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