Appearing in "Overture"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (Astral projection)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Dream World, Dreamtime (Mentioned)
Items:
- Eye of Agamotto (Astral projection)
Synopsis for "Overture"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Spider-Man: Make My Day"
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Electro (Max Dillon) (Only in recap)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Only in recap)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Only in recap)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Only in recap)
- NYPD (Main story and recap)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Ralph Kramden (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned) (Main story and flashback)
- Mister Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- New York One (Mentioned) (Topical Reference) (Only in flashback)
- Oscorp (Named only)
- Ben Parker (Mentioned) (Main story and flashback)
- Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta (Topical Reference)
- Radioactive Spider (Referenced)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Mentioned)
- Luke Cage (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Spiders (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Rhinoceroses (Mentioned)
- Cows (Mentioned)
- Fish
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Chelsea (Main story and flashback)
- 410 Chelsea Street (Only in flashback)
- High Line Park (Cameo)
- Times Square
- Oscorp (First appearance)
- Hell's Kitchen
- Park Avenue (Mentioned)
- Chelsea (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Hudson River
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Sumatra, Indonesia (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Only in recap)
- Goblin Armor (Only in recap)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters (Main story and flashback)
- Rhino Armor
- Nat Geo (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- The Honeymooners (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Synopsis for "Spider-Man: Make My Day"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Boy... and the Brute"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hulk (Bruce Banner)
- Hulk-Vengers (First appearance)
- Giant-Man (First appearance; dies)
- Thor (First appearance; dies)
- Iron Man (First appearance; dies)
- Wasp (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Good Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Tuesday Weld (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- The Beatles (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- NYPD (Mentioned)
- U.S. Army (Mentioned)
- Shelby American (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Giant-Man's Suit
- Pym Particles (Behind the scenes)
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Iron Man Armor Model 2
- Image1Projector
- Mjolnir
- Captain America's Uniform and Captain America's Shield
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 MK III
Synopsis for "The Boy... and the Brute"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
Thirty years ago, Alex Ross had a vision of a new series showing the Marvel heroes in a way they’d never been seen before. The first realization of that idea became the blockbuster MARVELS — but today Alex finally brings about his original vision: An anthology of stories by unique, exceptional talents, many of whom are doing Marvel characters for the very first time. Over this showcase series you’ll see work by such artists as Adam Hughes, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Brereton and more, linked together by an overarching story by Alex and Steve Darnall.
This inaugural issue kicks it all off with superstar artists Frank Espinosa (Rocketo, Looney Tunes) telling an unusual Spider-Man story and Steve Rude (Nexus), teaming up with Kurt Busiek (Marvels, Avengers) for an Avengers story, framed by Alex and Steve Darnall (Uncle Sam, Marvels) presenting a tale of the dread dreamland Nightmare, and his threat to the entire Marvel Universe…and possibly beyond.
A once-in-a-lifetime assemblage of talent — you won’t want to miss a single page!