There is not much more joyful in the world of comics than a Spider-Man/Human Torch team-up. And that’s what we get. The next-best is probably Spider-Man/Daredevil, but that might hit my sweet spot solely because I enjoy that Spider-Man will call Daredevil “Magoo.” That’s mean, insensitive, and great.
It works with the Torch. You know that friend you had where the two of you would get together and the collective intelligence would go down 30%? And it’s about the most fun you ever have? That’s what we’re talking about. IN SPACE!
Spider-Man is the king of Marvel Team-Ups. Whoever they team up, most of the time they get teamed up with Spider-Man. But what about some team-ups that don’t sound so hot?
Ah, Deathlok. The Terminator with a weird zombie face and a backpack. What’s going on with that goddamn backpack? What could he possibly need in there? I’d like to think he’s packin’ snacks back there. That he’s lost touch with humanity, but he tries to keep it together by offering a granola bar here and there. You could do worse.
Spider-Man and Frankenstein is bad enough. But as we all know, the way these Team-Ups work is that two characters fight a bit, realize there is no earthly reason for them to fight, and then battle a true asshole together.
How great would it be if they had that in a word balloon. “Wait! Stop fighting! Baron Zemo is the TRUE asshole!”
So who’s the true asshole in this story? Oh, just a dude called Ludwig Von Shtupf. This is a monster maker, not a pornographic legend whose trademark is a monocle. If you can believe it.
So this one, I approve of the team-up in question. But the cover. It’s like they managed to combine the 1990 Captain America movie with the 1970 Spider-Man. I encourage all of you to watch this trailer. This is what comic book fans had until about the early 2000’s with the notable exception of about 1/75 good Batman movies. So yeah, we got pretty excited. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYrxQ…