Spider-Man - Those Who Can - Rol Hirst

Panel One.

Daytime. Peter Parker stands on the viewing deck of the Empire State Building, gazing out across the

city. He’s just another member of the public – it’s pretty crowded up there, but we’re focusing on

him. Head & shoulders shot, we can’t see who he’s talking to, or who’s behind him.

This isn’t the Peter Parker we know, however, it’s the Peter of Earth 181512. He’s in his 40s now, greying at the temples like Reed Richards. His nose has been broken a long time ago but it’s still noticeable, and one of his ears is cauliflowered. There are a couple of old scars on his face too: not fresh, faded by the years.

CAP: Earth 181512

CAP (Peter): I used to dream I could be a hero.

Panel Two.

Flashback. Young Peter (10, 11?), sitting on his bed, reading Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. The bookshelves in his room are crammed with fading, tattered paperbacks. Uncle Ben stands in the doorway, smiling, holding a brown paper bag containing more old books.

CAP: When I was a kid, I was always reading fantastical stories about people who made a difference.

Ben: Petey, I picked you up some more books from the thrift store…

CAP: You read enough of those, you think maybe one day you will too.

Panel Three.

Flashback. The moment at the science exhibition when 15 year old Peter is bitten by the radioactive spider.

CAP: I don’t know what I was doing there, I guess I was just trying to impress some girl – I didn’t even like science!

CAP: Maybe if I had…

Panel Four.

A montage of young Spider-Man getting clobbered by Sandman’s block fist, squeezed to unconsciousness by Doc Ock’s tentacles, dropped from a great height by the Vulture, electrocuted by Electro… In each image, his Spider-Sense is going mental. No webbing: this Spidey doesn’t have it. And his costume’s not half as slick as the one we’re used to: this Peter’s no seamstress either.

CAP: I never won a fight, you know? Yeah, I was strong. Yeah, I could jump around and stick to walls… and I always knew when something bad was going to happen.

CAP: But if I’d been smarter, maybe I could have invented my own spider’s web… or come up with some fancy doohickey to counteract my enemies’ weaponry…

Panel Five.

Slightly older Peter (mid-20s now) stands in a cemetery, surrounded by gravestones.

CAP: Maybe I could have saved Uncle Ben…

CAP: …or Aunt May. Or Betty, or Flash, or Jonah, or Mary Jane…

Panel Six.

Back up on the Empire State Building. Old Peter turns to face his class: a group of wannabe teenage heroes, out of costume, but loaded with attitude. This Peter walks with a cane, stooped, tired.

Peter: That’s why the Avengers gave me this job: because not all of you will make it. Some of you shouldn’t even try.

Peter: Only a very fortunate few actually get to fly, and they’re the ones with great confidence, great determination… great power.

Peter: For the rest of us… the responsible thing, it’s just to keep our feet on the ground and stop dreaming. I wish somebody’d told me that when I was your age…

Gwen Stacy - What If? - Niel Jacoby

This takes place in an alternate universe where Spider-Man saved Gwen, instead of accidentally killing her.

Panel 1: Peter and Gwen are sitting together in Central Park, watching a 4th of July fireworks display. They're both enjoying it, but they've also got something on their minds.

Peter: GWEN-

Gwen: NOT NOW, PETER. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT NOT NOW, OK?

Panel 2: We see Gwen and Peter in silhouette from behind as the fireworks burst in the air.

Peter: ALRIGHT.
(link)
IT'S A WONDERFUL NIGHT, ISN'T IT, GWEN?

Gwen: YEAH, PETER. JUST GREAT.

Gwen Stacy – What If…The Spectacular Spider-Woman?! – MK Stangeland Jr.

(6 Panels)

(This scene takes place in the “Spider-Web”, a ‘secret base’ that has been set up in part of an abandoned building away from where Gwen Stacy lives.)

Panel 1: GWEN STACY is sitting on a table wearing her SPIDER-WOMAN costume (which looks mostly like the normal SPIDER-MAN costume, but tailored to fit a woman rather than a man), except her mask is off and in her hand. Assorted SCIENCE(!) equipment is sitting on the table near her.

She’s looking to where PETER PARKER is seated in a chair nearby as he is carefully working on something. He looks very much in line with versions of PARKER we’ve seen from prior to when he got his SPIDER-BITE, including that he’s still wearing his glasses (since here, he still needs them)

TEXT BOX: Meanwhile…

PETER: Mr. Jameson called again today. Tried to change my mind again.

GWEN: You still told him ‘no’, right?

PETER: Of course I did.

Panel 2: PETER PARKER looks up from his work and faces GWEN STACY. GWEN as an ‘EW’ look on her face, complete with tightly closed eyes and her tongue sticking out.

GWEN (1): Good. As long as he wants to keep calling me names, he’s not allowed to have any of my pictures.

GWEN (2): Your pictures?

PETER (1): Our pictures?

PETER (2): It was tempting, though. Practically doubled his offer.

GWEN (3): Glad to know I can count on you, Petey.

Panel 3: PETER PARKER holds up a web-shooter for GWEN STACY. GWEN looks happy by what PETER is telling her.

PETER (1): Speaking of which, I think I’ve got the new design working.

PETER (2): This one has an automatic reloading system so you don’t have to manually change cartages as often.

Panel 4: GWEN STACY holds the web-shooter in her hands, she looks VERY pleased by the news. PETER PARKER is leaning into his hand and looking at GWEN with a dreamy-eyed look.

GWEN: Mr. Parker, have I ever told you what a godsend you are?

PETER: I’m just happy to help.

Panel 5: GWEN STACY looks at PETER PARKER and gives him one of those ‘don’t be so modest’ looks and hand-only waves. PETER is sitting up at attention.

GWEN (1): I’m serious, Peter.

GWEN (2): I may have figured out how to make the web fluid on my own, but between school, being a hero, sneaking away from daddy, trying to maintain some kind of social life, and everything else, I don’t think I ever would have had time to design the shooters, let alone build them.

Panel 6: GWEN STACY is giving both an eye roll.

PETER: It’s a miracle you manage to balance it all.

GWEN (1): UGH!

GWEN (2): Daddy is the worst of it. I can only imagine how he’d react if he knew his precious little girl and the infamous ‘Spider-Woman’ were the same person.

(END PAGE) 

Wrestlemania - Is He Strong? Listen, Bud, He's Got Radioactive Blood - Niel Jacoby

Panel 1: Peter is walking around backstage in costume, while a flatscreen on the wall shows the action outside.

TV: WELCOME TO THE WRESTLEMANIA 29 PRE-SHOW, EXCLUSIVELY ON YOUTUBE AND WWE.COM. I'M MICHAEL COLE, AND TO MY LEFT IS THE LEGEND, JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER, AS WELL AS OUR SPECIAL GUEST, THE DAILY BUGLE'S OWN JOHN JONAH JAMESON. HOW YOU DOING, JOHN?

TV: PLEASE, CALL ME MR. JAMESON, JONAH IF YOU MUST. WELL, I'M SIMPLY AS EXCITED AS CAN BE. I'VE GOT THE BUGLE'S STAR PHOTOGRAPHER, PETER PARKER, ON THE SIDELINES SNAPPING PICTURES FOR TOMMOROW'S FRONT PAGE, AND I'M HERE CALLING THE ACTION ON THIS TREMENDOUS NIGHT.

Off-Panel(from behind Spider-Man): HEY, ARACHNAMAN! YOU'RE UP!

Panel 2: Spidey is startled and nervous, having turned to face the production assistant who called out to him in the previous panel.

Peter: WHAT?

PA: LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE UP. YOU'RE THE FIRST MAN IN THE BATTLE ROYAL FOR THE PRE-SHOW! THE PYRO'S GOING ALREADY, SO GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR!

Panel 3: As Peter walks towards the entrance, he turns to look at an Arachnaman poster on the wall. Arachnaman is a dead-on recreation of Spider-Man. Peter is nervous.


Thoughtballoon(Peter): WELL, I GUESS I'VE GOT TIME, AND IF I'M LUCKY, PUNISHER'S GOTTEN THE SAME TREATMENT.

(link)

NOTE TO SELF: LOOK INTO COPYRIGHTING THE COSTUME, OR AT LEAST THE SPIDER EMBLEM.

Panel 4: Peter walks out onto the stage.

ANNOUNCER(OP): NOW MAKING HIS WAY TO THE RING, HAILING FROM FOREST HILLS, QUEENS, AT 202 POUNDS,  THE AMAZING ARACHNAMAN!

Thoughtballoon(Peter): JEEZ, THEY'RE EVEN SWIPING MY ADJECTIVES!

Panel 5: close on peter, as the crowd hurls trash at him.

Crowd noise(scattered in background): OH, BOO! HISS! GO BACK TO NEW YORK! YANKEES SUCK! YANKEES SUCK! JER-SEY! JER-SEY!

Thoughtballoon(Peter):TYPICAL JERSEY.

Panel 6: Cole, Lawler, and Jameson are at commentary. Jameson is fuming.

Jameson: THIS MENACE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN A WRESTLING RING! I DEMAND THIS MATCH BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND THE PROPER AUTHORITIES BE CALLED!

Lawler: THE MATCH HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET, YOU OLD HOTHEAD!

Taskmaster, Cut Faster - Niel Jacoby

To artist: go with what you think makes the best layout.

Panel 1: Taskmaster, Mysterio, El Toro Rojo, and Silencer are sitting at a table in the middle of a crowded Bar With No Name. A bottle of Bucky Beer is in Taskmaster's hand, and El Toro Rojo has a large bottle of Grey Goose. The bar is emphatically not bumpin', and absolutely cannot be said to be thumpin'. Mysterio is clearly nudging Taskmaster, and Silencer is leaning towards Taskmaster.

El Toro Rojo: MAAAAAAAN, THIS BAR IS LAME.

Mysterio: IF ONLY SOMEONE WERE AROUND TO LIVEN UP THE PROCEEDINGS.

Silencer: ...

Inset panel: Taskmaster looks like he's pretending to be very put upon to be asked, but still begrudgingly aquiescing. Maybe he's rolling his eyes.

Taskmaster: ALRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT. I GUEEEEEEEEEEEEESS I'LL TRY SOME STUFF.

Panel 2: Taskmaster is walking across a stage, his progress shown by ghosted images of Spider-man and himself alternating He has a mic and is clearly drunk, but not crazy so. The one connected to the third balloon should be looking directly at the viewpoint.

Taskmaster: OOH, LOOK AT ME I'M SPIDER-MAN, I THINK I'M SO FUNNY. HEY PASTE-BOY, EASY ON THE WHITE STUFF, THIS SUIT'S TAILORED! OH MAN, LOOK AT ME SWING AROUND AND PUNCH FURRIES, I'M SO RAD.

Taskmaster: ON THE SIDE I GET SOME FROM A SEXY CAT BURGLAR AND I STILL WHINE ABOUT HOW I CAN'T GET PLAY, MAYBE BECAUSE I SOLD THE DEVIL MY MARRAIGE TO MY HOT WIFE SO MY OLD-ASS GRANDMOTHER WOULDN'T DIE OF A FRIGGIN' GUNSHOT WOUND.

Taskmaster(this is the one where he's looking at the viewpoint): YEAH, I SAID IT. WHATCHA GONNA DO, DORK-BOY?

Taskmaster: YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN GUNSHOT WOUNDED? I DON'T, BECAUSE I GET GUNSHOT WOUNDED ALL THE DAMN TIME! IT'S ALMOST PART OF MY BALANCED BREAKFAST AT THIS POINT.

Panel 3: Taskmaster is doing one-handed vertical pushups while beer-bonging. An image of Captain America is ghosted clearly next to him to show who he's taking the skills from. The supervillains in the bar look on.

Many of the supervillains in the crowd: CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!

Panel 4: Taskmaster is cutting it up on the wheels of steel, and is fully domed on the sauce by this point, bubbles, swaying, and all. At least 2 DJs are ghosted with him. The crowd is hyped and Mysterio has a mic and has opened his fishbowl as a fog machine

SFX: DEEJAYING NOISES(not what I actually want in there, maybe some music notes and scritchy-scratch noises, go with what you go with)

Mysterio:
YEAH YEAH YEAH!
AND YOU DON'T STOP!
TASKMASTER, HE DON'T STOP!
HE PROBABLY WON'T STOP!
I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF HE CAN STOP!
HE GOES ON!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Mysterio: LIKE A MARATHON!

Spider-Man - Dying Wish - Simon McDonald

Note to artist: I've kept panel descriptions fairly brief for this script; it's fundamentally a 'talking-heads' scene, and thus I feel you're better off making the decisions regarding the types of shots used. Same goes for the number of panels on the page; I've set this up as I see it in my head, but I'm sure you'll be able to pull it off more effectively. Go nuts. 

1. NEW YORK CITY; an alleyway, trash on the ground, walls tainted with tags of various gangs. Spider-Man is hanging upside down on a strand of webbing. Beside him is a woman, mid-twenties, clad in an outfit that hugs were shapely figure. Despite the high-heels and short short, there is somehow an aura of class about her.

JANET FOSWELL

I want you to kill my husband.

2. On Spider-Man; his mask-lenses widen appropriately, shocked by her words.

SPIDER-MAN

Huh.

3. Pull back; Janet's speaking, no emotion playing across her face - unlike Spider-Man, who can't hide his discomfort.

JANET FOSWELL

He's a very old, very sick man.

He has a heart condition.

It wouldn't be difficult.

SPIDER-MAN

Yeah.

Because that's the key issue, here.

The difficulty.

4. On Janet; still stone-faced, serious.

JANET FOSWELL

It's what he wants.

He wants to die.

SPIDER-MAN

Your husband wants me to murder him?

5. Janet has taken offense to that; and Spidey's hopped off his webline.

JANET FOSWELL

Such a cruel lexicon.

He's dying. His time is almost up.

We both feel it would be best if the process was...

Hastened. 

For both our sakes.

SPIDER-MAN

And naturally I'm the one you came to.

Yeah, sure there's Wolverine with his ten foot claws.

Yeah, there's Moon Knight, the creepy dude with the juxtaposed costume, comes out at night dressed all in white.
And there's the Punisher - you know, psycho dude who kills people for a living?

But no. 

You came to me.

6. Tight on Spider-Man.

SPIDER-MAN

You're expecting me to do - what, exactly?

Web him to death?

Poison his drink with web fluid?

Crack a few puns, hope he asphyxiates from laughter?

7. On Janet again.

JANET FOSWELL

Once you see him, I don't think that will be a problem.
He's quite certain you'll be more than willing to end his life - considering the grief he's given you in the past.

You see, Spider-Man , my husband's name is Frederick Foswell.
Perhaps you'll remember him best as the Big Man.

That's why he wants you to do it.

He thinks it'll be poetic. Cyclic.

This is his dying wish, Spider-Man.

You can't refuse.

Waitasecond!

Wasn't Frederick Foswell killed years ago saving J. Jonah Jameson's life?!

All will be revealed NEXT ISSUE!

Spider-Man -Tribute - Matt Duarte

The Tenacious Spider-Man in “Tribute” by Matt Duarte

This page is to be set in six different panels. The first three are one third of the page, small and next to each other. The fourth one is a big wide one, one third of a page. The last two are at the bottom, of equal size.

Panel 1

Mephisto is standing in the middle of an empty road, somewhere in the middle of the desert. His red outfit and skin stick out sorely against the night sky and darkened road. He is pointing directly at the reader.

MEPHISTO: Play the best song in the world...

MEPHISTO: Or I’ll eat your soul!

Panel 2

Spider-Man is standing in the same empty road, he is wearing his outfit, though his mask is pulled back a bit so we can see his mouth. He is awkwardly holding a custom Fender Stratocaster guitar, with a drawing of his logo/face on it.

SPIDER-MAN: OK, but I’ve never been a music kind of person, you know?

MAN (a character off-panel): Don’t worry Spidey, we’ll help you!

Panel 3

Shot from behind Spider-Man’s back, and in front of him stands Mephisto. Spider-Man is looking back, at the person that just spoke, though we still can’t see who it is, but who has his hand on one of Spider-Man’s shoulder, as if reassuring him.

SPIDER-MAN: Be you angels?

MAN (off-panel): Nay, we are but men.

Panel 4

Spider-Man stands next to two other men. One of them has mid length brown hair, and a full beard, he is wearing jeans and a plaid shirt open, underneath there is a huge beer belly. He is dramatically singing. The other person is also a fat man, with a plain white tee shirt and jeans, balding, though with a friendly Buddha like face. He is intensely focused in playing an acoustic guitar he is holding. Spider-Man is also playing the guitar he was previously holding. Coming from all of them, there is a huge Kirby crackle of energy, shooting directly at Mephisto, who is holding up his arms, attempting to shield himself.

SFX (in big, colorful font): ROCK!

Panel 5

Peter Parker is sitting in an uncomfortably looking bench inside a Laundromat. He has just woken up from an impromptu nap and he looks slightly confused. Behind him, in one of the washing machines, there’s some familiar red and blue clothes. Up on the wall there’s some speakers where music is playing.

PETER PARKER (CAPTION): Wha... just a dream? That felt very real. Except for the part where I was playing guitar.

SFX (music): This is not The Greatest Song in the World, no. This is just a tribute.

PETER PARKER (CAPTION): Ugh, I need to find a laundry place that plays better music.

Panel 6

Shot from outside the Laundromat, though we can still see Peter through one of the windows. The Laundromat has a neon red sign with the name “One More Laundry Day”.

PETER PARKER (CAPTION): Or maybe someone to help me with the laundry. Yeah, that sounds better.

The End.

Spider-Man - Spin Me A Line - Rol Hirst

Panel One.

Spidey is battling Sandman on a beach. He leaps over him and kicks him right in the face, smashing sand everywhere.

SPIDEY: HEY, MARKO, I JUST KICKED FACE IN YOUR SAND!

CAP (Spidey): With great power comes great responsibility, that’s the lesson I learned from my Uncle Ben…

Panel Two.

Aunt May is waiting in her kitchen with her husband Jay and a big home-cooked meal… staring out the window, wondering when her nephew will arrive.

AUNT MAY: WHERE IS THAT BOY NOW?

Panel Three.

Spidey is battling the Kingpin. Kingpin has an enormous hand round Spidey’s throat and is pummelling him into the wall.

SPIDEY: OH, AND BY THE WAY - YES, WILSON, YOUR BUTT DOES LOOK BIG IN THAT!

CAP (Spidey): The one thing Uncle Ben never did tell me though…

Panel Four.

At Peter Parker’s apartment, his flatmate Michelle Gonzalez is up a ladder painting the ceiling. She’s in a bad mood because she’s having to do it by herself.

MICHELLE: ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE, PETE – YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS…

Panel Five.

Spidey is battling Doc Ock, wrapped up in his tentacles.

SPIDEY: THAT'S IT, OCKY, I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU FOR A BIG MANLY HUG!

CAP (Spidey): …was how to choose between all my different responsibilities.

Panel Six.

J Jonah Jameson sits behind his mayor’s desk, looking furious. It doesn’t really matter what he’s screaming about – he’s JJJ, that’s just what he does.

JJJ: PARKER!!!

Panel Seven.

Spidey swings up in Mysterio’s face, pointing right into his goldfish bowl head.

SPIDEY: OOH, WAIT, MYSTERIO - NEW JOB OPP – GALACTUS NEEDS A ROLL-ON DEODORANT! YOU'RE A SURE THING!

CAP (Spidey): So – who am I gonna have to let down today? Aunt May, Michelle, Jonah…


Panel Eight.

A comedy writer sits in his office, surrounded by stacks of scripts, notepads, reference books, a computer, toys, and all the usual writer’s junk. He’s scribbling a new idea in his notebook. Behind him on the wall are a number of photos of the writer with famous comedians or TV hosts – Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman, Larry David, Bill Cosby, Woody Allen… plus one with the writer and Spidey together. Scattered on the floor all around him are screwed up balls of paper - rejected joke ideas.

CAP (Spidey): …or that guy I hired to write me some fresh material…

WRITER: “ELECT…RO?” WHO’S THIS ‘RO’ GUY AND WHY WOULD I WANT HIM RUNNING MY COUNTRY…?

WRITER: NO, THAT’S TERRIBLE. HOW ABOUT… HEY, LIZARD, YOUR MOMMA EATS FLIES!

WRITER: PAGING NORMAN OSBORN – THE CORNFIELDS OF IOWA WANT THEIR HAIRCUT BACK...

Spider-Man - Best Served Cold - James McNeill

Not much to say about this one! I imagine a teammate or close friend (or perhaps Aunt May!) has been subject to slander or some other kind of non-violent attack. Spidey, frustrated by his inability to do much to help it, takes out his frustration how he can.

Best Served Cold

1. Night shot. Spidey swings across a darkened street.

CAPTION:

Usually this isn't my kind of stunt.

2. Spidey, with his free hand, shoots webbing against the wall of a darkened house. He's hanging from the roof.

CAPTION:

But these are special circumstances.

3. Montage/action shot: Spidey laying down webbing in vague resemblance of an actual spider's web, all across the wall. This should take a third of the page.

CAPTION:

So for once I say to hell with maturity.

CAPTION:

Intentionally.

CAPTION:

It takes me the better part of the night, but it's worth it.

4. The wall, web complete, Spidey swinging away or hanging at the end. Light from a passing car reflects off of the still-wet webbing. In the style of Charlotte's Web, it reads: "SOME PIG".

CAPTION:

No one messes with my family.

Spider-Man - Responsibility and Power - Ben Rosenthal

The following is set out in the ‘classic’ 3 line grid. The first three panels of the script are all of the same size and are on the first line of the grid. Panel 4 takes up the whole of the second line of the grid. Panels 5 – 7 are all of the same size and take up the last remaining line of the grid.

Ideally, each panel would be illustrated by a different artist.

The following does not take place in current Spider-Man continuity, but could have if things had happened a little differently.

1. A recreation of the classic panel from Amazing Fantasy #15 of Peter with his mask off, hand to his head and tears streaming down his face as he realises that he could have stopped the bank robber and saved Uncle Ben (Click here for reference).

CAPTION: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

CAPTION: “I’ve lived by this mantra for almost half of my life.”

2. Spider-Man is swinging away from an explosion, an unknown elderly lady in his arm. He has just saved her from whatever has caused the explosion. A Golden Age look here would be great.

CAPTION: “With the powers I have, it’s my duty to help those who need it.”

3. Spider-Man is down. He is not in his traditional costume, but the black symbiote duds. He is on his back; painfully sprawled on the rubble of a building which has collapsed during whatever fight he has obviously just lost. His costume is in tatters. We see a majority of Peter Parker’s bruised face behind what is left of his mask. The mask itself appears to be falling off his face, not ripped or shredded, as this panel takes place when he was still wearing the symbiote. This should reflect that the symbiote has also been knocked out.

CAPTION: “Truth is, I always knew that one day that power would not be enough, and I would fall.”

4. A classic shot of Spider-Man fighting against the original Sinister Six – Kraven the Hunter, The Vulture, Electro, Mysterio, Sandman and Doctor Octopus. Go wild here (although the cover to Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6 would be a great way to start!).

CAPTION: “Then you came along and changed all that. Now, no matter how hard it gets...”

5. Spider-Man is on his knees, wanting to collapse but not allowing himself to. One hand is supporting his weight, while the other is at his head, trying to shake off the beating he has just received. In the foreground is the Green Goblin on his glider, laughing manically. This should look as if it takes place in the modern day.

CAPTION: “...Or how much I want to just give in, I won’t because I know you’re waiting for me.”

6. Spider-Man is fighting back against the Goblin, punching him with the last ounce of strength that he has. The Goblin is being knocked off his glider by the force of the blow. It is a triumphant shot.

CAPTION: “So while with great power comes great responsibility...”

7. A nice panel of Peter in his everyday clothes sitting on the floor of his home. He has one arm in a sling and a bandage wrapped around his forehead. In front of him is a pile of building blocks that a young child may play with. On the opposite side of those blocks, and with some blocks in her hands, is a 9 month old May Parker. Peter is looking down at his daughter adoringly, with a smile on his face. It is a smile filled with love, pride and contentment.

CAPTION: “...With a great responsibility comes great power.”


Not to sound like a sap (but I will), I am dedicating this to my daughter Parker, who was my inspiration for this script.

Spider-Man - Team Up - Ryan K Lindsay

 

1. Spider-Man is sitting on the window ledge of a room and looking in, we can see from his posture that he’s kind of been busted and he’s trying to be still and quiet. Luke Cage is standing with his baby in one arm and a hushing finger held up to his lips.

Caption: A problem shared is a problem halved, isn’t that what they say?
Caption: It takes two to tango.
Caption: Two’s company, all that jazz.

2. Spider-Man is in a mirrored pose on the window ledge of the Nelson, Murdock, & Blake law agency. His shoulders are slumped as Foggy Nelson has an unsure look on his face and is shrugging because he doesn’t know where his good friend is either.

Caption: Everything is better when there’s two, Prince Adam and Cringer, pizza and beer, Han and Chewie, peanut butter and chocolate, Scorsese and De Niro.

3. Spidey is looking up into the eyes of Beta Ray Bill, Skuttlebutt looms in the background and there’s a shackled alien on the ground with some blood dripping from what might be its nose.

Caption: I guess, sometimes you just don’t know how to ask or even explain yourself so you stay quiet.
Caption: It would just be awkward for everybody; me, him, whoever we went up against.

4. Spidey is running away from the Punisher’s back. Punisher is busy shooting some goons in the back of the head as they run away from his front. This could either be really gory or just for laughs, however you play a goon getting shot in the back of the head for laughs…

Caption: And sometimes you realise that it’s best to never ask because the person might just say yes.

5. Spidey is perched on a bedside stand in a simple room; Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, has her bedside lamp on as she sits in bed.

Black Widow: You thought it would be a good idea to come to me for a team up?
Spider-Man: I just don’t really want to go through tonight alone.

6. The same panel as before but now Spidey looks just that bit sadder, he’s on the other side of the bedside stand, sitting, leaning against it, and his head is down. Natasha is reaching a hand across for him to pat him on the shoulder and has a look like she’s just caught her father crying in the tool shed.

Natasha: I don’t know what you’ve heard, but, uh, you’re not going to try and make a move on me are you?
Spider-Man: I’m just so lonely.
Natasha: Yikes…I don’t think we should even touch.

What's got Spidey so sad, dear reader? Well, you'll have to turn the page to find out. He's in a dilly of a pickle and I don't even think a night with the Black Widow is going to cure what ails him.

Why Spider-Man?

He needs no introduction. He is arguably the world’s most popular superhero. He’s certainly easier for the average reader or movie-goer to identify with than the lone survivor of an alien race or the grim millionaire vigilante. He is the everyman superhero with feet of clay. He makes mistakes, he lets people down, he catches the flu and breaks his arm and loses his temper… and there’s nobody more unlucky in love.

And yet, he never stops trying. When life gives him lemons, Peter Parker makes the sweetest lemonade you’ll ever taste. He never forgets the fundamental lesson his Uncle Ben taught him, that with great power comes great responsibility. Spider-Man is an inspiration to us all…

I certainly hope he’ll provide plenty of inspiration to my fellow thoughtballooners this week.