The Superior Spider-Man - The Best Man Won - R.A. Wonsowski

(Had a little trouble this week.  Just got caught up on the "big switch".  Side note:  I really like this new direction; I just wish I knew what to do with it...ah well, happens to the best of us...)

Layout:  Page is split in half.  Top panel has a circular inset panel in the upper left corner. Caption runs in the space between the two great panels (#2 and #3).

Panel 1 (inset):  We are looking through one eyepiece of a microscope.  In the center, we see what looks like how Walt Disney wrote the letter "Y":

Surrounding the "Y" are very tiny prism-like boxes suspended in opaque reddish-pink fluid.  The ones closest to the "Y" seem to break apart, like the sides falling away from each other.


Panel 2:  Foreground:  "Peter Parker", lab goggles resting on his forehead, peers through the microscope with one eye.  He is grinning smugly with self-satisfaction.  Behind him, his boss at Horizon Labs, MAX MODELL reads a thick report, his face in shock and admiration.  The lab is dark, but is lit so we can see "Peter" and MAX.  In a rear corner in the background, operating theatre lights shine on an open macaque monkey corpse.

MAX:  A retrovirus that seeks and destroys both Ebola strains, and Marburg...My GOD, Parker, you'll get the Nobel for this...


Panel 3:  On the roof of Trump World Tower, we see BLACK CAT, reclining on her side, on a picnic blanket.  There is an open picnic basket, a small tray of cheeses, two empty wine glasses positioned on the blanket, but we have a full view of her long body.  She has an old, dark wine bottle in each hand, and she is smirking seductively at us.  Behind her are the lights of New York City on a moonlit night.

BLACK CAT:  I wasn't sure which would go better, the '45 Mouton-Rothschild or the '45 Romanée Conti...


CAPTION (Spider-Ock, between panels 2 & 3):  All this potential...wasted on that pathetic Peter Parker...how could he have been such a colossal fool?

Superior Spider-Man - Joyride - Niel Jacoby

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Panel 1: Spider-Ock stands outside in the wintry streets of New York City, taking a deep breath of the cold afternoon air.

SFX: SNNNNNFF

Caption(SP-OCK): I'VE GOT A NEW, YOUNG BODY WITH A NICE SET OF SPIDER-POWERS.

Inset Panel: Sp-Ock looking down at the web-slingers on his wrists.

Caption(SP-OCK): IT'S HIGH TIME FOR A LITTLE JOYRIDE.

Panel 2: Sp-Ock swinging through the city in Spider-Man's costume.

Sp-Ock: WOO-HOOO!

Panel 3: Sp-Ock moonwalking upside-down on the ceiling of Peter's apartment.

Sp-Ock: WOO-HOOO!

Panel 4: Felecia Hardy has just gotten back to her apartment after a long day of burgling. We can see Sp-Ock in the window.

Sp-Ock: WOO-HOOO!

Panel 5:Felecia turns to the window, startled and angered, as Sp-Ock quickly pulls himself up on his web-line.

SFX: ZZ-ZZRP!

The Superior Spider-Man in "Too Many Body-Swaps!" - J.D. Coughlan

In the style of the Silver Age.

Panel 1: Full-page spread. An evil villain lair. Assembled are, our hero-villain, SSM, of course, as well as (in appearance, at least) Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and Hawkeye. For simplicity's sake, each character will be referred to by who they look like. Thor is admiring his body, Captain America flamboyantly gestures, Iron Man stands with fists on hips, Spider-Man clutches his head in annoyance, and Hawkeye raises a finger, as if to ask a question.

THOR: I must say, Dr. Octopus, you may finally have had a good idea! Taking control of my brother's body -- why didn't I think of it first?

CPT. AMERICA: Bah! I, the Red Skull, have been possessing the bodies of others for decades, Loki! 'Tis a mere trifle to me!

IRON MAN: Doom concurs; this is but a trivial advantage. What are we supposed to accomplish now?

SPIDER-MAN: No, no, no, no, no! You're all ruining my fun!

HAWKEYE: Um, I actually am Hawkeye, so...

END OF PAGE

Superior Spider-Man - Juliet & John – Shaun Richens.

PAGE EIGHT – 5 PANELS.

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Dr Parker will be the name used for the Doc Ock in Peter Parkers body character.

Ghost Peter will be the name for the apparition of Peter Parker.

1. INT. Secret Underground Base of shieldwatch. We are a few floors lower down than the confrontation now taking place between LADY Lightning and JOHN STRANGE.

We are in the lab of DR PARKER. One of SHIELDWATCH’s leading scientists. Juliet’s DROP POD is suspended from the labs ceiling by lines of DR PARKER’s webbing. The dark green fungus spores seen on the underside of the POD in PAGE ONE have grown and spread and now cover a quarter of it.

         NO COPY.

2. DR PARKER is at his workstation underneath the hanging POD. He looks just like Peter Parker, however he wears DOC OCK’s goggles and a set of DOC OCK’s four robotic arms. Each one of the robotic arms holds a strange piece of scientific equipment. In DR PARKER’s actual hands he holds a small petri dish with a sample of the GREEN SPORE in it and in the other, a pipette half filled with a dark red liquid.

GHOST PETER stands to his side a puzzled look on his face.

         GHOST PETER:

Are we back in grade school? You have all this fancy equipment and you’re using a pipette and petri dish.

         DR PARKER:

You were always a lazy fool Peter. Science isn’t about the tools, but the results.

         (Link)

         DR PARKER:

         I am living proof of that boy.

3. Close up on DR PARKER’s hands as he squeezes the tip of the pipette sending a small droplet of the red liquid down towards the petri dish.

         DR PARKR:

         If this has the results I fear it might…

4. The red droplet splashes into the green spore in the petri dish.

         NO COPY.

5. The green spore engulfs the red liquid. The spore bubbles and grows out of the petri dish.

         DR PARKER:

         … You’ll be glad to be dead.

The Superior Spider-Man – Superior Spider-Man 2.0 – MK Stangeland Jr.

(‘Spock’ has – with a touch of help from some acquired Ultron-based technology and designs – build a new version of the Iron Spider back harness with its three ‘waldos’ and incorporated it into his red and blue costume.)

(6 Panels)

Panel 1: SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN – ‘SPOCK’ – is swinging through New York as HUMAN TORCH – JOHNNY STORM – flies nearby.

HUMAN TORCH: So what’s the deal, Spidey? I thought you were done with extra arms.

‘SPOCK’: If you’re referring to the machination that Stark built for me, it was ditched out of necessity.

Panel 2: More swinging and flying.

‘SPOCK’ (1): But it would be foolish to disregard the concept and never re-consider it.

‘SPOCK’ (2): Consider the vast utility of a few extra limbs.

Panel 3: Still more swinging and flying.

‘SPOCK’: I simply needed time to design my own alternative and…

Panel 4: More of ‘SPOCK’s swinging. Panel should be laid out as though it were a thought balloon where the next words that ‘SPOCK’ might potentially say are run through his head first – basically him thinking before he speaks.

‘SPOCK’: (Inside thought balloon) …and to improve on Stark’s obviously inferior arm design.

Panel 5: Small panel focusing around ‘SPOCK’s eyes as he thinks that maybe he shouldn’t say the words in PANEL 4 out-loud.

‘SPOCK’: (Thought Balloon) Perhaps I should re-phrase that.

Panel 6: Back to more swinging and flying.

‘SPOCK’: …to, well, fix the obvious problems.

(END PAGE)

Superior Spider-Man -I am the resurrection -Dan Hill

PAGE TWENTY TWO

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We OPEN on SPIDER-MAN in an alleyway, his costume in tatters, part of his face exposed (though not enough to give away his identity) as he scuttles backwards on his hands. He’s scared of whoever’s approaching.

Rain pelts down from the overcast sky like slivers of glass.

1 VOICE(OFF) You do not fight like him.

2 VOICE(OFF) And you reek of death and disease.

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Still at floor level where Spider-Man can scuttle backwards no more, his back against the wall. Sure, he could climb out of here. But he’s beaten, exhausted and has nothing left in the tank. Spidey is in the background of the panel. In the foreground of the panel is a BROWN LEATHER BOOT belonging to whichever assailant has bested Spidey.

2 VOICE Octopus Vulgaris. No shell. No skeleton.

3 VOICE For protection they must hide in the smallest crevices.

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ZOOM IN on Spider-Man as he wipes away the blood pooling above his eye.

4 VOICE(OFF) Making it all but impossible for predators to hunt them.

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Extreme close up on Spider-Man, his visible eye wide with shock.

5 VOICE(OFF) You aren’t the first to play at being the spider, Otto.

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CUT TO a shot looking up at KRAVEN as he stands over Spider-Man. He’s wearing his traditional costume.

6 KRAVEN And you aren’t the first to cheat death.

7 KRAVEN Now get up and fight.

Superior Spider-Man - Misfiring - Grant McLaughlin

I'm sorry about this.  I had no choice.

For scripting simplicity, Superior Spider-Man / Spider-Man / Otto Octavius all refer to Doc Ock's current existence within Peter Parker's body.  Ghost Peter refers to the ghost-like echo of Peter's subconsciousness (or whatever that thing is).

1 - Superior Spider-Man and Mysterio are facing off.  Spider-Man points at Mysterio meaningfully.  Mysterio looks confused.  Ghost Peter is off to the side looking embarrassed.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN: I don't take advice from people who wear aquariums on their heads.

GHOST PETER: Fish bowls, Otto!

2 - Superior Spider-Man and the Scorpion have been fighting in a construction area.  Spider-Man has defeated Scorpion by pinning him under a whole bunch of construction related objects.  Scorpion looks battered and bruised.  Ghost Peter is off to the side looking upset.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN: I bet that hurts quite a bit.

GHOST PETER: Stings!  It stings!

3 - Superior Spider-Man and Electro are fighting on top of a building.  Superior Spider-Man has made himself those web boxing gloves to better punch Electro without being electrocuted.  Both look weary from the fight, but Electro is clearly the worse for wear.  Ghost Peter off to the side being apoplectic.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN: This may come as a surprise, but I am going to plug the pull on this fight.

GHOST PETER: Come on, I did this one, like, two weeks ago!

4 - Superior Spider-Man and Jack O'Lantern are fighting in Times Square.  Jack is flying above the busy streets on his flyer thing.  Spider-Man has wrapped Jack's head in webbing so he can't see.  Ghost Peter is swinging alongside looking disappointed.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN: It's clear that you must be quite fond of that computer trivia game whose title includes your first name.  Because you are aware of very little!

GHOST PETER: That's how you do You Don't Know Jack?  Seriously?

5 - Superior Spider-Man and Chameleon have been fighting.  However, the battle is already over, as Chameleon lies unconscious at Spider-Man's feet.  Spider-Man stands behind him, triumphant.  Ghost Peter is off to the side, facepalmimg because he is so disappointed with what's going on.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (1): Didn't see me behind you?  Where's your full 360-degree arc of vision now, Chameleon?

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2): ...like the reptile whose name you share!

GHOST PETER: Ugh, I don't even know what that was supposed to be.

6 - Back in Otto / Peter's apartment.  Otto / Peter has his mask off and is studiously looking through Peter's Pun Journal.  There are bags under his eyes; he's clearly been working at this quite hard.  Ghost Peter stands behind the couch Otto sits on, looking smug.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (1): Parker always made it look so easy...

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2): How did he ever manage to keep track of so much inane wordplay?

GHOST PETER: It's because I care about the pundamentals!

Superior Spider-Man - Amazing - Ben Rosenthal

1.  A close up of Otto/Peter from the chest up.  He is staring at something on the table in front of him, but it is off panel so we cannot see it.

CAPTION (OTTO/PETER)

All of Peter’s powers.  His past.  His life.

2.  A closer panel showing Otto/Peter smirking triumphantly.  He is still concentrating on what is in front of him, yet we can still not see it.

CAPTION (OTTO/PETER)

Hmmm…Gwen and Peter went swimming.  I’ll look into that memory later.

Of all that I have inherited from Parker there is one thing I enjoy the most.

3.  A wide shot so we can see what is in fact on Otto/Peter’s table.  It is a smorgasbord of food – fried, chocolate, pizza – all the bad stuff.  Otto/Peter is delving into the food as if he had been starving for a week.

CAPTION (OTTO/PARKER)

His amazing metabolism.

Why Superior Spider-Man?

Hey it's you!  How have you been?

Should I fetch you some sunglasses?  I imagine that the sunlight would be pretty harsh after crawling out from under that rock you've been living under for the past few months.

I mean really, you have to ask Why we are writing Superior Spider-Man?

In recent memory there has not been such a controversial storyline.  Doc Ock taking over peter's body and giving the super heroing a go, all while a Force ghost Peter Parker watches (and commentates  helplessly).  How could I resist.

For me the most interesting aspect of Superior Spider-Man is the fact that Dock Ock is living up to his decree - he is becoming a more efficient and effective Spidey.  Through Doc's updates we are seeing that the 'old Parker luck' may just be an excuse for Peter not getting his stuff together.

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