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April, 2007
— April 30, 2007
Following up my post yesterday, Spider-Man 3 According to the Comics, this post is on how Spider-Man 3 conflicts with Spider-Man’s comic book continuity.
We know that the movies that are based on comic book continuity typically try to combine many of the important comic book moments into one film. As a result, the movies often change the comic book continuity. From what we’ve seen of Spider-Man 3 in the trailers, here’s the list of what actually happened in the comics and what is different.
- Gwen Stacy makes her first appearance in Spider-Man 3. In the comics, Gwen was Peter Parker’s first love, not Mary Jane, who made her first appearance way back in Amazing Spider-Man #31, Dec. 1965.
- The Spider-Man 3 trailer depicts the police telling Peter Parker that his Uncle Ben’s real killer is the Sandman. Not only does this conflict with the comics, this also conflicts with the first Spider-Man movie.
- In the comics, Spider-Man’s black costume was revealed to be an alien symbiote. We don’t yet know whether this will be the case or not in the movie, but I am betting that we will see a different explanation.
Edit: this is, in fact, what happens in Spider-Man 3.
- In the comics, after Spidey discovers the black suit is a symbiote and takes it off, he still wears a black costume for years after that and only later puts on the red and blue suit. In the movie, Peter puts the red and blue suit back on after taking off the black suit.
- Venom doesn’t appear for 4 years after the symbiote suit is discovered in the comics.
Those are the ones we know so far, but we haven’t seen the movie yet. If any of these are proven wrong, or I learn about any more, I will add them here.
— April 29, 2007
With Spider-Man 3 coming out on Friday, this is Spider-Man Week at Hero Hunt. To celebrate, I’ve compiled a list of Spider-man 3 movie plot points and their occurrences in the comics.
We know that the movies typically try to combine many of the important comic book moments into one film. As a result, the movies often change the comic book continuity. Here’s the list of what actually happened in the comics and the issues in which they occurred.
- The first appearance of the Sandman - Amazing Spider-Man #4, Sep. 1963
- The first appearances of Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn - Amazing Spider-Man #31, Dec. 1965
- Harry Osborn becomes The Green Goblin for the first time - Amazing Spider-Man #136, Sep. 1974
- The return and death of the burglar who killed Spidey’s Uncle Ben - Amazing Spider-Man #200, January 1980
- The first appearance of Spider-Man’s black costume - Amazing Spider-Man #252, May 1984
- Spidey’s black costume is revealed to be a symbiote - Amazing Spider-Man # 258, Nov. 1984
- Venom’s first appearance (a last-page cameo drawn by Todd McFarlane) - Amazing Spider-Man #299, Apr. 1988
- Venom’s first full appearance - Amazing Spider-Man #300, May 1988
- #300 also featured Spider-Man reverting back to his original red-and-blue costume - Amazing Spider-Man #300, May 1988
Now you know Spider-Man’s true history, according to the comics, and which issues you need to have to get the full story of the events depicted in Spider-Man 3. Enjoy!
— April 27, 2007
Update: These items are now in stock.
I am excited to announce that the Spider-man 3 Spider-man bust from Diamond Select and Gentle Giant is shipping next week. This item will be put up for sale as soon as it is in stock. We still have the Black Spider-man 3 mini bust in stock here. Both of these pieces are amazingly detailed and look straight out of the movie. They are limited and will be highly sought after once they are gone so get yours soon!
Also, from Bowen Designs, the Iron Fist statue and Modern Wasp mini bust are also shipping next week.
— April 24, 2007
Yep, you heard me. Hero Hunt is doing away with pre-orders. We are doing this in the interest of serving you better. Here’s why.
Reason #1: Allocations. The collectibles we are selling are very limited and get allocated by the distributors too often. This results in canceling customers orders, which we feel is just bad business. This way we only put up for sale what we have in stock when it arrives, and it’s first come first serve.
Reason #2: Confusion. Since we opened for business, there has been too much confusion that seems to have resulted in a lot of frustration for our customers. Many are confused by what is a pre-order, when the item ships and when they will be charged. We feel this way, no one should be confused.
Reason #3: Bad Business Model. We feel all around that pre-ordering is a bad business model. Due to the fact the quality of recent items was not what customers were expecting, many canceled their orders and stated that they were no longer pre-ordering items. In addition, our current e-commerce software doesn’t really support pre-ordering, though we still tried to make it work. Getting rid of pre-orders makes it much easier to handle the distribution of product correctly.
As a result, we will not be offering anymore pre-orders. Any current pre-order items will be phased out of the site. All current pre-orders placed up until this point will still be honored.
We have been online for less than a year, and it has not been easy. A big thanks goes to the customers who have supported us! We hope that in the end this move helps to serve you better. Please feel free to let us know what you think in the comments below.
— April 20, 2007
My God, look at the sequels! Seriously, Hollywood has nothing original up it’s sleeve anymore. The only ones on this list that aren’t technically sequels are Transformers and the Simpsons. Notice I said technically, because the Transformers already had an animated movie and a TV series and the Simpsons has had a TV series for 17 seasons now.
All that aside, it will be a busy summer movie season, and I can’t wait! There’s almost a movie every weekend, from May through July.
Here is a list of my most anticipated, along with official links and release dates.
Spider-man 3 - May 4, 2007
Shrek the Third - May 18, 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End - May 25, 2007
Ocean’s Thirteen - June 8, 2007
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer - June 15, 2007
Evan Almighty - June 22, 2007
Live Free or Die Hard - June 27, 2007
Transformers the Movie - July 4, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - July 13, 2007
The Simpsons Movie - July 27, 2007
— April 16, 2007
The Star Wars Animated Stormtrooper maquette from Gentle Giant is shipping this week. The Stormtrooper maquette is the latest in the Star Wars Animated maquette series from Gentle Giant. Others in the series include the Boba Fett maquette, Darth Vader maquette, Princess Leia maquette, C-3PO maquette and the Luke Skywalker maquette.
— April 4, 2007
We just received a shipment of the General Grievous mini bust this week. General Grievous is the part organic/part machine leader of the Separatist Movement, and secret underling of Darth Sideous in the nefarious plot to take control of the galaxy. Trained in the ways of the Jedi lightsaber, Grievous is able to wield four lighstabers simultaneously against his foes.
The General Grievous bust is on sale right now for only $49.50. There are only 7,000 of these made, so get yours today!
— April 4, 2007
Han Solo on Tauntaun Star Wars statue from Gentle Giant arrives today. We have only one left available at the low price of $147.99! Get this hot item today while it lasts. These are limited to 3000 worldwide so be sure and reserve yours today.
