Marvel helps celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Marvel/DC collaboration, Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, this April in Spider-Man/Superman #1.
The lead story will be written by Brad Meltzer (in his first full-length Marvel Comics story), with art by Pepe Larraz, as the two heroes team-up to oppose Lex Luthor and Norman Osborne
Additional back-up stories will feature Spider-Man Noir and the Golden Age Superman (by Dan Slott and Marcos Martin), the Superman and Spider-Man Family (by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank), Jane Foster’s Thor and Wonder Woman (Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman), Steel vs. the Hobgoblin (by Louise Simonson and Todd Nauck), Gwen Stacy and Lana Lang (by Joe Kelly and Humberto Ramos), and Miles Morales and Superman (Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli).
“I’ve been waiting fifty years to write this book,” Meltzer said. “Superman and Spider-Man have affected me more than most real people. I carry them with me everywhere — and our story cuts to the core of what it means to be a good person. I’m honored that Nick Lowe and everyone at Marvel even asked. Just wait until you see Pepe’s work. Get your capes and web-shooters ready…”
Marvel’s story will include a main cover by Larraz and variant covers by Pichelli, Dauterman, Walter Simonson, Greg Capullo, Marcos Martin, Ryan Stegman, Peach Momoko, Erik Larsen, Jerome Opeña, Kaare Andrews, and Mark Bagley.
DC’s Superman/Spider-Man #1 by Mark Waid and Jorge Jiménez (on March 25) precedes Marvel’s version by a few weeks, and opens with journalists Clark Kent and Peter Parker chasing the same story and familiar foes Brainiac and Doctor Octopus.
Additional bonus stories in DC’s Superman/Spider-Man #1 include Tom King and Jim Lee’s Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson, Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber’s Jimmy Olsen and Carnage, Sean Murphy Superboy (Legion) and Spider-Man 2099, Gail Simone and Belén Ortega’s Power Girl and the Punisher, Christopher Priest and Daniel Sampere’s Superboy Prime and the vintage black-suited Spider-Man, and Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott’s Daily Planet and the Daily Bugle team-up.
In addition to Jiménez’s main cover, DC’s version will feature variant covers by Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair, Lieber, Sampere and Tomeu Morey, Dave Johnson, David Nakayama, Gabriele Dell’Otto, Mikel Janín, Rafael Albuquerque, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, David Talaski, Arthur Adams, Chrissie Zullo, Josh Middleton, Scott Koblish, Olivier Coipel, Adam Hughes, Mitch Gerads, Jeff Spokes, Evan “Doc” Shaner, J. Scott Campbell, Clayton Crain, Rafael Sandoval, and more.
Check out Marvel’s and DC’s main covers below and stay tuned to Conskipper for all of your comic book news.
