Writer Marc Guggenheim (X-Men Gold) and artist Kaare Andrews (Iron Fist: The Living Weapon) are the team up bringing you Marvel Comics’ latest team up series, Spider-Man & Wolverine.
“Spider-Man and Wolverine are probably my two favorite Marvel characters to write,” Guggenheim told Polygon via email, “and among my favorites in all of comics. I wrote Peter and Logan very early in my career, so I’m particularly excited about returning to them with a great deal more of experience and skill to lend to the endeavor. Kaare Andrews and I are determined to deliver a comic book blockbuster every month, with action that never stops.”
What brings the chatty web slinger and the taciturn claw snikt-er together this time? “A little something called the Janus Directory,” Guggenheim wrote, “a comprehensive database of all the undercover operatives, past and present, who have been active in the Marvel Universe. This, of course, includes Logan.”
Or, as Marvel’s official summary put it:
THWIKT!
Did you hear that? That sound can only mean one thing: two of your favorite Marvel heroes doing what they do best! With great power, there must also come…the best there is! SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE team up for the biggest adventure in Marvel comics! Who or what is targeting this unlikely duo, and what can they do to stop it? Get ready for a nonstop thrill ride of big villains, bigger threats and even bigger surprises as LOGAN and PETER PARKER team up against the machinations of a plot too big for just one hero…
Courtesy of Marvel Comics, Polygon can also reveal the main (Andrews) and three variant covers (Mark Bagley, Clayton Crain, and David Marquez) for Spider-Man & Wolverine #1 below.
“Spider-Man and Wolverine have always attracted the best artists in comics,” Andrews told Polygon via email, “and I’m pulling from all of them […] But honestly, it’s not just about individual artists—it’s about the era that shaped me. The late ‘80s and early ‘90s comics were a huge influence, and that’s where I first fell in love with the medium.”
“When I post these images,” Andrews went on, “I get comments like, ‘I see Todd [McFarlane] here!’, ‘looks a little like Erik Larson!’, ‘Inspired by Silvestri?’, ‘Sam Kieth!’, ‘Jim Lee!’, ‘Campbell!’, ‘Liefeld’, ‘Adams’, ‘the Kuberts’, and it’s yes-yes-yes-yes!!! All of them. I’m soaking in those influences and squeezing that juice straight onto the page. I am totally unconcerned with movie adaptations or TV shows; this is about pure comics, the way it was meant to be. Finally, at last, again!”
Spider-Man & Wolverine #1 hits shelves on May 7.
