THE HYPE TERROR'S WEB SNARES EVEN SPIDEY.How do you explain the events of Sept. 11 in a comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. ? That was the challenge for Marvel Comics, which today brings out ``Amazing Spider-Man'' No. 36. The issue takes a parallel-reality look at the horrifying terrorist attacks. Marvel has long been revered for stories that mirror current events. At the start of the 22-page book, boasting an all-black cover, the famed web-spinner is confronted by battered New Yorkers who demand, ``Where were you? How could you let this happen?'' Spider-Man doesn't answer but comes to the conclusion that ``the sane world will always be vulnerable to madmen.'' Joe Quesada, Marvel's editor in chief, said because nerdy Peter Parker Peter Parker may refer to:
``Everything in the Marvel universe mirrors that of our reality, so if the World Trade Center disaster happened to us, it happened to Spider- Man,'' he said. As the poignant story opens, Spider-Man is pictured standing on a Manhattan rooftop, head in hands, watching the skyscrapers crumble. Instead of dialogue, most of the comic consists of a prose meditation on the disaster. Quesada said the tragedy has forced the comic book's writers to reflect on the superhero's future and place in the world. ``Now, the real question is where Spider-Man can go from here,'' Quesada said. ``It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for him, much like the rest of us, to see if he can find his purpose in this new and unfamiliar world.'' Spidey fans, incidentally, are looking forward to Hollywood's ``Spider- Man,'' directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe and Kirsten Dunst Kirsten[1] Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On . The film, which originally had a scene involving the World Trade Center - since deleted - will be released May 3, 2002. - Fred Shuster 183 DAYS TO GO LET THE 'WARS' BEGIN: Mark your 2002 calendar: ``Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones'' will open May 16, 20th Century Fox revealed Tuesday. Most films open on Fridays, but Bruce Snyder Bruce Snyder (born March 14, 1940 in Santa Monica, California) was the head football coach of Utah State University from 1976 to 1982. He was the head football coach of the University of California from 1987 to 1991. , president of domestic distribution, said the Thursday release was chosen for a worldwide launch. ``Many, many territories in the world open on Thursday,'' he said, adding, ``It seems any day you want to open (a 'Star Wars' movie) here is the right day.'' Snyder said he is not yet sure how many screens Fox will go for, but it will be more than 3,000. The only new competition scheduled that weekend will be the May 17 release of the director's cut director's cut n. The version of a film in which the editing process is overseen, executed, or approved by the director, usually including footage not included in the standard release. of Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 quaint Italian drama ``Cinema Paradiso,'' opening in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. only. ``Not really direct competition,'' Snyder noted with great understatement. - Valerie Kuklenski LORD, I WAS BORN A RAMBO MAN: The silliest rumor circulating in the entertainment world is that Sylvester Stallone is writing a fourth ``Rambo'' movie with a story that has his Green Beret character John Rambo parachuting into Afghanistan and battling the Taliban. Stallone has already denied reports from the Sunday Times of London that he is thinking of having Rambo capture Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. , who is believed to be the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks in the U.S. But after 13 years, it's hard to imagine a greased-up bare-chested Sly/Rambo coming out of retirement and storming through Afghanistan. Besides, the muscle-bound mus·cle·bound also mus·cle-bound adj. 1. Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles, usually as the result of excessive exercise. 2. a. Hindered by or as if by overdeveloped muscles. b. killing machine has already visited that country for ``Rambo III,'' where Rambo aided Afghan freedom fighters in their war to oust Soviet Union troops from the country. Somehow we doubt that even Stallone would have taken the idea seriously. That anybody else would (and print it) shows that some people will believe anything. - Daily News CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Spider-Man looking at the collapsed Twin Towers) |
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