Sunday, 13 July 2025

Spider-Man 1981: Three outlines

 With thanks to Webhead over at spider-friends.com, the Archive now hosts Jeffrey Scott's outlines for the 1981 Spider-Man solo series.  Starting with the pilot Doctor Doom...Master Of The World, as well as Lizards, Lizards, Everywhere! and Curiosity Killed The Spider-Man.

To read these outlines and partial scripts from the same episodes, head to Marvel Superheroes




Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Jim Shooter 1951-2025

Veteran writer Mark Waid has delivered the sad news that Jim Shooter, giant of the comic book industry, has died at the age of 73: source

During his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, Shooter oversaw the development of G.I Joe's relaunch as A Real American Hero in 1982 for Griffin-Bacal.  In 1983, he personally wrote an eight-page development treatment for The Transformers, establishing many of the foundational concepts used by the franchise today.  A reproduction of that treatment is available below: