Post by B5Erik on Aug 27, 2021 4:30:17 GMT
So Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz had this great idea for an issue of What If?
What if Peter Parker and Mary Jane had a daughter who developed spider powers like Peter's as a teenager in high school?
What if, indeed!
The issue of What If was so well received that Marvel gave a go ahead for a new series set in an alternate universe. This became a new playground for DeFalco, Frenz, Patrick Oliffe, Ron Lim, and others to play in. All the baggage of Marvel post 1995 or so would be gone. In it's place would be a more fun, old school comic universe. The angst-y 90's and the bravado of the late 80's would be absent. Instead, fans would get a series (and a comic universe) that was a combination of the 60's, 70's, and early 80's with just some hints of the late 80's and 90's thrown in for dramatic enhancement.
And it worked. Beautifully.
Spider-Girl would become one of the most entertaining titles Marvel had ever produced. And thanks to the What If issue introducing Spider-Girl DeFalco and Oliffe (who took over for Frenz as Frenz had other assignments to do on a regular basis) were able to hit the ground running. The universe was already partially constructed. All they had to do was build on it.
What if Peter Parker and Mary Jane had a daughter who developed spider powers like Peter's as a teenager in high school?
What if, indeed!
The issue of What If was so well received that Marvel gave a go ahead for a new series set in an alternate universe. This became a new playground for DeFalco, Frenz, Patrick Oliffe, Ron Lim, and others to play in. All the baggage of Marvel post 1995 or so would be gone. In it's place would be a more fun, old school comic universe. The angst-y 90's and the bravado of the late 80's would be absent. Instead, fans would get a series (and a comic universe) that was a combination of the 60's, 70's, and early 80's with just some hints of the late 80's and 90's thrown in for dramatic enhancement.
And it worked. Beautifully.
Spider-Girl would become one of the most entertaining titles Marvel had ever produced. And thanks to the What If issue introducing Spider-Girl DeFalco and Oliffe (who took over for Frenz as Frenz had other assignments to do on a regular basis) were able to hit the ground running. The universe was already partially constructed. All they had to do was build on it.
