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MAN-LIZARD
The Amazing Spider-Man 1 (2012) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IMDb Movie Info: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Copyright Disclaimer: All r. Publication history. A junior high school student named Yu Komori (小森ユウ, Komori Yuu): A bright and intellectually-gifted, yet outcasted and withdrawn teen genius, is bitten by a radioactive spider during a scientific demonstration, which imbues him with spider-like superhuman abilities, like the U.S. Spider-Man, Peter Parker and after a tragic mistake committed by accidentally mis. Night of the Lizard is the very first episode ofSpider-Man: The Animated Series. This episode introduces Spider-Man, the Lizard and several other supporting characters that would appear throughout the series. 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Cameos 3 Locations 4 Items 5 Trivia 6 Episode review 7 Quotes As Spider-Man stares into the city, he shots his web and swings off. Meanwhile, in the subway tunnel, two.
Real Name: Peter Parker
Identity/Class: Extradimensional human mutate
Occupation: Monster
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
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Enemies: None
Known Relatives: Richard Parker (father, deceased), Mary Parker (mother, deceased), Benjamin Parker (uncle, deceased), May Parker (aunt), Will Fitzpatrick (grandfather), Mary Jane Watson-Parker (wife), May Parker (daughter, deceased), Benjamin Reilly (Scarlet Spider, clone, deceased), Kaine (clone), other clones (deceased)
Aliases: Spider-Man, various others
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: Spider-Man Arachniphobia toyline (1996)
Powers/Abilities: The Man-Lizard possesses both the powers of Spider-Man and the Lizard, and is presumably able to climb walls, regenerate his body parts, telepathically control reptiles (and perhaps spiders), and possibly generate spiderlike webbing. He has massive jaws and six clawed arms, and is superhumanly strong, highly resistant to injury, and probably retains his danger-detecting 'spider-sense'. His powerful tail, which he can whip with great force, terminates in a second 'Man-Spider' head. Its functionality is unknown.
Man-Lizard may grow weaker in cold environments.
History: (Spider-Man Arachniphobia toyline) - After Peter Parker was transformed into the animalistic Man-Spider, he was taken by unidentified parties to the lab of Dr Curt Connors. Connors, in an effort to reverse the transformation, used a device called a neogenic recombinator on Man-Spider, but a freak accident resulted in Connors' own DNA further altering Parker's. The result was the unstoppable creature known as the Man-Lizard.Comments: Created by unknown Toy Biz employees.
The Arachniphobia (sic) line was less an attempt to make toys of any particular Marvel characters as it was to introduce a larger price point and take advantage of children's enthusiasm for monsters. (The corresponding X-Men line, Mutant Monsters, meanwhile, took advantage of the ensemble nature of that property, and thus consisted of Dark Beast, Sugar Man, and...Wolverine as a giant werewolf. Well, two out of three ain't bad.) A possible inspiration for the line can be found in Fleer's 1995 Spider-Man trading cards, which featured a subset called Arachnophobias (spelled correctly) that depicted a number of merged Spider-Man enemies.
The fact that Connors' device is the 'neogenic recombinator' and the implication of a long, drawn-out transformation of Parker into the Man-Spider strongly implies that this story takes place in a version of the Fox Spider-Man cartoon's continuity (although Vampider's story can't, since the Fox Morbius doesn't bite people). However, Spider-Man did become the Man-Spider a couple of times in the 616 continuity, and this story could potentially branch off from one of those events. It basically can't have happened on Earth-616, though. Shocking, I know. It's also not impossible that all the Arachniphobia/Arachnaphobias characters share a single alternate continuity.
For a few notes on Man-Lizard's preproduction changes, see the profile for Spider-Goblin.
The photo of Man-Lizard was taken by David Willis.
Profile by LV!
Clarifications: Man-Lizard, has no known connections to:
- Any other men, lizards, or lizard-men
Images:
Original photography of Man-Lizard figure
Spider-Man Arachniphobia toyline (1996)
Last updated: 01/03/05
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The cover of the first volume of the 2002 Bunkoban Re-Release, Published by Media Factory. | |
| スパイダーマン | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kōsei Ono Kazumasa Hirai |
| Illustrated by | Ryoichi Ikegami |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Sun Comics (Asahi Sonorama) |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | January 1970 – September 1971 |
| Volumes | 8 (List of volumes) |
| Anime and manga portal | |
Spider-Man: The Manga is a Japanesemanga illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami which retold the story of Spider-Man in a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan from January 1970 to September 1971 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine.[1] The comic began as mostly a translation of American Marvel stories, but over time, Ikegami introduced more original material.[2] The manga features Yu Komori as Spider-Man's teen alter ego, and takes place in a Japanese setting.[3]
Publication history[edit]
A junior high school student named Yu Komori (小森ユウ, Komori Yuu): A bright and intellectually-gifted, yet outcasted and withdrawn teen genius, is bitten by a radioactive spider during a scientific demonstration, which imbues him with spider-like superhuman abilities, like the American Spider-Man's counterpart, Peter Parker and after a tragic mistake committed by accidentally mis-using his powers, which results in him unintentionally killing someone, a guilt-ridden Yu is driven to do good and atone for his irresponsibility, under the alias of a masked vigilante: 'Spider-Man'. Yu faces Japanese versions of villains such as Electro, the Lizard, Mysterio, and the Kangaroo. The series also featured counterparts of Aunt May, named 'Mei', and J. Jonah Jameson, who is the publisher of the newspaper publishing company, where Yu is employed as a freelance photographer and which has an anti-Spider-Man stance.
Initially, Kōsei Ono wrote the stories.[citation needed] On completion of the sixth story, Kazumasa Hirai became the writer.[citation needed] Ikegami continued to provide the art. The first few stories featured analogues to several of Spider-Man's villains and supporting cast, while maintaining an altogether darker, grittier and moodier tone and atmosphere, compared to the original Spider-Man comics. The later Hirai-written stories deviated further from the source material, being more tonally mature, adult-oriented, violent, while including obscene content, such as profanity, sexual and gruesome imagery of a kind not seen in the original American Spider-Man comics. The later stories involved less comedy, were more dramatic, and had more realistic art, reflecting Ikegami's later style. The majority of the manga's stories focused on Yu's struggles with his alter-ego as Spider-Man and his normal life as a high school student, the negative sides and consequences being a super-powered vigilante brings on to his life, along with his character-arc of initially utilizing his powers for solely selfish gain, to using them to do good and for genuinely altruistic reasons, out of a sense of responsibility, despite being constantly tormented by negative emotions and the burden and misery being Spider-Man brings on to him, while also being careful with the use of his spider-powers and controlling his darker side and grim thoughts regarding his life as Spider-Man and struggling with the increasing tension being a masked vigilante brings on to his relationships with his close ones, being extremely similar with the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko run on the Amazing Spider-Man comics.
The books were reprinted in their original format, with the original Japanese text, in 1974,1976,1996 and 2006. The covers were updated, with the first three reprints to feature a picture of Spider-Man holding a flower. This image was originally a foldout 1971 calendar included with the original monthly printings. A number on a bottom-left of the cover indicated the story arc reprinted within.[4]
The English-language version of the series was reprinted by Marvel Comics across thirty-one issues from December 1997 to April 1999. Eight out of the thirteen Japanese stories in total were fully translated, with several edits to remove some of the violent scenes. The final issue, #31, began the translation of the ninth story and was left incomplete due to the title's cancellation.[5]
Stories[edit]
- 'The Birth of Spider-Man' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #1-3)
- 'The Transformation of Doctor Inumaru' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #4-6)
- 'Too Strong a Hero' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #7-9)
- 'The False Spider-Man' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #10-15)
- 'Yu Under Suspicion' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #16-18)
- 'Summer of Insanity' (reprinted Spider-Man: The Manga #19-21)
- 'What is My Destination!'
- 'Woman of Winter' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #22-24)
- 'Strangers' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #31)
- 'The Mania Demon'
- 'Shadow of Spider-Man' (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #25-30)
- 'Witch of the Golden Eye'
- 'The Woman Who Raises the Tiger'
Volumes[edit]
Original Release (Sun Comics (Asahi Sonorama))[edit]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | April 30, 1976 | — |
| 02 | April 30, 1976 | — |
| 03 | May 20, 1976 | — |
| 04 | May 30, 1976 | — |
| 05 | June 10, 1976 | — |
| 06 | July 20, 1976 | — |
| 07 | July 30, 1976 | — |
| 08 | August 25, 1976 | — |
1986 - 1987 Release (Sun Wide Comics (Asahi Sonorama))[edit]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | December 20, 1986 | 4-257-96110-4 |
| 02 | January 20, 1987 | 4-257-96113-9 |
| 03 | February 20, 1987 | 4-257-96116-3 |
| 04 | March 20, 1987 | 4-257-96119-8 |
| 05 | April 20, 1987 | 4-257-96123-6 |
1995 - 1996 Release (Asahi Sonorama)[edit]
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| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | October 20, 1995 | 4-257-90252-3 |
| 02 | October 20, 1995 | 4-257-90253-1 |
| 03 | November 15, 1995 | 4-257-90254-X |
| 04 | December 15, 1995 | 4-257-90255-8 |
| 05 | January 20, 1996 | 4-257-90256-6 |
2002 Release (MF Bunko (Media Factory))[edit]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | May 23, 2002 | 9784840103565 |
| 02 | May 23, 2002 | 9784840105712 |
| 03 | June 5, 2002 | 9784840105859 |
| 04 | June 5, 2002 | 9784840105866 |
| 05 | July 5, 2002 | 9784840105941 |
2004 Release (MF Comics (Media Factory))[edit]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | June 23, 2004 | 9784840109550 |
| 02 | June 23, 2004 | 9784840109567 |
| 03 | July 23, 2004 | 9784840109611 |
| 04 | July 23, 2004 | 9784840109628 |
| 05 | July 23, 2004 | 9784840109635 |
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In other media[edit]
- Spider-Man: The Manga is now considered canon in the Marvel Multiverse, and is designated as having taken place on Earth-70091. During the Spider-Verse crossover, Komori is explicitly named as one of 'four or five Japanese Spider-Men' taking part in the final battle against Morlun and the Inheritors.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Jimenez-Varea, Jesus; Pérez-Gómez, Miguel Ángel (2016). 'Marvel and Toei'. In McEniry, Matthew J.; Weiner, Robert G.; Peaslee, Robert Moses (eds.). Marvel Comics Into Film: Essays on Adaptations Since the 1940s. McFarland & Co. p. 85. ISBN9781476624112.
- ^Clements, Jonathan (2010). Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade. A-Net Digital LLC. p. 344. ISBN9780984593750. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^Stein, Daniel (2013). 'Of Transcreations and Transpacific Adaptations: Investigating Manga Versions of Spider-Man'. In Meyer, Christina; Denson, Shane (eds.). Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives: Comics at the Crossroads. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 145–162. ISBN9781441185235. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^Factory 9ine: Cha-CHing
- ^Ryoichi Ikegami House of Workship v.2 - Spiderman MangaArchived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Spider-Verse #2
External links[edit]
- Spider-Man: The Manga (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia