Toku Spider-Man comes to US comics
 

Not sure how newsworthy this really is, but I guess it's worth mentioning. There's a big Spider-Man event going on now that's bringing together Spider-Men, -Women, -Girls, -Pigs, -Etc. from all over Marvel's multiverse. In the latest issue, this includes the character commonly referred to as Supaidaman, the star of the first Marvel and Toei collaboration from the mid-70s (the others were Battle Fever J, and - technically - Denjiman and Sun Vulcan). Naturally, this appearance also includes the grandfather of all Super Sentai/Power Rangers mecha:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps4fc51329.jpg

Not that it ends well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps6a2a727d.jpg

Supaidy's fine, at least.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps736bddb7.png

(scans c/o 4chan)

That's it. Just thought y'all might find that interesting.

(I'm liking the Spiderverse event, personally; it's the first time I've read any Spider-Man comics since, well, the last century)

Well that explains where Leopardon went missing.

As much as I loved the cameo and how hyped they made his entrance I'm sad that the precursor to all sentai mecha got wrecked by one bloke in a matter of seconds, would have appreciated actually seeing him fight more.

Considering I'm the person who broke this news yesterday, you can see I'm pleased :lol

I of course manage a comic shop and had copies of the issue to peruse. So I tweeted out photos of the above pages on my personal account and spoiled it for everyone. But it was worth it!

It's always cool to see Japanese Spider-Man back. I still wish that we can play as him in a proper sequel to Shatter Dimensions :(.

Sorry, man. I'm not really a Twitterer and didn't see it in the site.

Oh dude its all good. I had half an idea to do a front page article on it but since it was more a one-off appearance than anything, and it would primarily be because I'm a HUGE sucker for Toei Spidey, so I couldn't justify it.

Toei Spidey making his first big appearance in a US spidey comic is huge enough news to me but I'm sure it won't come of anything. We get stuck with pointless (to met at least) new ongoings like Spider-Gwen & Silk though.

Has Toei Spidey even been released in the states? I'm pretty sure it's been subbed but has it actually been released? I would so buy a DVD of it.

Marvel had it streaming on their website for awhile, but I don't think there's any physical release.

There was a physical Japanese release but that doesn't help us :(

Marvel indeed had the entire show streaming for several years but pulled it back in 2012 I think. Some sort of issue with the streaming rights.

Well that sucks eggs ._.