Imagine if the planned sixth season story of Spider-Man: TAS had come to fruition with Carnage as the Ripper. Great read, by the way!

Lonewolf36 wrote:

frogoat wrote:

I'm going to be endeavouring to pick up a copy or two, if I can. I may have seen this post too late!

It's set to come out Wed June 22.

What's odd is not only did I order it just the other day, but it arrived in the mail today earlier than it's release date! Lovely to see the handbook profiles in the back, even if I don't love the over use of images in the entries themselves. Great work, team! I look forward to more of these in future publications, I'll follow the handbook team where ever that may lead.
 

zuckyd1 wrote:

Mantis's entry states that it is continued from her profile in the Annihilation Conquest Omnibus. However as far as I can tell her omnibus entry is just a reprint of her entry from the Star-Lord: Annihilation—Conquest one-shot. Am I missing something, or was it an error?

I'm just guessing but I think the intention is to note the most recent publication of the previously most up to date profile entry.

Loki wrote:

frogoat wrote:

I'm surprised the theory about the second Carnage symbiote found in the Negative Zone wasn't embraced in Carnage's profile. I thought for sure that would be inserted into canon officially since it's unlikely ever to be referenced again anywhere else. 

Great work as always, everyone! I sincerely hope we get news about a new Handbook very soon!

Reply from the team:
The Carnage profile states that Carnage took his second symbiote in the Negative Zone.

I was referring to the suggestion that remnants of the original symbiote merged or assimilated the Negative Zone symbiote which helps explain why later stories ignore this change. From Cullen Bunn's tumblr: https://cullenbunn.tumblr.com/post/172860445209/ive-noticed-a-lot-of-writers-seem-to-treat-the

Loki wrote:

frogoat wrote:

Sidney Osinga wrote:

So since it's being pushed back, will the entries cover what happened during the crossover?

I think it's more likely it will cover things prior to the event. I don't think they'll want to pay the poor writers more money to come back and make additions.

Only just spotted these newer queries, so sorry for slow response.

Sidney, yes, the entries are getting updated to cover at least partway through the crossover. This is especially good for one entry covering a character who KiB has just massively retconned/expanded their backstory (depending on your POV).

frogoat: You are right that Marvel won't want to pay us writers any additional money to do updates. Luckily for them, they don't need to - we get paid only based on finished pages, so no extra cash for doing updates. This isn't a gripe - we knew that going in, and besides, it's a point of pride on our part to try and do the best entries we can. 

I'm very glad to be wrong! Shame you guys don't get paid for your extra time and effort, but it is certainly appreciated!
 

slevin87 wrote:

I will be interested to see if we'll get profiles of any alternate universe symbiotes or hosts, such as May Parker of Earth-9997/Earth X..

While I'd really love to see May Parker aka Venom get a profile, I doubt it'll be in this handbook. 

I hope the feedback from this latest batch makes it's way back to Editorial. Constructive feedback is always good to work with.

Patiently awaiting this badboy, lemme tell ya!

I've not finished reading it, but I've read through some of the entries and I wanted to say a few things. I appreciate the note at the start of entries that tells you that it carries on from their previous handbook entry and where and when that was. I think this is a good method for saving some much needed space and keeping track of some of the more obscure entries. For example, I had no idea Captain Marvel received a profile in a TPB. 

I take it these new handbooks are intended as continuations and updates of the previous entries where ever applicable?

Unfortunately I didn't get any new information about Skrull life cycles, but I'm not too concerned. 

Looking forward to the X of Swords Handbook and whatever else the team puts out in the coming months!

Thanks to everyone involved!

Spider-Girl 2020 (Time's Arrow Book 3)

Ron Lim's art looks so different in the cover image to what I'm used to. I guess inks make all the difference!

Even with the delay, I'm excited for this new Handbook. It's been far too long. I've missed the more regular releases of Handbooks, themed or otherwise. I'm ordering two copies. I hope this sells well and we get more down the line.