Marvel Heroes: The Long Weekend is an anthology crossover six-issue one-shot graphic novel. It is a spin-off for The Book of Spider-Man, set in Iago PUC's Marvel Heroes franchise.
Premise
Set during the events of The Book of Spider-Man two-part finale “Zero to Hero”, the novel follows Spider-Man's fellow Knights of the Multiverse and their comrades as they go for a series of antics during their long weekend.
Featured Stories
- See also: Quotes
| No | Title | |||
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| 1 | “Water Spiders” | |||
| As Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Liz Allan, and Randy Robertson reluctantly join Midtown High's field trip at Washington DC, Gwen Stacy, Anya Corazon, Felicia Parker and Cindy Moon are convinced by Marina Argo to spend a weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a day of enjoying activities such as finding a treasure hidden in the Amazon Rainforest, and participating in a capoeira tournament, the two couples of girls schedule a date at the Celestial Coral, an Atlantean mobile water club owned by Princess Namorita, who plans to host a party. There, the girls end up meeting and befriending Etherian Princess Mermista and aquatic Autobot Chromia, who decided to visit the Avengers' universe to experience its ocean. They enjoy themselves before learning that exiled Atlanteans Lady Dorma and Tiger Shark plan to destroy the club, and kill Namorita. Working together, Gwen, Anya, Cindy, Felicia, Mermista and Chromia outwit and defeat Dorma and Tiger Shark, who end up sold out to the Atlanteans, and taken to be judged by Namor and General Attuma. The girls continue enjoying themselves with Mermista and Chromia, who then entertain them and other guests with an artistic swimming dance alongside Namorita. | ||||
| 2 | “Princesses Just Want to Have Fun” | |||
| Alison Blaire / Dazzler, Ryan Quill / Guitar King and Eternal Kingo have been invited by Princess Glimmer's mother Queen Angela of Bright Moon to attend the Etherian Princess Prom at Princess Frosta's kingdom, where they volunteer to perform as a band. There, they also encounter Autobot warrior Jazz, who also joins the band at the Prom. Also in the event are princesses Adora and Catra, who also greet Princess Elise III of Soleanna, Princess Blaze the Cat of the Mobian Sun Nation, and Princess Leia Amidala of Naboo, as they enjoy their guests' performance. During which, Adora and Dazzler sense Horde sergeant Octavia approaching for her personal plan to blow up Frosta's kingdom to please Empress Despara, as they agree on an idea Adora has in mind. Arriving at the palace, Octavia attempts to put her objective in motion until she is taunted by crystal projections of Adora and Catra when they were children, reminding Octavia in anger of when they used to annoy her in the past, provoking her into chasing them. Octavia soon ends up trapped in a world of illusions which drive her crazy enough for her to abort her mission, and retreat. It turns out that the illusions were part of Dazzler's light abilities combined with magic from Glimmer and Angella, both to foil Octavia's plan, and to entertain the Prom. | ||||
| 3 | “The Green Side of the Moon” | |||
| As he shows his daughter Mantis and Thor's twin sons Magni and Modi his new abilities with the Kyber-Crystals, Groot is contacted by Ahsoka Tano, who invites him and the children for an Ewok festival in Endor which is supported by Luke Skywalker and the Jedi. He accepts, and Luke allows him and the children to enter the Jedi Knights' universe through the Kyber-Crystals. Also joining the festival are Etherian Princess Perfuma, Adora's best friend Kowl, Knuckles the Echidna, Zooey Blossom, and the Dinobots, and Groot and the children enjoy their presence. At the same time, bounty hunter Sarco Plank has been hired by the Empire to capture some animals in Endor, as his unwanted presence is sensed by Luke, Zooey, Perfuma, and Groot, who end up combining their powers (Luke's Force abilities and other three's control over plant life) to discreetly sabotage Plank, eventually trapping him in a stasis pod provided by the Dinobots. The Jedi and Ewoks continue their festival alongside their guests, as Groot suggests the Ewoks to hit Plank like a piñata for their amusement. | ||||
| 4 | “Racing Overdrive” | |||
| Sam Wilson and his teammates from the Falcon Squadron (Barbara "Barbie" Morse, Joaquín Torres, Sam's sister Tiana, and Chris Powell) take a break from their missions to practice their newly developed race cars before being receiving a message from Sonic the Hedgehog's universe about a car racing contest hosted by Dodon Pa, and they join in with their cars. Also participating the event are Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog, Silver the Hedgehog as well as Wedge Antilles, Jyn Erso, Netossa, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper (the latter two being literally their own cars), and enjoy themselves. During which, jerboa bandit Fang the Sniper and Deadly Six member Zazz compete over an energized ring which they end up accidentally losing in the tournament. They try to sabotage the race to get the ring, only for Sonic, the Falcons and the racers to evade their traps, with Sam using the ring to send Fang and Zazz to the sea of Holoska, where they are helpless frozen in ice. Sonic and the racers continue enjoying their friendly races, while Holoskan children use Fang's and Zazz's frozen bodies as sleds, much to the embarrassment of the two. | ||||
| 5 | “A Ride on a Knight” | |||
| After being reported that the Decepticons are on a gladiatorial combat tournament hosted by Megatron, Optimus Prime is convinced by his fellow Autobots they should enjoy themselves. Seeing human children and teenagers attending scholar field trips, Optimus is given the idea of hosting a field trip for organic children on Cybertron, which Elita-One views as a good idea to introduce Cybertron's culture to humans and other organics. Optimus contacts James Rhodes / War Machine from Spider-Man's universe, who helps him invite children from his fellow Knights' universes. Through his Bioformer Blitzguard, Rhodes brings along Cassie Lang, Ben Parker Stacy, Collin Allan-Avril, Bailey Briggs, William Banner-Grant, Elise Banner, Laura Kinney, the Power Siblings (Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie), Nadia Van Dyne, and Franklin Richards-Storm and his sister Valeria, who also meet and befriend other invited children (including Princess Allegra, Cream the Rabbit and her pet Chao Cheese, Finn the Chipmunk, Grogu, and the ones who Spider-Man helped rescue during his second encounter with the Knights[1]), and they they embark on their trip through Optimus's truck trailer's "Tourist Mode". Meanwhile, genius brothers Martin and Roland Simmons invade New Iacon seeking to steal some artifacts and use them for their plans to get them accepted back to Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School[2]. Sensing their unwanted presence in New Iacon, Franklin and Grogu discreetly use their powers to play a few tricks on Martin and Roland, causing them to go for a series of embarrassing mishaps, until the two are discovered by Rhodes and some Bioformer-using G.I. Joe agents, and taken under custody. The children enjoy a peaceful time together with Optimus and Elita watching in admiration. | ||||
| 6 | “As Wild as I Can Be” | |||
| As she recalls the day when she once went camping with her adoptive mother Sophia Corazon and half-sister Anya, Kamala Khan is given by Anya a jungle girl suit based on the one her mother used to wear. As Anya goes with Gwen, Cindy and Felicia to Rio de Janeiro, Kamala goes camping with Sam Alexander (who also wears a jungle attire) for a day near a cave and lake at a forest of Fire Island. Arriving there, Kamala and Sam end up meeting the Wookiee Chewbacca along with a pack of Porgs, Chao and Wisps who are vacating in the Avengers' universe for a weekend. After a day of camping activities, they spend their night telling stories while making drawings in a cave. Meanwhile in Washington DC where Midtown High students are staying at a hotel, Flash Thompson, waking up from a nightmare about Peter dating Flash's one-sided crushes and ex-girlfriends (including Mary Jane and Liz), decides to assault him at his room. Sensing this, Kamala secretly uses her Quantum Band to warp Flash into her dream dimension: first as a half-giant gladiator and champion of Optimus (as a sky god), Kamala beats him out of heaven, sending him to a tribe of Echidnas and Wookiees, who feed him to Kamala (as a gigantic elemental goddess), and sending him to a lake, where he is beaten by his one-sided crushes and ex-girlfriends (who appear as mermaids) and their leader Mermista before Kamala (as a draconic giantess) burns him alive. Flash wakes up back in real world, wearing nothing but his underwear in the streets of Washington DC, being publicly humiliated. Back in the forest next day, Kamala and Sam return from their camping season to the Avril Mansion, and enjoy a beach day with their guests as well as Dante Pertuz and Marina. | ||||
External links
- ↑ namely Princess Lua's younger sister Estela and adopted infant brother Tristan, Mandalorian children Jace Loran and Juni Tachi, Mobian children Timmy the Chipmunk and Lily the Bunny, and Cybertronian/human hybrid Polly Darby; as depicted in the episodes of the second arc of The Book of Spider-Man
- ↑ following their expulsion after episode "Speed Spark" from Tales of the Knights
| Continuity | Spider-Man and the New Avengers (Quotes) | The Book of Spider-Man (Quotes) | The Long Weekend (Quotes) | Tales of the Knights (Quotes) | Secret Adventures (Quotes) | Dark Chronicles (Quotes) | All-Star Tales (Quotes) | Kingdoms Come | Ms. Marvel Into the Khanverse | Fantastic Foundation (Quotes) | Guardians of the Multiverse (Quotes | “Shattered” | “War of Doom” | “Return of the Legends” | “Bring On the Bad Guys” | “What Are Friends For” | “One Multiverse, One Realm”) | Guardians of the Multiverse - Tales of the Legends (Quotes) | Multiverse Underworld (Quotes) | |
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