What a Ham!

What's pink and spins webs? That's right, True Believer! It's Spider-Ham! Peter Porker's back in Marvel's Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham #1, expected out at the end of January 2007. Written by J Michael Straczynski (I kid you not!) and with stories drawn by varying artists (Mike Allred among them), this comic will really bring home the bacon. OK, I'm sorry about that last one.

The comic will guest-star such heroes as Wolver-Ham, Hambit, Hamneto, Iron Ham... the list goes on and on. The story will take place in the aftermath of Civil War, and we'll see how the web-slinging swine handles the changes.

Confused? Spider-Ham is a parody of Spider-Man, first seen in Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham in 1983 (also featured were Captain Americat and Goose Rider). Peter the spider was bitten by a porcine mad scientist named May Porker, became a half-spider, half-pig superhero, and the rest is history.

If you love anthropomorphic super-animals and cheesy humor, Spider-Ham is DEFINITELY for you.

-Elizabeth