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The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) (Collected Editions) #19
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Volume 1 Premiere HC (Amazing Spider-Man) by Steve McNiven (Artist), Salvador Larroca (Artist), Dan Slott (4-Jun-2008) Hardcover
Written by MIKE FICHERA & MORE The past year saw some major changes for everyone's favorite wall-crawler. For a recap of the 365 Brand New Days, grab yourself a copy of the Spider-Man Yearbook - featuring an illustrated, Saga-style synopsis of the thrice-monthly storytelling by the Spectacular Spider-Man Brain-Trust of Bob Gale, Marc Guggenheim, Joe Kelly, Dan Slott, Mark Waid and Zeb Wells! Get to know the new BND Spider-Cast intimately with Official Handbook profiles spotlighting 'Best Dressed' Jackpot, 'Most Likely to Succeed' Anti-Venom, 'Worst Breath' Freak, 'Class Clown' Screwball and more. a plethora of powerful pin-ups to warrant purchasing two-copies for postering your walls! 64 PGS./Handbook
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First published June 4, 2008
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Dan Slott
2,089 books465 followersDan Slott is an American comic book writer, the current writer on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, and is best known for his work on books such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, and Ren & Stimpy.
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May 23, 2017
After J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada took a big steaming dump on Spider-Man with One More Day, Dan Slott was parachuted in to clear up their mess with Brand New Day. Which he did pretty well, largely by ignoring the preceding nonsense, though some of the retconning sticks out awkwardly - Civil War still happened but somehow nobody remembers that Peter is Spidey despite his unmasking being the most memorable scene in that dismal storyline!
In Brand New Day, powerful new villain Mister Negative is using a magic tablet of glowing glyphs to kill mobsters for some mysterious reason while yet another derivative Green Goblin wannabe equally creatively called Menace is making a, um, menace of himself! A new hero called Jackpot (who looks and sounds suspiciously like MJ) has popped up and a street-level hood wearing a Spidey mask is mugging folks. Time for Peter Parker to be Spider-Man again, damn the Superhero Registration Act!
While I never (nor ever will) read Straczynski’s much-maligned Spidey run, I have read some of his appalling DC books so I believe it when I hear that his Spider-Man was absolutely shite. And, even though Slott’s story is somewhat plodding and overloaded with exposition because of the many readjustments he had to make to the Spidey-verse - Harry Osborn wasn’t dead after all, he was just on an extended holiday in Europe! - I think by far the best thing about Brand New Day for many is that it’s not JMS’s Spidey.
Not that Slott’s doing anything especially new - Spidey fights familiar villains, has familiar money issues, and has familiar romantic entanglements – but I think a lot of readers find that familiarity comforting, particularly contrasted against JMS’s crap. And Slott does write it well, making you feel like you’re reading classic Spider-Man. I also liked how Spidey has to improvise on the fly, first losing a web-shooter, then running out of web-fluid – that kind of inventive adversity makes for more interesting stories. Steve McNiven’s art is very easy on the eyes too and the villains, while not especially original, aren’t bad either, challenging him and shaking off the Webslinger’s cobwebs during his (then-recent) downtime.
Conversely, Slott’s reinstatement of most of the status quo also makes for a fairly standard and unexciting Spider-Man book. It’s not a bad read but I was never gripped either – it’s all very predictable and if you’ve read a bunch of Spider-Man before you’ve already seen scenes like these several times already. And I really hated the Civil War aftermath with all that stupid Superhero Registration Act bollocks that unfortunately runs through this one.
If you’re after a decent Spider-Man book, you could do worse than Brand New Day, Volume 1 but it’s also not a must-read for anyone except the fans.
In Brand New Day, powerful new villain Mister Negative is using a magic tablet of glowing glyphs to kill mobsters for some mysterious reason while yet another derivative Green Goblin wannabe equally creatively called Menace is making a, um, menace of himself! A new hero called Jackpot (who looks and sounds suspiciously like MJ) has popped up and a street-level hood wearing a Spidey mask is mugging folks. Time for Peter Parker to be Spider-Man again, damn the Superhero Registration Act!
While I never (nor ever will) read Straczynski’s much-maligned Spidey run, I have read some of his appalling DC books so I believe it when I hear that his Spider-Man was absolutely shite. And, even though Slott’s story is somewhat plodding and overloaded with exposition because of the many readjustments he had to make to the Spidey-verse - Harry Osborn wasn’t dead after all, he was just on an extended holiday in Europe! - I think by far the best thing about Brand New Day for many is that it’s not JMS’s Spidey.
Not that Slott’s doing anything especially new - Spidey fights familiar villains, has familiar money issues, and has familiar romantic entanglements – but I think a lot of readers find that familiarity comforting, particularly contrasted against JMS’s crap. And Slott does write it well, making you feel like you’re reading classic Spider-Man. I also liked how Spidey has to improvise on the fly, first losing a web-shooter, then running out of web-fluid – that kind of inventive adversity makes for more interesting stories. Steve McNiven’s art is very easy on the eyes too and the villains, while not especially original, aren’t bad either, challenging him and shaking off the Webslinger’s cobwebs during his (then-recent) downtime.
Conversely, Slott’s reinstatement of most of the status quo also makes for a fairly standard and unexciting Spider-Man book. It’s not a bad read but I was never gripped either – it’s all very predictable and if you’ve read a bunch of Spider-Man before you’ve already seen scenes like these several times already. And I really hated the Civil War aftermath with all that stupid Superhero Registration Act bollocks that unfortunately runs through this one.
If you’re after a decent Spider-Man book, you could do worse than Brand New Day, Volume 1 but it’s also not a must-read for anyone except the fans.
March 2, 2012
Marvel begins its first post-Straczynski Amazing Spider-Man issue in a big way. It is essentially a reboot of the character, introducing new characters, building a new supporting cast and debuting new villains. The title of this collection is apt; it is a brand new day for Spider-Man. Now shipping three times in month, it has a writing team modeled after a similar structure used in television. Called the brain trust, it is a mix of rising stars in comic books and veterans from various genres.
Not everything is thrown away; the brain trust reinforces the new Spider-Man supporting cast by returning some familiar faces to fold, like Harry Osborn. It is great that they are reserving Spider-Man’s classic villains from his rogue’s gallery and instead are introducing new villains for him to contend.
The first writer on deck, Dan Slott, whose one shot Swing Shift heralded the new era as a free comic on Free Comic Book Day writes the first arc. He sets the tone for this new era of Spider-Man adventures, with a take that is at once old and new. It is the same wise-cracking, guilt-ridden Peter Parker of old. This new Spider-Man is hip into this decade’s pop culture and has enough balls to actually speak back to cranky boss, J. Jonah Jameson, which promptly gives the old man a heart attack. Nothing Spider-Man ever does is unimportant and this arc explores how his presence affect ordinary New Yorkers. Steve McNiven handles the art and he turns in consistently excellent work. I really like his clean and crisp lines and the detail he pours in to his character figures.
Bob Gale handles the second arc collected in this hard cover. Gale is the co-writer of the Back to the Future film trilogy and is no stranger to comic book writing having done work for both Marvel and Dc in recent years. His arc introduces a new goblin character, whose appearance is disrupting local city politics. Whether this new goblin character has ties to the Green Goblin legacy remain to be seen. Salvador Larroca handles art in a style that has grown beyond what I used to follow in Fantastic Four just before the new century turned. It is much more polished and realistic style. Marvel is not leaving anything to chance and has assigned the best available artists on this new era of Spider-Man.
This is new and exciting territory for Spider-Man. This re-launch will give the writing team their best chance to leave their mark on the character. After the fallout from One More Day, it is a Brand New Day indeed.
Not everything is thrown away; the brain trust reinforces the new Spider-Man supporting cast by returning some familiar faces to fold, like Harry Osborn. It is great that they are reserving Spider-Man’s classic villains from his rogue’s gallery and instead are introducing new villains for him to contend.
The first writer on deck, Dan Slott, whose one shot Swing Shift heralded the new era as a free comic on Free Comic Book Day writes the first arc. He sets the tone for this new era of Spider-Man adventures, with a take that is at once old and new. It is the same wise-cracking, guilt-ridden Peter Parker of old. This new Spider-Man is hip into this decade’s pop culture and has enough balls to actually speak back to cranky boss, J. Jonah Jameson, which promptly gives the old man a heart attack. Nothing Spider-Man ever does is unimportant and this arc explores how his presence affect ordinary New Yorkers. Steve McNiven handles the art and he turns in consistently excellent work. I really like his clean and crisp lines and the detail he pours in to his character figures.
Bob Gale handles the second arc collected in this hard cover. Gale is the co-writer of the Back to the Future film trilogy and is no stranger to comic book writing having done work for both Marvel and Dc in recent years. His arc introduces a new goblin character, whose appearance is disrupting local city politics. Whether this new goblin character has ties to the Green Goblin legacy remain to be seen. Salvador Larroca handles art in a style that has grown beyond what I used to follow in Fantastic Four just before the new century turned. It is much more polished and realistic style. Marvel is not leaving anything to chance and has assigned the best available artists on this new era of Spider-Man.
This is new and exciting territory for Spider-Man. This re-launch will give the writing team their best chance to leave their mark on the character. After the fallout from One More Day, it is a Brand New Day indeed.
February 24, 2022
4.5 Golden Stars
Spider-man has been my favourite superhero since I was a kid. the one who introduced the world of Superheroes to me.
Peter Parker, nerdy & smart, goofball & empathic, always love to help people. I see some parts of myself inside the character.
Spider-man, interesting powers, cool costume. the making of his story, how he adapt to his new situation. Crawling up the walls, swinging in midair. even though I'm afraid of these small creatures, he was always fascinating to me.
& another amusing part was the three sides of the story; Spider-man vs. Supervillains popping up once in a while, vs. Jameson who induced his suspicions to people, so not all of the society seen him as a hero, but Spider-menace. & the police are also against him. (even though it's kind of maddening most of the times & I am yelling at the stupid police or triple J. for really not seeing the truth, but it was sometimes funny.)
so here I am now, another try to find a good point to start:
If you know Spider-man's backstories of how he got his powers & his almost nerdy life but with a secret identity, & want some new stories which is not in the movies, this one is rather a good place to start. (one of them)
though there are lots of stuff from Stan Lee's 1964 Spidey that were not in the movies & if you're interested (many cool ones there) you can try them too, but personally, I like the modern styles better.
this one also gave reference to some of the older related stories Issues, so you can check them out if you like (I did, but not for all.) no worries.
Peter is an adult now, out of College, looking for a job & some independence. & his Spider-man's life also accidentally encounters some problems in here. (no surprise! it's just Parker's luck!)
a mysterious superhero girl (she was funny. I liked her)
a new police case
a villain nearby, brewing a plan (really liked him!)
& after that, another new villain with unknown motives (yet!)
the Parker's fun, puns, jokes were hilarious! I'd missed it & really enjoyed them!
& I liked the thrills, especially in the middle issues.
the non-spidey parts were great too, the relationships & friendships & Peter Parker's stuff.
once again, I LOVE THE ARTS!
Spider-man has been my favourite superhero since I was a kid. the one who introduced the world of Superheroes to me.
Peter Parker, nerdy & smart, goofball & empathic, always love to help people. I see some parts of myself inside the character.
Spider-man, interesting powers, cool costume. the making of his story, how he adapt to his new situation. Crawling up the walls, swinging in midair. even though I'm afraid of these small creatures, he was always fascinating to me.
& another amusing part was the three sides of the story; Spider-man vs. Supervillains popping up once in a while, vs. Jameson who induced his suspicions to people, so not all of the society seen him as a hero, but Spider-menace. & the police are also against him. (even though it's kind of maddening most of the times & I am yelling at the stupid police or triple J. for really not seeing the truth, but it was sometimes funny.)
so here I am now, another try to find a good point to start:
If you know Spider-man's backstories of how he got his powers & his almost nerdy life but with a secret identity, & want some new stories which is not in the movies, this one is rather a good place to start. (one of them)
though there are lots of stuff from Stan Lee's 1964 Spidey that were not in the movies & if you're interested (many cool ones there) you can try them too, but personally, I like the modern styles better.
this one also gave reference to some of the older related stories Issues, so you can check them out if you like (I did, but not for all.) no worries.
Peter is an adult now, out of College, looking for a job & some independence. & his Spider-man's life also accidentally encounters some problems in here. (no surprise! it's just Parker's luck!)
a mysterious superhero girl (she was funny. I liked her)
a new police case
a villain nearby, brewing a plan (really liked him!)
& after that, another new villain with unknown motives (yet!)
the Parker's fun, puns, jokes were hilarious! I'd missed it & really enjoyed them!
& I liked the thrills, especially in the middle issues.
the non-spidey parts were great too, the relationships & friendships & Peter Parker's stuff.
once again, I LOVE THE ARTS!
April 8, 2018
Synopsis: It's a brand new day for everyone's favorite wall-crawler! Spidey's secret identity is a secret again...to everyone! He and M.J. never married, and she moved away. Aunt May is still alive, and works at a soup kitchen. Harry still despises Spider-Man, but has no recollection of being the HobGoblin or his father being the Green Goblin. However, the more things change, the more they stay the same: Spider-Man still has bad guys to fight, such as Freak, a former human who is now simply monstrous, and the Paper Doll Killer, who easily flattens her victims. With a killer wearing a Spider-Man mask on the loose, the Daily Bugle being sold to J. Jonah Jameson's biggest rival, and Peter being forced to take celebrity paparazzi photos to make ends meet, the human arachnid is up to his neck in trouble!
The Good: Excellent artwork and a captivating story; despite its length, this rather thick omnibus kept me interested the whole time. It's also fun to see a different take on the characters from the movies. Appearances by fellow Marvel characters such as Wolverine and Doctor Strange were a plus.
The Bad: This was a bit harder-edged than I would have liked, as you'll see in the content concerns below.
Content Concerns:
Sex: A brief conversation about a couple being in bed together; another unmarried couple seen next to each other in bed.
Nudity: Women are occasionally seen in outfits ranging from low-cut tops to underwear.
Language: H-word, d-words, and euphemisms ("crap," "feces," "darn") appear fairly often, as do implied expletives ("&$@!").
Violence: As you'd expect, there's violence throughout; though there's no gore, it gets bloody at times.
Drugs:
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Scary villains, especially Freak; a character has a heart attack twice; emotional intensity throughout.
The Good: Excellent artwork and a captivating story; despite its length, this rather thick omnibus kept me interested the whole time. It's also fun to see a different take on the characters from the movies. Appearances by fellow Marvel characters such as Wolverine and Doctor Strange were a plus.
The Bad: This was a bit harder-edged than I would have liked, as you'll see in the content concerns below.
Content Concerns:
Sex: A brief conversation about a couple being in bed together; another unmarried couple seen next to each other in bed.
Nudity: Women are occasionally seen in outfits ranging from low-cut tops to underwear.
Language: H-word, d-words, and euphemisms ("crap," "feces," "darn") appear fairly often, as do implied expletives ("&$@!").
Violence: As you'd expect, there's violence throughout; though there's no gore, it gets bloody at times.
Drugs:
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Scary villains, especially Freak; a character has a heart attack twice; emotional intensity throughout.
January 27, 2024
i ❤️ spiderman :33
August 4, 2026
Homem Aranha Um Novo Dia foi uma leitura simples, despretensiosa, divertida em alguns momentos e boa diante ao que se propõe. Entretanto, a HQ escancara o downgrade sofrido pelo personagem em relação a sua run anterior no quesito de desenvolvimento de personagem.
Nessa versão Marvel de Bolso - a qual realizei a leitura - há um prefácio que comtextualiza todo o cenário da época em relação ao Homem Aranha e a própria Marvel que situa o leitor, e por isso, não irei falar mais sobre isso.
Todavia, é notório que aqui, o homem aranha parte de uma estaca zero. As histórias começam simples e com uma vibe scooby-doo em que tudo precisa ser explicado. Em relação a run anterior, parece que estou lendo outra faceta do personagem, ambientando uma mudança drástica conforme o editorial da Marvel queria.
Assim, temos um Peter Parker solteiro, morando com sua tia, com problemas financeiros e em busca de um emprego que lhe proporcione a possibilidade de pagar o aluguel.
Em relação a história, vamos acompanhar o Peter tendo que lidar com diversos heróis no decorrer desse encadernado, desde um serial killer (algo mais urbano) até o Ameaça - uma variação do Duende Verde.
A respeito do serial killer, foi interessante ver o núcleo de amigos do Peter participando também dessas histórias, mostrando o Peter conciliando sua vida de civil com a de heroi, bem como, tendo que lidar com esses assasinatos. Enquanto isso, há o envolvimento do Sr. Negativo, que apesar de pouco explorado, me deixou curioso para saber mais do personagem no futuro.
Por fim, destaco a criação da personagem Loteria, que formou uma dupla com o Homem Aranha para enfrentar o Ameaça, proporcionando uma boa dinâmica.
Nessa versão Marvel de Bolso - a qual realizei a leitura - há um prefácio que comtextualiza todo o cenário da época em relação ao Homem Aranha e a própria Marvel que situa o leitor, e por isso, não irei falar mais sobre isso.
Todavia, é notório que aqui, o homem aranha parte de uma estaca zero. As histórias começam simples e com uma vibe scooby-doo em que tudo precisa ser explicado. Em relação a run anterior, parece que estou lendo outra faceta do personagem, ambientando uma mudança drástica conforme o editorial da Marvel queria.
Assim, temos um Peter Parker solteiro, morando com sua tia, com problemas financeiros e em busca de um emprego que lhe proporcione a possibilidade de pagar o aluguel.
Em relação a história, vamos acompanhar o Peter tendo que lidar com diversos heróis no decorrer desse encadernado, desde um serial killer (algo mais urbano) até o Ameaça - uma variação do Duende Verde.
A respeito do serial killer, foi interessante ver o núcleo de amigos do Peter participando também dessas histórias, mostrando o Peter conciliando sua vida de civil com a de heroi, bem como, tendo que lidar com esses assasinatos. Enquanto isso, há o envolvimento do Sr. Negativo, que apesar de pouco explorado, me deixou curioso para saber mais do personagem no futuro.
Por fim, destaco a criação da personagem Loteria, que formou uma dupla com o Homem Aranha para enfrentar o Ameaça, proporcionando uma boa dinâmica.
July 11, 2026
This was pretty good, a pared-down, back-to-basics hard-luck hero story centred on Peter Parker.
I don’t really know what metaphysics went into putting his secret identity genie back in the bottle and honestly don’t care if it gives us stories like this one. The art was mostly phenomenal throughout , as well.
I don’t really know what metaphysics went into putting his secret identity genie back in the bottle and honestly don’t care if it gives us stories like this one. The art was mostly phenomenal throughout , as well.
November 30, 2012
This follows the Spiderman events of “One More Day” which in many ways resets Spiderman to his old days. Purists will likely hate what has happened to him but I'm not so attached as I'm just getting into graphic novels.
The tales mostly deal with Spidey trying to make money so he can find an affordable apartment (thus taking shots of Spidey as Peter Parker) and then we've got the whole issue of whether his friend, Harry Osborn, has returned as the Green Goblin. Spidey also has to deal with people who are not happy that he chooses to be unmasked.
Written by Marc Guggenheim, Dan Slott, Zeb Wells and Bob Gale. Artwork by Steve McNiven, Salvador Larroca and Phil Jimenez.
There's some interesting cover artwork in back, a short and old Spidey tale but most interesting is a Spider-Man Manifesto written by Tom Brevoort which talks about all the ideas for rebooting Spidey.
ARTWORK PRESENTATION: B plus; STORY/PLOTTING: B to B plus; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B; SPIDERMAN FOCUSES: B to B plus; ACTION SCENES: B; OVERALL GRADE: B; WHEN READ: end of November 2012.
The tales mostly deal with Spidey trying to make money so he can find an affordable apartment (thus taking shots of Spidey as Peter Parker) and then we've got the whole issue of whether his friend, Harry Osborn, has returned as the Green Goblin. Spidey also has to deal with people who are not happy that he chooses to be unmasked.
Written by Marc Guggenheim, Dan Slott, Zeb Wells and Bob Gale. Artwork by Steve McNiven, Salvador Larroca and Phil Jimenez.
There's some interesting cover artwork in back, a short and old Spidey tale but most interesting is a Spider-Man Manifesto written by Tom Brevoort which talks about all the ideas for rebooting Spidey.
ARTWORK PRESENTATION: B plus; STORY/PLOTTING: B to B plus; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B; SPIDERMAN FOCUSES: B to B plus; ACTION SCENES: B; OVERALL GRADE: B; WHEN READ: end of November 2012.
January 10, 2021
This was a pretty good one, following on OMD and a new status quo, Peter is trying to get a grasp on his life, finding a job and earning to pay back his friends and he has to deal with the new Mr Negative and save the Karnelli/Maggia family from genocide by him and he has to meet with new friends Lily, Carlie and also Mr Martin Li at FEAST center? And team up with a new hero called Jackpot vs the new villain Menace (GG look like) whose targeting some congresswoman but when they do take that guy down there are unforeseen consequences. Meanwhile Dexter Benett the new owner of DB. This volume was crazy and had so many twists and turns and like gets dark in some places and introduces some cool new villains and this status quo while familiar shows a different side to Peter and the new supporting cast is fun and Peter understands that his actions have a very high cost to those around him. I like how Spidey even though he wants to do right is "seen as a menace" by everyone but that doesn't deter him from doing the right thing! Pretty fun read and great to see the artists maintain a higher quality!
March 3, 2021
Spidey ako ho mám rád. Dan Slott namiešal všetky prísady, ktoré si s obľúbeným sieťomylom zo susedstva spájate. Hlášky, humorné monológy, akcia, “Peter’s luck” a Parker večne bez peňazí. Nič objavné ani revolučné, ale dobre zvládnutné. Face it, tiger… you just hit the jackpot!
June 9, 2022
Sim, eu sei! O gatilho que originou a fase Um Novo Dia do Amigão da Vizinhança foi a terrível ideia editorial de fazer com que o Homem-Aranha e Mary Jane fizessem um pacto com o demônio Mefisto para que esquecessem seu casamento e a identidade secreta do Homem-Aranha. Mas quem estava lendo as histórias de Joe Michael Straczinsky e depois vai ler essa nova fase, vai sentir uma profunda melhora. Ok, esqueça as mudanças polêmicas como trazer Harry Osborn dos mortos. Aqui é a Marvel e os mortos voltam dia sim, dia não. Todo o novo elenco de coadjuvantes e o novo status quo de Peter, da Tia May e até de Jameson mudam para melhor. Ah, e também tem a personagem Loteria, que todos pensavam que era a MJ, mas não era. Achei Um Novo Dia uma recomeço revigorante para o personagem com um mix de equipes criativas rotativas afiadas. Na época não consegui acompanhar toda essa fase nas revistas mensais, mas o pouco que consegui ler depois me deixou bastante empolgado. Agora que a fase está saindo na coleção Marvel Saga da Panini, vou tentar acompanhar mais de perto essas mudanças. Sei que vem coisa muito boa por aí.
January 1, 2017
To be fair, I just don’t think I’m a fan of spider-man.
October 27, 2017
Nope.
World: it's a reboot but not really. The world is fully formed for new and old readers but also a but janky cause readers are trying to figure out what's changed and what's the same. Then we get thrown in not in a good way. The art is also fairly meh to fugly especially the characters...they have dead eyes.
Story: I'd rather this be a fallout book from the last arc when everything was wiped. I would have wanted more Peter thinking about his past life and then seeing how things have changed giving new and old readers a chance to reorient themselves. Nope. We get a choppy story with too many pieces that all end up being meh. I want to care about the Bugle but I don't. I want to care about Harry but I don't. I want to care about Jackpot but I really really don't. This is not a good start at all.
Characters: We are thrown into the world with these characters with little reorientation after the last arc and Peter is just as is. So is everyone else. The book needs to do better for these characters for a reboot and stepping on point. Plus Jackpot is just a boring character.
I'm sorry but I don't like this.
Onward to the next book!
World: it's a reboot but not really. The world is fully formed for new and old readers but also a but janky cause readers are trying to figure out what's changed and what's the same. Then we get thrown in not in a good way. The art is also fairly meh to fugly especially the characters...they have dead eyes.
Story: I'd rather this be a fallout book from the last arc when everything was wiped. I would have wanted more Peter thinking about his past life and then seeing how things have changed giving new and old readers a chance to reorient themselves. Nope. We get a choppy story with too many pieces that all end up being meh. I want to care about the Bugle but I don't. I want to care about Harry but I don't. I want to care about Jackpot but I really really don't. This is not a good start at all.
Characters: We are thrown into the world with these characters with little reorientation after the last arc and Peter is just as is. So is everyone else. The book needs to do better for these characters for a reboot and stepping on point. Plus Jackpot is just a boring character.
I'm sorry but I don't like this.
Onward to the next book!
December 16, 2020
The story I didn't care for, but there's just something so cool about seeing the Spider-Man action shots!
July 11, 2009
In a very abrupt turn of events, Spider-Man is suddenly much more similar in tone and story to the Sam Raimi movies. I'm not quite sure if he's younger, but he's now single and much less responsible. At least less responsible for a hero who's tagline includes the phrase "with great responsibility." The lengthy afterward/memo by editor Tom Brevoort lays out the Spidey books new DNA. It boils down to fresher villains, no mysticism a stronger supporting cast, and short story arcs that build into a year-long narrative. Even going by this guide, it isn't a complete success. The new villains aren't especially original to Spidey (one's a mobster, one's on a Goblin glider) and the supporting cast doesn't offer much help to Peter Parker. Yeah, the Daily Bugle is interesting again, but Harry Osborne's been through the ringer, and forgetting that is hard. The introduction of a new hero Jackpot is clunky. Clearly, Mary Jane isn't going to be in these stories for a while, due to the psychic disgust of One More Day, nor is she going to be a superhero. Yet the allusions are laid on thick. She turns out to be a different redhead who's either awestruck by Spidey or wants to arrest him.
While the flaws in the reboot of Spidey make the whole idea questionable and seem far too commercially calculating, at least Marvel brought on some good writers and artists to go through the motions. These stories have quick pacing for three-issue arcs and Dan Slott should be Marvel's go-to writer for any book that needs well-earned humor. He ends his story, the book's first arc, with a compelling cliffhanger that gives a new mobster villain Mr. Negative a pretty devastating advantage over Spidey.
You could avoid viewing this book alongside One More Day, its similarly-titled preceding story. That uncharacteristic mess was a aperitif to get rid of drastic continuity changes that built up in the past few years of Spidey, accelerating just before Civil War. Where it was so heavy-handed, this reboot opts to be far less weighty and much more fun. I question Marvel's morals and family life if they feel the path to fewer cares is annulling a long-term marriage. But the vastly different end result, viewed with blinders, is a good remix of old Spidey stories. While it tries to be Spider-Man 2, it sometimes veers into the empty emo-Venom sequence in Spidey 3.
While the flaws in the reboot of Spidey make the whole idea questionable and seem far too commercially calculating, at least Marvel brought on some good writers and artists to go through the motions. These stories have quick pacing for three-issue arcs and Dan Slott should be Marvel's go-to writer for any book that needs well-earned humor. He ends his story, the book's first arc, with a compelling cliffhanger that gives a new mobster villain Mr. Negative a pretty devastating advantage over Spidey.
You could avoid viewing this book alongside One More Day, its similarly-titled preceding story. That uncharacteristic mess was a aperitif to get rid of drastic continuity changes that built up in the past few years of Spidey, accelerating just before Civil War. Where it was so heavy-handed, this reboot opts to be far less weighty and much more fun. I question Marvel's morals and family life if they feel the path to fewer cares is annulling a long-term marriage. But the vastly different end result, viewed with blinders, is a good remix of old Spidey stories. While it tries to be Spider-Man 2, it sometimes veers into the empty emo-Venom sequence in Spidey 3.
October 9, 2014
Collects Amazing Spider-Man issues #546-551, Spider-Man: Swing Shift, and material from Venom Super Special #1 (This last one features Dan Slott's never-before-reprinted first Spider-Man story from 1995.)
I've heard so many bad things about the "Brand New Day" era of Spider-Man, that I had low expectations, but this was actually a really fun book. You can see how the new writing team is trying to go back to Spider-Man's roots with these first issues.
There was a fun feature at the end of this book, in which the readers were able to read a letter from Spider-Man Executive Editor, Tom Breevoort, to his writing staff. The letter was dated 9/18/2006, and it lays out the plans for a post-"One More Day" Spider-Man universe. One of the things he touches on is that going forward they will use a rotating team of writers so that they can release three issues of Amazing Spider-Man a month instead of the old plan with alternate titles (such as Spectacular, Sensational, Web of..., etc.). I believe this writing team is led by Dan Slott (the man that is still writing Spider-Man as I write this today in 2014).
These early issues of the new Spider-Man status quo featured the first appearances of Menace and Jackpot, and allowed us to get to know Carlie Cooper and Lily Hollister better (having only appeared in one brief scene in one issue prior to this collection).
I was really close to giving this collection a five-star rating, but it isn't quite there. Still, I would recommend this.
I've heard so many bad things about the "Brand New Day" era of Spider-Man, that I had low expectations, but this was actually a really fun book. You can see how the new writing team is trying to go back to Spider-Man's roots with these first issues.
There was a fun feature at the end of this book, in which the readers were able to read a letter from Spider-Man Executive Editor, Tom Breevoort, to his writing staff. The letter was dated 9/18/2006, and it lays out the plans for a post-"One More Day" Spider-Man universe. One of the things he touches on is that going forward they will use a rotating team of writers so that they can release three issues of Amazing Spider-Man a month instead of the old plan with alternate titles (such as Spectacular, Sensational, Web of..., etc.). I believe this writing team is led by Dan Slott (the man that is still writing Spider-Man as I write this today in 2014).
These early issues of the new Spider-Man status quo featured the first appearances of Menace and Jackpot, and allowed us to get to know Carlie Cooper and Lily Hollister better (having only appeared in one brief scene in one issue prior to this collection).
I was really close to giving this collection a five-star rating, but it isn't quite there. Still, I would recommend this.
January 25, 2009
I'm one of those people who just didn't like the whole Mephisto made a bargain with Peter Parker to save the life of Aunt May at the cost of "erasing" his marriage to Peter and essentially the continuity of the last 20 years.
JMS took this flagship book into some very interesting places. Aunt May learning about Peter's secret and her character evolving around it made her much more interesting and dynamic. Now Peter is back to the being a loser who can't make enough money to afford web-fluid for his web-shooters and taking on some new villains. It doesn't work for me, and neither does all of the rationalization and explaination surrounding the reboot. The new writers really missed out on opportunities to explore new turf with the new "public" Spider-Man, and if they needed to make it a secret again, they surely could have come up with something better than a bargain with Mephisto... Aunt May would never accept this for Peter.
They should save the reboot for the Ultimate Spider-Man series.
JMS took this flagship book into some very interesting places. Aunt May learning about Peter's secret and her character evolving around it made her much more interesting and dynamic. Now Peter is back to the being a loser who can't make enough money to afford web-fluid for his web-shooters and taking on some new villains. It doesn't work for me, and neither does all of the rationalization and explaination surrounding the reboot. The new writers really missed out on opportunities to explore new turf with the new "public" Spider-Man, and if they needed to make it a secret again, they surely could have come up with something better than a bargain with Mephisto... Aunt May would never accept this for Peter.
They should save the reboot for the Ultimate Spider-Man series.
June 7, 2026
After One More Day comes BRAND New Day.
Spider-Man has his whole life basically reset. No one remembers that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Not MJ, not his Aunt, not even Daredevil or his best friends. So it's basically back to square one.
What I think this run does well at the start is establish Peter with some new bad guys and maybe new allies. We got Mr. Negative, easily the most successful villain of this era. He's smart, very strong, and has basically a army. Then you have Grey Goblin, he's...okay. You also have Jackpot, who's fun and very "MJ" like, that you'll be like it has to be MJ, but maybe it's not? DUM DUM DUM. Mystery.
Overall there's some good times here, the dialogue can be solid, though Dan Slott sometimes writes to the most loser Peter I've ever witnessed. But he writes a great Mr. Negative. It's wild how different it is. And Marc, second writer, does a good enough job with Peter's voice, but his Grey Goblin is whatever.
Overall a mixed bag, but entertaining none the less. A 3 out of 5.
Spider-Man has his whole life basically reset. No one remembers that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Not MJ, not his Aunt, not even Daredevil or his best friends. So it's basically back to square one.
What I think this run does well at the start is establish Peter with some new bad guys and maybe new allies. We got Mr. Negative, easily the most successful villain of this era. He's smart, very strong, and has basically a army. Then you have Grey Goblin, he's...okay. You also have Jackpot, who's fun and very "MJ" like, that you'll be like it has to be MJ, but maybe it's not? DUM DUM DUM. Mystery.
Overall there's some good times here, the dialogue can be solid, though Dan Slott sometimes writes to the most loser Peter I've ever witnessed. But he writes a great Mr. Negative. It's wild how different it is. And Marc, second writer, does a good enough job with Peter's voice, but his Grey Goblin is whatever.
Overall a mixed bag, but entertaining none the less. A 3 out of 5.
February 24, 2018
Steve McNiven and Salvador Larroca draw some extremely lush Spider-man comics. Hot damn. Poster-worthy art throughout these pages.
From the ashes of the "one more day" retcon-fest, Dan Slott and Marc Guggenheim start off a new era of Spidey with...some decent arcs. It kind of hits the ground running in a lot of ways, but the essence of what makes spider-man great is undoubtedly here.
Dan slott is obviously great with the character, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well Guggenheim writes Spider-Man. Laughed quite a bit during his issues.
Lots of fun to be had here, as long as you're not still sour about peters deal with the devil.
From the ashes of the "one more day" retcon-fest, Dan Slott and Marc Guggenheim start off a new era of Spidey with...some decent arcs. It kind of hits the ground running in a lot of ways, but the essence of what makes spider-man great is undoubtedly here.
Dan slott is obviously great with the character, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well Guggenheim writes Spider-Man. Laughed quite a bit during his issues.
Lots of fun to be had here, as long as you're not still sour about peters deal with the devil.
August 16, 2017
The only good thing about this package is the art. Steve McNiven's penciling is gorgeous.
Storywise: With so many reboots, I'm at a lost.
At least the editors were kind enough to dedicate 2 pages to explain the current status quo.
Spidey's being hunted by the law for not being a registered superhero. So, I guess the events here probably took place post-Civil War.
Oh, there's also a lot of swearing (censored of course). Kinda unusual for a Spider-Man comic :)
Storywise: With so many reboots, I'm at a lost.
At least the editors were kind enough to dedicate 2 pages to explain the current status quo.
Spidey's being hunted by the law for not being a registered superhero. So, I guess the events here probably took place post-Civil War.
Oh, there's also a lot of swearing (censored of course). Kinda unusual for a Spider-Man comic :)
January 8, 2022
There are a lot of opportunities to make hilarious jokes with Spider-Man and Slott and Guggenheim actually do brilliant comedy in this one!
August 9, 2026
Feels like I’d like this more than the movie.
July 8, 2012
This is the first set of Spider-man stories following the soft reboot of One More Day. At the end of this book is a copy of the manifesto written to give some direction to the new spidey brain trust tasked with bringing the wall crawler back to where he should be. The main thrust of this manifesto is "back to basics" and in this Slott and co succeed admirably. Parker is back to the loveable, just getting by, hard luck guy he always should have been, Spidey wise cracks while dealing with the fact everyone hates him again, and meanwhile the foundation of a new rogues gallery are laid. The artwork is brilliant, clean lines and bright striking colours keeping even the action sequences smooth and understandable. This works as perfect jumping on point for new readers and the perfect evolution for the character for long term readers.
August 14, 2020
God, this is bad.
It’s been a while since I read any Brand New Day-era material and remembered liking it enough, so I figured I’d take another read through it. After struggling through this one, though, I honestly don’t know if I’m willing to go any further.
Peter is bafflingly incompetent in every single situation this story presents him with. Even if you take Marvel’s “he’s totally in his mid-20’s still!” BS as being accurate, that would still mean Peter’s been doing this for 10 years. But he’s unforgivably stupid, consistently, and repeatedly relies on an amateur hero to bail him out. And is stopped by said amateur and almost has his identity revealed. Why am I reading a story that was created over 40 years into his history and he’s acting like he started yesterday?
I hate immediately-post-JMS Spider-Man so much, man.
It’s been a while since I read any Brand New Day-era material and remembered liking it enough, so I figured I’d take another read through it. After struggling through this one, though, I honestly don’t know if I’m willing to go any further.
Peter is bafflingly incompetent in every single situation this story presents him with. Even if you take Marvel’s “he’s totally in his mid-20’s still!” BS as being accurate, that would still mean Peter’s been doing this for 10 years. But he’s unforgivably stupid, consistently, and repeatedly relies on an amateur hero to bail him out. And is stopped by said amateur and almost has his identity revealed. Why am I reading a story that was created over 40 years into his history and he’s acting like he started yesterday?
I hate immediately-post-JMS Spider-Man so much, man.
April 26, 2024
I have all of the comics collected here as single issues, but I haven't read them since shortly after they came out.
I have to say this was much better than I remembered!
As shitty as One More Day was in concept and execution, its follow-up in Brand New Day was highly entertaining. I still think all of these stories (well, except maybe the Jackpot bit) could have been done without the consequences of OMD, but the consolidation of the Spider-Man stories into a single title under the "brain-trust" of a group of writers at the time was pretty inspired and worked ver well.
Also, apparently back then editorial still did their jobs and seemed to care about stuff like continuity. Even if they had just messed with it to get to this point.
I have to say this was much better than I remembered!
As shitty as One More Day was in concept and execution, its follow-up in Brand New Day was highly entertaining. I still think all of these stories (well, except maybe the Jackpot bit) could have been done without the consequences of OMD, but the consolidation of the Spider-Man stories into a single title under the "brain-trust" of a group of writers at the time was pretty inspired and worked ver well.
Also, apparently back then editorial still did their jobs and seemed to care about stuff like continuity. Even if they had just messed with it to get to this point.
May 16, 2022
I'd probably give this more like 3.5 stars. It's not a bad reboot of the character, getting to start from ground zero (sort of) allows you to take the character in new directions. I did enjoy that we get a lot of the classic Spider-Man snark in this. We also get to see how Peter is dealing with the fallout after Civil War, and we all know what happened when he revealed his identity to the world. So.
I have read some of Dan Slott's later Spider-Man stuff, and I do really enjoy him as a writer. Overall, the art in this was pretty well done, too. Not the worst I've seen so far. Just another volume on my quest to read alllll the Spider-Man!
I have read some of Dan Slott's later Spider-Man stuff, and I do really enjoy him as a writer. Overall, the art in this was pretty well done, too. Not the worst I've seen so far. Just another volume on my quest to read alllll the Spider-Man!
November 21, 2021
The main story here was okay, but I was hoping for more ... something, I guess. This is supposed to be one of the comics that the movie Spider-Man No Way Home is partially based on. There are a couple of "bonus" issues at the end, one of which seems to take place before the events of this story and the other is a Spider-Man symbiote story from the '70s. There's also lots of editorial notes and rules for Marvel writing Spider-Man after the events of One More Day.
February 8, 2022
I enjoyed a little less than half this volume. The Martin Li/ Mr Negative character and plot and twist is GREAT, Aunt May working at Feast is great, everything else is just so bafflingly bad. I hate 'playboy' Peter Parker. I hate that Peter screams at JJJ so hard that he has a heart attack. I cringed so hard everytime they brought up the Jackpot and MJ parallels and everytime she called him tiger. So heavy-handed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 1, 2022
The editorial mandate that got Spidey to this point wasn’t great, but these stories feel exciting, like old school Lee/Romita Sr-era stuff, but with worse villains. Points for really trying to dig in on what makes Spider-Man such an enduring character, but it doesn’t really stick the landing.
August 26, 2026
(3.25 stars)
The amount of baggage attached to this run makes it ironically not the best starting point, even though it was designed to be a new beginning for the character.
After the events of 'Civil War' and 'One More Day', we get a new status quo for Spider-Man, and I'm kind of mixed on this. One the one hand, yeah, the Marvel editors regressed Peter's character for the sake of sales and destroyed decades of storytelling, but on the other hand, the story in its own right is pretty good, and despite the baggage, I found myself on board for this brand new era.
I really enjoyed the set up for this run, Peter being an illegal superhero who isn't registered to the government, is an awesome concept that is ripe with conflict, and creates so many fun moments where he gets to be a genuine vigilante, while retaining his spider charm. This plot point makes the city even more hostile toward Spider-Man than usual, as they're constantly berating him and accusing him of bullshit. Another change in Peter's life is in the Daily Bugle, which has been bought out by a different company, to the chagrin on Jameson, who suffered a heart attack after Peter called him out. All these changes to the status quo are interesting in my opinion, shaking things up while keeping to the objective of taking Spider-Man back to the more simple days of the 60s, except he's a 30 year old man and not a teenager.
The characterisation for Peter maintains this goal of the editors, making him a mess who can't get his life in order, and in the context of the other Spider-Man comics, it's pretty sad, he was married, about to have a baby, progressing in his career, and now he's back living with his aunt, single, and unemployed, it's hard not to be depressed, but taking this in a vacuum, and ignoring the Straczynski run, I liked this portrayal of the character. His job interviews were especially a highlight for me, as they perfectly show how he can't really balance Spider-Man with a genuine career in a subtle yet lighthearted way, and him hanging out with Harry was fun. His dialogue too was very charming, and he sells the 'down on his luck' angle very well, while not making it feel as sad as it is, and Dan Slott deserves more credit for that. I also found his chemistry with Jackpot to be quite sweet, who's obviously associated with MJ in some way, with the look, her calling Peter 'tiger', and the name literally being a reference to her famous introductory line, but we'll have to wait and see, but I like what I'm seeing right now.
Mr Negative debuts in this book, who was awesome in the PS4 game, while here, we only get a glimpse of the character, as he'll become more prominent as the run continues. What we get here is pretty cool though, I found his revenge scheme against the crime family pretty dastardly, and his deal to exchange a child hostage for a vile of Spider-Man's blood to make into a chemical weapon, was an awesome and intense moment that really gets to the heart of how evil this character is. I also love the design, using a negative filter is an incredibly unique idea for the visual of a character, and it adds to the overall aesthetic to make a very striking antagonistic. The other villain we get is Menace, or the Grey Goblin, and this was significantly less interesting. I do wish this whole book was about Mr Negative, because Menace was just a nothing burger of a villain, only really exists to give Spider-Man and Jackpot something to bond over, and it worked, because their chemistry was the only thing getting me through that portion of the book. If I'm being honest, the mugger who wore a Spider-Man mask and stole Peter's web shooter, was a better villain, I found him genuinely quite captivating, and the way he impacts Peter's life is brilliant, forcing him to use only one web shooter, leading to him being out of web most of the book (which was a fun gimmick), and also, getting killed by a mysterious serial killer, which frames Spider-Man as the culprit. The mugger's not a great villain or anything, but the novelty and the way he inconveniences Peter's life, gets to the core of the appeal of Spider-Man, he's a much more relatable hero who deals with mundane problems that someone like Thor never even thinks about, and this mugger storyline highlights that expertly.
The art did not impress me, it's not bad, but I found it a bit uncanny with how it was trying to look live action, instead of leaning into the strengths of a drawing. My favourite Spider-Man artist is Todd Macfarlane, because of how hyper stylised his drawings are, and how he exaggerates features in a very appealing way to make something striking and memorable, and this by contrast, is very clinical and boring to look at, it's got no personality to it, anyone could've drawn it. The only positive, is mr Negative.
Overall, was it worth destroying the character progression of Peter Parker and forever changing the direction of Spider-Man comics for this story? Honestly no, it's alright, but considering the context, this run has to be a masterpiece to justify itself, and so far, it's just inoffensively fun. I like some of the ideas and choices made, it was an enjoyable read, but it's also like eating a burger in a petrol station bathroom.
The amount of baggage attached to this run makes it ironically not the best starting point, even though it was designed to be a new beginning for the character.
After the events of 'Civil War' and 'One More Day', we get a new status quo for Spider-Man, and I'm kind of mixed on this. One the one hand, yeah, the Marvel editors regressed Peter's character for the sake of sales and destroyed decades of storytelling, but on the other hand, the story in its own right is pretty good, and despite the baggage, I found myself on board for this brand new era.
I really enjoyed the set up for this run, Peter being an illegal superhero who isn't registered to the government, is an awesome concept that is ripe with conflict, and creates so many fun moments where he gets to be a genuine vigilante, while retaining his spider charm. This plot point makes the city even more hostile toward Spider-Man than usual, as they're constantly berating him and accusing him of bullshit. Another change in Peter's life is in the Daily Bugle, which has been bought out by a different company, to the chagrin on Jameson, who suffered a heart attack after Peter called him out. All these changes to the status quo are interesting in my opinion, shaking things up while keeping to the objective of taking Spider-Man back to the more simple days of the 60s, except he's a 30 year old man and not a teenager.
The characterisation for Peter maintains this goal of the editors, making him a mess who can't get his life in order, and in the context of the other Spider-Man comics, it's pretty sad, he was married, about to have a baby, progressing in his career, and now he's back living with his aunt, single, and unemployed, it's hard not to be depressed, but taking this in a vacuum, and ignoring the Straczynski run, I liked this portrayal of the character. His job interviews were especially a highlight for me, as they perfectly show how he can't really balance Spider-Man with a genuine career in a subtle yet lighthearted way, and him hanging out with Harry was fun. His dialogue too was very charming, and he sells the 'down on his luck' angle very well, while not making it feel as sad as it is, and Dan Slott deserves more credit for that. I also found his chemistry with Jackpot to be quite sweet, who's obviously associated with MJ in some way, with the look, her calling Peter 'tiger', and the name literally being a reference to her famous introductory line, but we'll have to wait and see, but I like what I'm seeing right now.
Mr Negative debuts in this book, who was awesome in the PS4 game, while here, we only get a glimpse of the character, as he'll become more prominent as the run continues. What we get here is pretty cool though, I found his revenge scheme against the crime family pretty dastardly, and his deal to exchange a child hostage for a vile of Spider-Man's blood to make into a chemical weapon, was an awesome and intense moment that really gets to the heart of how evil this character is. I also love the design, using a negative filter is an incredibly unique idea for the visual of a character, and it adds to the overall aesthetic to make a very striking antagonistic. The other villain we get is Menace, or the Grey Goblin, and this was significantly less interesting. I do wish this whole book was about Mr Negative, because Menace was just a nothing burger of a villain, only really exists to give Spider-Man and Jackpot something to bond over, and it worked, because their chemistry was the only thing getting me through that portion of the book. If I'm being honest, the mugger who wore a Spider-Man mask and stole Peter's web shooter, was a better villain, I found him genuinely quite captivating, and the way he impacts Peter's life is brilliant, forcing him to use only one web shooter, leading to him being out of web most of the book (which was a fun gimmick), and also, getting killed by a mysterious serial killer, which frames Spider-Man as the culprit. The mugger's not a great villain or anything, but the novelty and the way he inconveniences Peter's life, gets to the core of the appeal of Spider-Man, he's a much more relatable hero who deals with mundane problems that someone like Thor never even thinks about, and this mugger storyline highlights that expertly.
The art did not impress me, it's not bad, but I found it a bit uncanny with how it was trying to look live action, instead of leaning into the strengths of a drawing. My favourite Spider-Man artist is Todd Macfarlane, because of how hyper stylised his drawings are, and how he exaggerates features in a very appealing way to make something striking and memorable, and this by contrast, is very clinical and boring to look at, it's got no personality to it, anyone could've drawn it. The only positive, is mr Negative.
Overall, was it worth destroying the character progression of Peter Parker and forever changing the direction of Spider-Man comics for this story? Honestly no, it's alright, but considering the context, this run has to be a masterpiece to justify itself, and so far, it's just inoffensively fun. I like some of the ideas and choices made, it was an enjoyable read, but it's also like eating a burger in a petrol station bathroom.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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