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Avenging Spider-Man (Single Issues) #1-3
Spider-Man/Wolverine
Fan-favorite Spider-Man writer Zeb Wells and legendary X-Men artist Joe Madureira unite to take on two of Marvel's most popular characters in the hottest stories of the season! First, Spider-Man teams with the Red Hulk to face down a Moloid army during the New York Marathon! The two unlikely allies end up leading an underground legion - but when Red Hulk falls, only Spider-Man stands in the way of the Subterranean invasion of Manhattan! Then, Wells and Madureira turn their attention to the X-Men's most popular mutant: the savage Wolverine! But what unlikely foe is lurking in the shadows, and does even Wolverine have the berserker strength to win the day?
Collecting: Avenging Spider-Man 1-3, Savage Wolverine 6-8
Collecting: Avenging Spider-Man 1-3, Savage Wolverine 6-8
160 pages, Hardcover
First published November 26, 2013
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Zeb Wells
711 books72 followersZeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, as well as his work on the animated TV series Robot Chicken.
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August 17, 2019
“Spider-Man/Wolverine” is a partnership between two of Marvel’s greats but not the ones you’d expect. Instead of it being a team-up of the Webslinger and the Ol’ Canucklehead, the book is a showcase for the combined talents of writer Zeb Wells and artist Joe Madureira on a pair of arcs for “Avenging Spider-Man” and “Savage Wolverine.” The characters do pop up in each other’s books for what amount to glorified cameos, but the main collaboration is between Wells and Madureira. To borrow a label from the competition, they’re a dynamic duo. “Spider-Man/Wolverine” is classic late-‘90s-style superhero comics at its rock ‘em, sock ‘em best. It’s punchy in its dialogue and its action, making for one helluva fun read.
Full disclosure: I’m wild about Joe Madureira’s art so any book he does pretty much automatically starts at a five-star rating and it takes an awful lot to demote it. Thankfully, Zeb Wells is more than up to the task of matching Madureira’s frenetic art, penning two brisk, snappy, imaginative tales. The Spider-Man arc finds Peter Parker teaming up with Red Hulk to save New York City mayor J. Jonah Jameson from subterranean kidnappers, while the Wolverine arc sees Logan partnering with Elektra to stop a supernatural threat to The Hand’s new leader, the Kingpin. These aren’t big continuity-laden events, just simple, fun action tales, the kind of brainless dudes-in-underwear-punching-monsters sort of comics that are a blast to spend time with. It’s clear that Wells and Madureira are having a ball as well. Mad’s artwork is chunky and visceral and made for Marvel’s big guns; the only one who seems more in sync with the House Of Ideas is Chris Bachalo. Wells’ scripts are jam-packed full of quippy dialogue, ground-shaking punch-ups, and enough narrative curveballs to keep things from getting predictable. Every page is a turbo-charged, eye-popping good time.
So, yeah, a five-star rating. Not because it’s an influential collection or it breaks new ground or anything. Five stars because I love comics and this book was front-to-back awesome and reminded me why, even though I’ve largely given up on mainstream superhero books, there’s still some stuff out there that can make me feel like a kid again.
Full disclosure: I’m wild about Joe Madureira’s art so any book he does pretty much automatically starts at a five-star rating and it takes an awful lot to demote it. Thankfully, Zeb Wells is more than up to the task of matching Madureira’s frenetic art, penning two brisk, snappy, imaginative tales. The Spider-Man arc finds Peter Parker teaming up with Red Hulk to save New York City mayor J. Jonah Jameson from subterranean kidnappers, while the Wolverine arc sees Logan partnering with Elektra to stop a supernatural threat to The Hand’s new leader, the Kingpin. These aren’t big continuity-laden events, just simple, fun action tales, the kind of brainless dudes-in-underwear-punching-monsters sort of comics that are a blast to spend time with. It’s clear that Wells and Madureira are having a ball as well. Mad’s artwork is chunky and visceral and made for Marvel’s big guns; the only one who seems more in sync with the House Of Ideas is Chris Bachalo. Wells’ scripts are jam-packed full of quippy dialogue, ground-shaking punch-ups, and enough narrative curveballs to keep things from getting predictable. Every page is a turbo-charged, eye-popping good time.
So, yeah, a five-star rating. Not because it’s an influential collection or it breaks new ground or anything. Five stars because I love comics and this book was front-to-back awesome and reminded me why, even though I’ve largely given up on mainstream superhero books, there’s still some stuff out there that can make me feel like a kid again.
May 5, 2020
The Spider-Man part was okay, I guess, doesn't make me want to read more. Wolverine was very nice once again. Some amazing artwork and enough action...
April 4, 2021
Cover makes it seem like a cross over focussed comic... it’s not. There’s about 6 panels of crossover... comics themselves are fine.
March 8, 2021
Fun stuff here! This book collects three issues of Avenging Spider-Man and three issues of Savage Wolverine, all written by Zeb Wells and illustrated by Joe Madureira.
The Avenging Spider-Man arc takes a buddy-cop turn with Spider-Man and Red Hulk traveling underground to save NY Mayor J. Jonah Jameson from MoleMan and his Moloids. Or are they the real threat? This arc is a blast. Wells writes Spidey really well, in my opinion.
The Savage Wolverine arc is even better! Wolvie teams up with Elektra to take on The Hand! I love it when they do that! Wolverine and Spider-Man interact at the beginning and end of the arc. Their relationship has always been entertaining to me.
Both stories are pretty self contained so there's no need to read a bunch of other tie-in stuff.
The Avenging Spider-Man arc takes a buddy-cop turn with Spider-Man and Red Hulk traveling underground to save NY Mayor J. Jonah Jameson from MoleMan and his Moloids. Or are they the real threat? This arc is a blast. Wells writes Spidey really well, in my opinion.
The Savage Wolverine arc is even better! Wolvie teams up with Elektra to take on The Hand! I love it when they do that! Wolverine and Spider-Man interact at the beginning and end of the arc. Their relationship has always been entertaining to me.
Both stories are pretty self contained so there's no need to read a bunch of other tie-in stuff.
February 15, 2024
Why are these two stories put together?
The first is about Spidey helping the Mole Man with the Hulk. It was a pretty fun story...but Wolverine isn't really in it except for a brief cameo with the Avengers.
The second story was a snooze fest about Wolverine teaming up with Elektra to help Kingpin. Spidey is briefly in the story as an annoying pain in the ass.
The artwork is great throughout.
The first is about Spidey helping the Mole Man with the Hulk. It was a pretty fun story...but Wolverine isn't really in it except for a brief cameo with the Avengers.
The second story was a snooze fest about Wolverine teaming up with Elektra to help Kingpin. Spidey is briefly in the story as an annoying pain in the ass.
The artwork is great throughout.
December 29, 2025
Looking at the cover, I was excited to read this one. Was expecting a full team up with Spider-man and Wolverine, but that never happened. There was only a small cameo of both characters in each story.
Spider-man story made me want to not finish this book. But was like maybe it gets better. But only very slightly.
Wouldn't recommend this one.
Spider-man story made me want to not finish this book. But was like maybe it gets better. But only very slightly.
Wouldn't recommend this one.
February 23, 2021
Spiderman con Wolverine, Spiderwoman, el Hulk rojo y otros.
February 27, 2021
Tomo 57 de lomo, con capítulos de Avenging Spider-Man (#1-3 USA) y Savage Wolverine (#6-8 USA) dibujados por MAD!.
February 27, 2023
Very nice hardcover edition for very average stories.
February 9, 2017
This is a teamup book, but not characters, but creators instead. Writer and artist team up on two different stories. I enjoy the art, the writing less so.
April 7, 2014
Con Joe Madureira tengo una relación de amor -decepción...sus comics en X-Men fueron simplemente alucinantes, con imagenes cargadas de energía,peleas gloriosas,diseños mas alla de la imaginación, des´pues hizo Battle Chasers el cual sudaba Dungeons&Dragons en cada viñeta y de pronto...se va, a realizar diseños en videojuegos.
Años después volvió, y si bien ya no tiene el lugar que tenia antes sigue siendo el y este libro lo demuestra con dos sagas, una protagonizada por Spiderman y Rulk ( como odio este personaje) y otra por...WOLVERINE,ELEKTRA, y NINJAS, MUCHOS NINJAS !!!, ok, el guión en simple, pero divertido pero acá estamos es por el arte.
Años después volvió, y si bien ya no tiene el lugar que tenia antes sigue siendo el y este libro lo demuestra con dos sagas, una protagonizada por Spiderman y Rulk ( como odio este personaje) y otra por...WOLVERINE,ELEKTRA, y NINJAS, MUCHOS NINJAS !!!, ok, el guión en simple, pero divertido pero acá estamos es por el arte.
February 10, 2014
This is a pretty good collection of a few Spider-man & Wolverine stories. I actually had read the Avenging Spider-man 1-3 issues before but I really was looking forward to the Savage Wolverine 6-8 arc. I thought the artwork was okay and I really enjoyed the moments between spidey and Logan. THese were not the best issues but they were enjoyable.
August 20, 2015
This was so misleading for me. Its in two parts and the part with Spiderman didn't have Wolverine, and the part with Wolverine didn't have Spiderman. I guess it doesn't say "and" so I should have known; but still, the cover lies :/
Oh well, no matter; Spiderman and Red Hulk are really cool together :) But the part with Wolverine was just so meh.
Oh well, no matter; Spiderman and Red Hulk are really cool together :) But the part with Wolverine was just so meh.
February 26, 2014
Wolverine saved the book from a mediocre Spiderman story.
August 23, 2014
Loved the art work of this collection. Quite dark in parts - definitely a comic run for more mature readers.
November 27, 2014
Both stars for the art, which is great throughout... stories are both completely inconsequential as far as I'm concerned. Some nice very quick bits of character dialogue, I guess.
November 25, 2013
Fantastic art, but not much of a read.
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