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Savage Spider-Man
Out of the pages of NON-STOP SPIDER-MAN comes something different…something savage! Peter Parker has gone through a horrifying transformation — one that has left him more Spider than Man. With a terrifying global conspiracy on one side and the lethal Baron Zemo on the other, can a barely human Peter somehow find a way to fight to the surface and save the world?
COLLECTING: Savage Spider-Man (2022) 1-5
COLLECTING: Savage Spider-Man (2022) 1-5
132 pages, Paperback
First published November 29, 2022
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July 20, 2022
The way Non-Stop Spider-Man and this continuation hold themselves in such high regard comes off really weird. Just the epitome of dull, such a shame because there is occasionally a brilliant drawing here and there, and monster Spider-Man is obviously really cool. The writing and dialogue just takes itself way too seriously and thinks it comes off a lot more intelligent than it is, it's almost embarrassing. It's like reading a high-school child's idea of deep philosophy. And the whole selling point of the series being Non-Stop action is bizarre considering both of these series are infinitely more boring than the majority of Peter Parker stories and don't even feel all that action packed.
January 11, 2023
I don't know what other people are reading, but I loved this book. This is the most pre-Brand New Day Spider-man/Peter Parker story I have read in ages. I like the fast-paced Non-Stop style of action, but it is Spider-man/Peter Parker that makes this book for me.
Since Spider-man Non-Stop, Spider-man has gone through a metamorphosis becoming a creature of pure instinct, violence and dominance. Unfortunately, he is also the only hope for humanity. The final battle between him, Zemo and the Immaculatum is now.
A great book with, a good story and so great to see Spider-man not being a wimp or needing to be saved all the time. It has always been Peter's willpower that has made him a great hero for me. This book shows this. The finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery, with the regular and variant cover at the end of every issue.
Since Spider-man Non-Stop, Spider-man has gone through a metamorphosis becoming a creature of pure instinct, violence and dominance. Unfortunately, he is also the only hope for humanity. The final battle between him, Zemo and the Immaculatum is now.
A great book with, a good story and so great to see Spider-man not being a wimp or needing to be saved all the time. It has always been Peter's willpower that has made him a great hero for me. This book shows this. The finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery, with the regular and variant cover at the end of every issue.
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October 2, 2026Confusingly the 2nd half / continuation of the seemingly-unrelated "Non-Stop Spider-Man", ensuring bafflement on the used-books aftermarket forever:
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Thoroughly inessential, save for an incredible conversation between Spidey and the Mad Thinker near the end, which suddenly and surprisingly felt like it could've taken place in the pages of Alan Moore's "Miracleman".
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Thoroughly inessential, save for an incredible conversation between Spidey and the Mad Thinker near the end, which suddenly and surprisingly felt like it could've taken place in the pages of Alan Moore's "Miracleman".
April 16, 2023
Eu havia me empolgado muito com a parte anterior deste encadernado, que se chamava "Nada pode parar o Homem-Aranha", com praticamente a mesma equipe criativa, com a adição de Chris Bachalo. Uma narrativa frenética de conspirações e experimentos científicos, que, no fim da história acabavam transformando Peter Parker em uma bestial aranha-humana. Nesse Selvagem Homem-Aranha, temos o que acontece depois que Peter vira essa criatura. Mas é daqueles quadrinhos de se ler mais rápido que o Flash porque são poucos quadros por páginas e a trama é a aranha humana pensando alto e selvagemente sendo caçada pelo Barão Zemo e seus capangas. Assim nem a aventura que essa história em quadrinho poderia prometer acaba sendo atingida, fica algo fraco e superficial, como aquelas histórias em que Wolverine está animalesco e só faz caçar e ser caçado. Para mim, não funcionou mesmo.
May 19, 2023
There's a real panel in this where Zemo has a collar and leash on Spider-Man and makes him call him Alpha 😐
I wish I was making this shit up
I wish I was making this shit up
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 25, 2024
This has to be one of the worst comics that I've ever read, it's simply terrible and I feel like I completely wasted my money on this.
This is coming from the guy who quite enjoyed the first one, it wasn't perfect by any means but it had a lot of fun things happening whereas this has a lot of thing happening as well but it doesn't make sense. It's like there are gaps in the story that happen off screen that are never explained, like Baron Zemo suddenly controlling Man-Spider and sending him out to beat up his enemies before that they were fighting in a jungle against a bunch of savage monsters. Then he joins another group with very different views at the drop of the hat. I think they really needed to refine the story in because it doesn't make sense and there is no way I am reading this again to try and figure out what the hell was going on!
There are gaps in logic, characters will act a certain way then will do a 180. The thing that bothers me the most is if it was different writers, there would be a reason for some many incositancies but it's the same team throughout. So they even go against the character, that they themselves define earlier and then completely ruin it. If there was a valid reason for it, even in the slightest then I'd forgive it but the only one who should act crazy is Spider-Man because he turns into a big ass spider but instead all the normal people are nuts.
The only two issues that feel connected in this is the last 2 issues which follow the same scene, I know it's crazy! There is so much dialogue about nothing, they aren't explaining what happened, their master plan or anything of relevance. It would have been better if they were talking about what to order from a take away at least then I would know something about the people I'm reading about.
Honestly I've given way more thought into this review then they did the whole book. Trust me don't bother, even if you liked the first one this is just garbage. Aside from the art! That is the only good thing and it's consistent but that isn't enough to make me read it again.
This is coming from the guy who quite enjoyed the first one, it wasn't perfect by any means but it had a lot of fun things happening whereas this has a lot of thing happening as well but it doesn't make sense. It's like there are gaps in the story that happen off screen that are never explained, like Baron Zemo suddenly controlling Man-Spider and sending him out to beat up his enemies before that they were fighting in a jungle against a bunch of savage monsters. Then he joins another group with very different views at the drop of the hat. I think they really needed to refine the story in because it doesn't make sense and there is no way I am reading this again to try and figure out what the hell was going on!
There are gaps in logic, characters will act a certain way then will do a 180. The thing that bothers me the most is if it was different writers, there would be a reason for some many incositancies but it's the same team throughout. So they even go against the character, that they themselves define earlier and then completely ruin it. If there was a valid reason for it, even in the slightest then I'd forgive it but the only one who should act crazy is Spider-Man because he turns into a big ass spider but instead all the normal people are nuts.
The only two issues that feel connected in this is the last 2 issues which follow the same scene, I know it's crazy! There is so much dialogue about nothing, they aren't explaining what happened, their master plan or anything of relevance. It would have been better if they were talking about what to order from a take away at least then I would know something about the people I'm reading about.
Honestly I've given way more thought into this review then they did the whole book. Trust me don't bother, even if you liked the first one this is just garbage. Aside from the art! That is the only good thing and it's consistent but that isn't enough to make me read it again.
January 24, 2024
This reads the same way a Puzzle feels to make..
..REALLY annoying until you have juuuust enough completed for the rest of it to make sense.
And I wish that wasn't the case.
The Comic starts off almost instantly in the thick of things. Fists are flying, threats are tossed, and blood is spilt! Just add a little storytelling and we have a winner!
Oh wait.
Marvel doesn't do that, it seems.
Maybe it's because I'm hot off the heels of "Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe", but this comic felt void of any substance for a good 50-60% of it, just like DPxMarvel Universe.
I [also] can't understand the thought process behind the page layout half the time. One minute you're reading standard top-to-bottom, left-to-right, on each page individually, then the next page you're intended to read both pages simultaneously left-to-right. And more often than not, the "visual dictation" or "cues" left for your brain to pickup (so as to understand HOW to read the pages) are invisible or hard as hell to see solely because of how the physical product is manufactured. Of course, this issue is nonexistent for the digital reader, but what about the rest of us that enjoy taking up tons of space exclusively to store colourful pieces of paper? Smdh.
The story telling does pick up in the end, but the writers take way too long to decide to start including the reader on what is actually happening and why. The intent is to make the writing come off as clever, or "intelligent", but instead it comes off as empty, plot-less page filler, which REALLY brings down the stellar job the Artists did bringing the writing to life.
It also doesn't help that some scenarios that are probably (HUGE giving benefit of doubt) intended to be double F "Tuff" end up being inCREDIBLY cringe.
In the end, this does give us a fairly impressive and interesting Variant of Spider-Man. One that is far more grounded in a traditional take on a Spider, but can't help but fall flat on it's face at every corner thanks to lacklustre writing that tries to pick itself up, but never does before the comic comes to an end.
If not for the impressive visuals, I feel this iteration of Spiderman, if it hasn't already, would be easily, and quickly forgotten.
That being said..
Give us more of this Spiderman, with a heavier focus on storytelling, and we may have a heavy-hitter on our hands.
..REALLY annoying until you have juuuust enough completed for the rest of it to make sense.
And I wish that wasn't the case.
The Comic starts off almost instantly in the thick of things. Fists are flying, threats are tossed, and blood is spilt! Just add a little storytelling and we have a winner!
Oh wait.
Marvel doesn't do that, it seems.
Maybe it's because I'm hot off the heels of "Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe", but this comic felt void of any substance for a good 50-60% of it, just like DPxMarvel Universe.
I [also] can't understand the thought process behind the page layout half the time. One minute you're reading standard top-to-bottom, left-to-right, on each page individually, then the next page you're intended to read both pages simultaneously left-to-right. And more often than not, the "visual dictation" or "cues" left for your brain to pickup (so as to understand HOW to read the pages) are invisible or hard as hell to see solely because of how the physical product is manufactured. Of course, this issue is nonexistent for the digital reader, but what about the rest of us that enjoy taking up tons of space exclusively to store colourful pieces of paper? Smdh.
The story telling does pick up in the end, but the writers take way too long to decide to start including the reader on what is actually happening and why. The intent is to make the writing come off as clever, or "intelligent", but instead it comes off as empty, plot-less page filler, which REALLY brings down the stellar job the Artists did bringing the writing to life.
It also doesn't help that some scenarios that are probably (HUGE giving benefit of doubt) intended to be double F "Tuff" end up being inCREDIBLY cringe.
In the end, this does give us a fairly impressive and interesting Variant of Spider-Man. One that is far more grounded in a traditional take on a Spider, but can't help but fall flat on it's face at every corner thanks to lacklustre writing that tries to pick itself up, but never does before the comic comes to an end.
If not for the impressive visuals, I feel this iteration of Spiderman, if it hasn't already, would be easily, and quickly forgotten.
That being said..
Give us more of this Spiderman, with a heavier focus on storytelling, and we may have a heavy-hitter on our hands.
May 14, 2023
Eftersom de här recensionerna är kopplade till bibliotek och inköp så kan det här albumet få en liten bakgrundshistoria:
Vi har fått en massa inköpsförslag på Spider-man serier som inte finna att köpa. Bland annat The Superior Spider-Man. Den här serien är alltså (för oss) lite som att önska sig ett playstation i julklapp och få ett nintendo. Inte säkert sämre men inte riktigt vad man hade tänkt kanske.
Savage Spider-man är alltså en serie som befinner sig i ett händelseförlopp (det är ofta fallet med Marvel)
Som jag förstår det så har den hemliga politiska (superskurkgruppen) The Immaculatum skapat en drog som gör en skitcool (jamen starkare etc.) men efter ett tag blir man korkad.
När vi kommer in i Savage Spider-man (albumet samlar tidningen Savage Spider-man 1-5) har Peter Parker fått en dos och blivit förpassas till en öde ö med Hydras ledare Baron Zemo.
Han är horribelt muterad och karaktären liknar mer wolverine (han får kämpa med sin sin djuriska sida).
Vi får snart veta att Immaculatum planer är att reducera mänskligheten av miljöskäl, kapitalism och rasism så ... intressant upplägg.
Hur fungerar det här som serie undrar ni då kanske?
Till en början så tycker jag att de är riktigt cool faktiskt. Sjukt snyggt tecknad också. Jag är inte den som inte kan uppskatta lite monsteraction och karaktärerna och drivkrafterna är faktiskt intressanta. Det är en serie som jag vill gilla och som jag inte ställer så höga krav på.
Tyvärr så blir det att skumläsa på slutet. Det saknas fokus och ett genomgående hållbart tema för att serien ska bli bra på riktigt. Det är kanske inte heller helt ovanligt för den hör typen av serier men det ska ändå nämnas att vissa delar är skitcoola och det är inte det som ger den ett lågt betyg.
Det är snarare samma känsla som man får av de nya Star Wars filmerna:
Här är det lite coola grejer som en massa olika människor tillslut får knyta ihop på något sätt och slutresultat är inte vad det skulle kunnat ha bli med en mer genomgående regi.
Vi har fått en massa inköpsförslag på Spider-man serier som inte finna att köpa. Bland annat The Superior Spider-Man. Den här serien är alltså (för oss) lite som att önska sig ett playstation i julklapp och få ett nintendo. Inte säkert sämre men inte riktigt vad man hade tänkt kanske.
Savage Spider-man är alltså en serie som befinner sig i ett händelseförlopp (det är ofta fallet med Marvel)
Som jag förstår det så har den hemliga politiska (superskurkgruppen) The Immaculatum skapat en drog som gör en skitcool (jamen starkare etc.) men efter ett tag blir man korkad.
När vi kommer in i Savage Spider-man (albumet samlar tidningen Savage Spider-man 1-5) har Peter Parker fått en dos och blivit förpassas till en öde ö med Hydras ledare Baron Zemo.
Han är horribelt muterad och karaktären liknar mer wolverine (han får kämpa med sin sin djuriska sida).
Vi får snart veta att Immaculatum planer är att reducera mänskligheten av miljöskäl, kapitalism och rasism så ... intressant upplägg.
Hur fungerar det här som serie undrar ni då kanske?
Till en början så tycker jag att de är riktigt cool faktiskt. Sjukt snyggt tecknad också. Jag är inte den som inte kan uppskatta lite monsteraction och karaktärerna och drivkrafterna är faktiskt intressanta. Det är en serie som jag vill gilla och som jag inte ställer så höga krav på.
Tyvärr så blir det att skumläsa på slutet. Det saknas fokus och ett genomgående hållbart tema för att serien ska bli bra på riktigt. Det är kanske inte heller helt ovanligt för den hör typen av serier men det ska ändå nämnas att vissa delar är skitcoola och det är inte det som ger den ett lågt betyg.
Det är snarare samma känsla som man får av de nya Star Wars filmerna:
Här är det lite coola grejer som en massa olika människor tillslut får knyta ihop på något sätt och slutresultat är inte vad det skulle kunnat ha bli med en mer genomgående regi.
December 30, 2022
Meh. The whole "savage" thing wasn't all that fun to read, if I'm being honest. And while the themes about free will (and about how humans can be both hideous and beautiful) was certainly a nice one and a perfect ending, so much of the book was just uncomfortable read. I mean, I'm sure that's the point. If you're not feeling uncomfortable in a book where "pure humans" are a topic, then there's a pretty big problem. So, yes, the discomfort was the point, and while the theme at the end tied it all together in an optimistic way, for some reason this book just didn't click with me. The "savage" thoughts and the "all logic" thoughts worked as interesting foils to create that final theme: That humans are flawed, but that we deserve to be flawed--to make choices for ourselves. We have the right to be good or bad, and it's through our choices that we grow as people and as a species. (Or, conversely, don't grow.) So while I definitely see what the story was doing, there were parts that just felt either too "on the nose," or a little rushed, or just strange and uncomfortable. Part of this could have been because this book came out months after the first volume, and I couldn't quite remember everything--so any emotional build-up was also lessened. That said, I'll give this book a little benefit of the doubt, mostly because I'm a sucker for themes about free will and how humans use it. I was originally going to give the book 2 stars, but I'll up to to 3, with a caveat that I didn't love it and that I'm also not sure I would recommend it, but there were definitely still ideas of substance in there.
December 7, 2025
A cool front cover but a messy comic.
Savage Spider-Man drew me in with the promise of its body horror. The webslinger has taken on arachnid attributes before but never an abdomen. It looked grotesque but with amusing possibilities.
However, the plot is connected to a specific series arc and unfortunately that held no interest for me. As far as I could piece together, the wall-crawler has fallen afoul of The Immaculatum, a conspiracy of super powered racial purists looking to cull the weaker aspects of humanity. Injecting our hero with an intelligence-reducing drug called A-Plus, The Immaculatum drop him in the jungle along with Nazi villain Baron Zemo. Aside from the ethnic cleansing connection, I have no idea why they paired this particular baddie with Spidey.
If the book had stuck with a genuinely savage Spider-Man overpowering enemies in the jungle, it would have been so much better. Many of his rogues' gallery are based on animals you can find in the wild. However, the story keeps returning to the eugenics cabal in their bulky suits of armour implementing a horrifying world domination plan that is too big for this slender volume to cover well. Cue a plot that is entertainingly daft in the first half and desperately try-hard in the second.
While I can't say Sandoval's art style worked for me for the most part, I found more captivating creative choices in it than Kelly's script. Much as I hate to give any book a one star review, this one earned it. Still, if you're intrigued by the idea of a bestial web-head pursuing neo-Nazis, you might get something out of Savage Spider-Man.
Savage Spider-Man drew me in with the promise of its body horror. The webslinger has taken on arachnid attributes before but never an abdomen. It looked grotesque but with amusing possibilities.
However, the plot is connected to a specific series arc and unfortunately that held no interest for me. As far as I could piece together, the wall-crawler has fallen afoul of The Immaculatum, a conspiracy of super powered racial purists looking to cull the weaker aspects of humanity. Injecting our hero with an intelligence-reducing drug called A-Plus, The Immaculatum drop him in the jungle along with Nazi villain Baron Zemo. Aside from the ethnic cleansing connection, I have no idea why they paired this particular baddie with Spidey.
If the book had stuck with a genuinely savage Spider-Man overpowering enemies in the jungle, it would have been so much better. Many of his rogues' gallery are based on animals you can find in the wild. However, the story keeps returning to the eugenics cabal in their bulky suits of armour implementing a horrifying world domination plan that is too big for this slender volume to cover well. Cue a plot that is entertainingly daft in the first half and desperately try-hard in the second.
While I can't say Sandoval's art style worked for me for the most part, I found more captivating creative choices in it than Kelly's script. Much as I hate to give any book a one star review, this one earned it. Still, if you're intrigued by the idea of a bestial web-head pursuing neo-Nazis, you might get something out of Savage Spider-Man.
March 6, 2024
Following on directly from 'Non-Stop Spider-Man: Big Brain Play', this book begins with Spider-Man forcibly evolved into a half-human savage spider-monster and trapped on an isolated island with Baron Zemo. Enslaved by Zemo, they attack their mutual enemies the Immaculatum but Spider-Man evolution is far from over.
This is a book of two halves, both of which are very derivative of Spider-Man stories that have come before. In the first half we get a Spider-Man who is, largely, an unthinking animal of pure rage, something which has been done several times before, not least in the classic 90s animated series.
Then second half sees Peter becoming a super-intelligent Spider-Man of pure logic, which feels like an attempt to capture the feel of the very popular Superior Spider-Man arc. It fails, lacking the pathos and emotional hook of having Doc Ock take over Peter's body and instead coming off as more like Spider-Spock.
There was definite potential in some of what is here but it never get the chance to shine.
Also, it's ludicrous that with 30 minutes left to save the world, Peter stops to design and build a whole new costume for himself (it's suggested that he's repurposed a Hydra suit, but where did it get the webbing design and Spider-goggles?). It's perhaps more ludicrous that the new costume had Rob Liefeld-esque thigh pouches.
Have we learned nothing?
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This is a book of two halves, both of which are very derivative of Spider-Man stories that have come before. In the first half we get a Spider-Man who is, largely, an unthinking animal of pure rage, something which has been done several times before, not least in the classic 90s animated series.
Then second half sees Peter becoming a super-intelligent Spider-Man of pure logic, which feels like an attempt to capture the feel of the very popular Superior Spider-Man arc. It fails, lacking the pathos and emotional hook of having Doc Ock take over Peter's body and instead coming off as more like Spider-Spock.
There was definite potential in some of what is here but it never get the chance to shine.
Also, it's ludicrous that with 30 minutes left to save the world, Peter stops to design and build a whole new costume for himself (it's suggested that he's repurposed a Hydra suit, but where did it get the webbing design and Spider-goggles?). It's perhaps more ludicrous that the new costume had Rob Liefeld-esque thigh pouches.
Have we learned nothing?
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August 29, 2022
If you were able to get through 'Non-Stop Spider-Man', boy do we have a mess for you to get through next...
This is, arguably, worse than that previous series. This doesn't even have COVID to blame for any of it. It's just a bad idea that gets to run its course. 'What if we take out all the long term storytelling and make it primarily action? (but not really remove anything)'
Thanks to weird brain pills (A-Plus), we get a reappearance of something akin to Straczynski's 'Other' Savage Spider-Man. (Three quarter Spider-Man?) It's another reaction to physical trauma that brings out the animal totem characteristics once again. That's probably the only thing going for it, I feel.
Also, thanks to A-Plus (get it? it's a grade enhancer for college kids!) we get the overly brainy but not emotional Cerebral Spider-Man. It's basically a version of Spock in a superhero outfit. The parts of the brain that deal with emotions and feelings have been muted and he's all brainy.
....and Cerebral Spider-Man has Liefield thigh pouches!
Bonus: gratuitous cameo by Dr. Strange because ANY surgeon must be able to deal with brains everywhere (never mind that we're not sure if this Strange actually performing operations any longer
Bonus Bonus: Zemo has to deal with racial purists that AREN'T caucasian. lolz
This is, arguably, worse than that previous series. This doesn't even have COVID to blame for any of it. It's just a bad idea that gets to run its course. 'What if we take out all the long term storytelling and make it primarily action? (but not really remove anything)'
Thanks to weird brain pills (A-Plus), we get a reappearance of something akin to Straczynski's 'Other' Savage Spider-Man. (Three quarter Spider-Man?) It's another reaction to physical trauma that brings out the animal totem characteristics once again. That's probably the only thing going for it, I feel.
Also, thanks to A-Plus (get it? it's a grade enhancer for college kids!) we get the overly brainy but not emotional Cerebral Spider-Man. It's basically a version of Spock in a superhero outfit. The parts of the brain that deal with emotions and feelings have been muted and he's all brainy.
....and Cerebral Spider-Man has Liefield thigh pouches!
Bonus: gratuitous cameo by Dr. Strange because ANY surgeon must be able to deal with brains everywhere (never mind that we're not sure if this Strange actually performing operations any longer
Bonus Bonus: Zemo has to deal with racial purists that AREN'T caucasian. lolz
November 24, 2022
I made a pun about Non-Stop Spider-Man being more like Please-Stop Spider-Man during my review for the first half of this story, and dear god, I wish they had.
Savage Spider-Man is, to put it nicely, a complete and utter mess. Spider-Man's barely even present for most of the story because he gets transformed into a monster, and whatever the hell Baron Zemo's up to makes zero sense. There's some semblence of plot, and it ties up at some point, but it's just all so...blah. It's hard to follow, nonsensical, and devoid of what makes Spider-Man books so good. The fact that Joe Kelly's name is on this is kind of embarrassing for him, if you ask me.
The saving grace is Gerardo Sandoval's artwork, which I always enjoy. He's a very kinetic artist, and while he can go a little hard on the forced perspective every now and then, you can't fault the guy for giving it his all. He draws the Savage Spider-Man character really well, he's drawn monsters before over in Deadpool and Venom so he's no stranger to that.
Aside from the nice art, I'd honestly say just skip this. Even if you read Non-Stop Spider-Man, it's just not worth it in the long run.
Savage Spider-Man is, to put it nicely, a complete and utter mess. Spider-Man's barely even present for most of the story because he gets transformed into a monster, and whatever the hell Baron Zemo's up to makes zero sense. There's some semblence of plot, and it ties up at some point, but it's just all so...blah. It's hard to follow, nonsensical, and devoid of what makes Spider-Man books so good. The fact that Joe Kelly's name is on this is kind of embarrassing for him, if you ask me.
The saving grace is Gerardo Sandoval's artwork, which I always enjoy. He's a very kinetic artist, and while he can go a little hard on the forced perspective every now and then, you can't fault the guy for giving it his all. He draws the Savage Spider-Man character really well, he's drawn monsters before over in Deadpool and Venom so he's no stranger to that.
Aside from the nice art, I'd honestly say just skip this. Even if you read Non-Stop Spider-Man, it's just not worth it in the long run.
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February 12, 2023After Non-Stop Spider-Man - with comic inevitability - stopped, the story continues, with Peter turned into a hideous spider-monster, again. Turns out that, as much as his usual guilty whining and self-sabotage infuriate me, it's really no better to have him furiously emoting "AM ALPHA! AM KING! KING DOMINATES!" as if he's been spending too long in the wrong corners of TikTok. And then what should save the day in the end but that reliable cop-out, the power of love? Superfluous Spider-Man, more like.
May 7, 2024
The comic covers for this series are incredible and imply a story about a Man-Spider terrorising an urban neighbourhood, but unfortunately this is not the case.
Man-Spider is trapped on an island with a bunch of zombies for the first two of five issues, and by the time he does return to the city he has become a character that is so intelligent that the story becomes boring. Characters that can calculate every move an enemy makes and have plans for every scenario are so boring, what an awful direction to go in.
This was a really fun concept that was wasted!
Man-Spider is trapped on an island with a bunch of zombies for the first two of five issues, and by the time he does return to the city he has become a character that is so intelligent that the story becomes boring. Characters that can calculate every move an enemy makes and have plans for every scenario are so boring, what an awful direction to go in.
This was a really fun concept that was wasted!
September 22, 2025
Other than for the art I can’t say anything good about this book. Thankfully it isn’t stretched out and is a quick read. Spider-Man acts really weird in this story, and although he is turned by this so called A-Plus Virus it just feels strange. Also the story is a mess. No explanation how it got to where we are or why really. The villains are also kind of boring and forgettable. The action is hard to follow at times as its not clear in which order the art is meant to be read. Some other stuff like the suit in the end and the ending in general also don’t make sense.
May 7, 2026
Simply put, this was awful. A continuation of another very bad story by Joe Kelly that no one asked for. Here, Spider-Man has turned savage thanks to Baron Zemo and Immaculatum (a laughably bad group of racists). What follows is insanely bad as the book has nearly no Peter Parker, includes a terrible plot, worse dialogue, and then some tedious "science". The book has tons of random moments that make no sense and the story itself was garbage. The art wasn't bad but couldn't do anything for this. Overall, a disaster that Joe Kelly should be ashamed of.
August 19, 2023
Savage spider-man is a really strange ride. At times I am entralled with this half-spider half man thing, he is nasty. Those blood webs, cool. BUT the story is just clunky with Zemo and those Immaculation people, whom I dont care for. It starts off cool but slowly just gets lame. Although the art for Savage is really cool, some of the panels are just overcrowded messes. It is fun but you get tired of the story pretty quick.
March 18, 2023
2.5 Stars.
Spider-Man reacts to a chemical put in his body that brings out his predatory animalistic spider side. Given to him by a group trying to incite a global event, and also involving Baron Zemo, this comic is kind of all over the place. Not an essential read, but alright if you like seeing some chaotic feral action.
Spider-Man reacts to a chemical put in his body that brings out his predatory animalistic spider side. Given to him by a group trying to incite a global event, and also involving Baron Zemo, this comic is kind of all over the place. Not an essential read, but alright if you like seeing some chaotic feral action.
April 8, 2024
Marvel tarihinin en berbat sayıları bir arada! Hangi akla hizmet? 2 puanı da sadece Spider Man olduğu için verdim. 5 sayıdan oluşan bu ne olduğu belli olmayan "şeyde" Spider Man'e aşılanan virüs onun tüm sistemini ele geçiriyor. Baron Zemo bolca dayak yedi? İnanın hiçbir şey net değil. Sürekli anılar olarak gösterilen bir sürü kim olduğunu bile bilmediğim karakter gösterildi.
January 17, 2025
This was....disjointed, bizarre, and kind of dumb. I couldn't figure out what was supposed to be happening for much of this. Why is Spider-Man a man-spider at the beginning of this? Who is everyone else? Why are the Immaculatum a thing? Why are they trying to kill people in Tennessee and everywhere else? It's just dumb.
September 21, 2025
(THIS REVIEW IS ORIGINALLY FROM STORYGRAPH, FROM 13TH MAY 2025.)
The storyline was fun but nothing of substance. The writing felt very janky. A lot of terms that did not sound nice together. Felt like a bad episode of Star Trek. Art was great however.
The storyline was fun but nothing of substance. The writing felt very janky. A lot of terms that did not sound nice together. Felt like a bad episode of Star Trek. Art was great however.
February 11, 2022
Yeah, uh, this wasn’t very good was it? The design is kinda cool I guess?? I don’t know man, weird dialogue, weird action scenes, not a lot going on, just kinda dull.
February 8, 2023
I really wanted to love this series. I didn’t. Nuff said.
June 12, 2023
Savage Spider-Man is kind of cringy to read, and I wish we'd gotten more from Peter.
October 16, 2023
Ugh, pass. This story has essentially been done before by Paul Jenkins in Spectacular Spider-Man and in The Other by JMS, PAD, and Hudlin. It read quickly but felt like a lazy rehash.
August 28, 2025
simply awful
July 28, 2026
Did not care for this. Presented as its own miniseries but feels like I’m missing so much context. Art was good, but the pictures are jumbled, and the dialogue is monotonous and repetitive.
July 6, 2023
While I enjoyed Non-Stop Spider-Man well enough the second and final book I. This run did very little for me.
The first three issues are spent with the 'savage Spider-Man' whose inner monologues mostly consist of "KILL HURT" for around 60 pages which gets very annoying quite fast. As such Zemo is basically the protagonist for half the book as he is part of the Nazi faction not trying to take over the world and kill off most of it, rather than the Nazi faction which is, which I suppose makes him the closest thing to a hero the book has. This just does not work, while a fun and camp villain, I can't get behind Zemo on any level and wondered why he and this monster Spidey were the only characters we were following during these issues.
The last two issues do fare better, Spider-Man mutates again into a hyper evolved super logical Spider guy. Reading him taking out all the villains so easily with an admittedly well thought out plan was fun and I liked how afterwards Peter was given a choice to rework all of humanities DNA to his own wants rather than the Nazi factions plan. Ultimately Peters love wins out and he decides people need to be free to think and feel how they do, even if forcing them all to get along would make the Earth a more prosperous place. This felt very in character for Peter and I did like it.
So with three issues I'd call outright bad and two I'd call pretty decent this isn't a Spidey book I'll be recommending to anyone anytime soon.
The first three issues are spent with the 'savage Spider-Man' whose inner monologues mostly consist of "KILL HURT" for around 60 pages which gets very annoying quite fast. As such Zemo is basically the protagonist for half the book as he is part of the Nazi faction not trying to take over the world and kill off most of it, rather than the Nazi faction which is, which I suppose makes him the closest thing to a hero the book has. This just does not work, while a fun and camp villain, I can't get behind Zemo on any level and wondered why he and this monster Spidey were the only characters we were following during these issues.
The last two issues do fare better, Spider-Man mutates again into a hyper evolved super logical Spider guy. Reading him taking out all the villains so easily with an admittedly well thought out plan was fun and I liked how afterwards Peter was given a choice to rework all of humanities DNA to his own wants rather than the Nazi factions plan. Ultimately Peters love wins out and he decides people need to be free to think and feel how they do, even if forcing them all to get along would make the Earth a more prosperous place. This felt very in character for Peter and I did like it.
So with three issues I'd call outright bad and two I'd call pretty decent this isn't a Spidey book I'll be recommending to anyone anytime soon.
November 27, 2023
The direct follow-up to Non-Stop Spider-Man where Peter Parker ends up being turned into a giant spider-thing. This one was plain bonkers. Full of action where it's not really clear what's going on, or why. The story has lost all the coherence and direction that the previous one had. There was some underlying message about racial purity, but the characters flip-flipped on that many times. In then end, it was pretty to look at.
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