Deadly Foes of Spider-Man

Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #1-4

by Danny Fingeroth, Kerry Gammill (Illustrator), Al Milgrom (Illustrator)

Graphic Novel

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Spider Man

112 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Daniel Fingeroth (/ˈfɪŋɡərɔːθ/) is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for a long stint as group editor of the Spider-Man books at Marvel Comics.

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 1 out of 5]

As daddy to two small children, I have a serious prob-O-matic with this graphic novel turd. If I can wax RANTosophic for a moment, I think crapness like this is a symptom of what has gone wrong with our society. Let me explain, but first a clarification.

I have heard "other" parents criticize comics for being inappropriate because they contain graphic violence, sex or other adult orientated content (e.g. the Preacher series by Garth Ennis or Sandman by Neil Gaiman). When I hear this kind of babble, I pause and silently count to ten so I don't go postal and commit a felony on these idiots. I then take a deep breath and a Valium (washed down with a kiss from my good friend Jackie Daniels) and calmly say:

1. Preacher, Sandman and other similar comics are not MEANT for kids so DUH!!;

2. Hey RumpleDUMBskin, sack up, grow a pair and parent so you can monitor what your kids are reading rather than trying to bitch up what I do with my leisure time; and

3. Uh...Dude or Dudette, have you even read these books? They are SUPERBAFUCKINGTASTIC and exemplify the quality that all art should aspire to....you ASSHAT.

Those books are not the problem. They are art. Original, intelligent SENSATIONAL art!! The problem is disgusting boogies like "Deadly Foes of Spider-man." Why? Because books like this are aimed directly at our young, impressionable kids and yet send a horrible message. What message? How about that poorly thought out, half-assed attempts are fine. How about that working hard to produce quality is not important. How about that taking a dump between two illustrated pages and slapping the Marvel logo on it is sufficient to get your product bought. How about that every time Spidey opens his mouth he sounds like a SPAZ.

This comic reeks of suckness. This is the WORST Spider-man fail since:


And apparently I am not alone. Based on the other ratings and my impromptu poll, the feeling is pretty darn universal...


Oh and another thing (don't worry I'm almost done). Releasing a book like this not only hurts our kids by teaching them that its okay to SUCK HARD, but I can also damage their self-image. Here is a major American company looking our kids straight in the eye (after leaning over their large mound of money from the sale of this tripe) and telling them that are too stupid and too lame to know when they are being handed a piece of candy and asked to step into a van. NOT ON MY WATCH, MARVEL.

Your actions here were shameful, pathetic and and complete and utter failure.


You must do better, if not for me...then at least for my kids!!!

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed it.Seeing Spidermans foes banding together and take on the web crawler was a lot of fun.Not for Spidey of course.Kingpin plays a role in this first issue always a good thing.

[luciddreamer99 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Passable enough art, and the story was okay at first, but by the third installment, the story was just a big convoluted mess. The conclusion didn't help in that respect, and tying everything together didn't make the story any less confusing. Focusing on the villains is a pleasant twist, but the comic is not any better than other Spider-Man comics of the time. Presently seems skippable, unless these plots tie-in to some of the monthly titles.