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Spider-Girl (1998) (Collected Editions)
Spider-Girl, Vol. 5: Endgame
The daughter of Spider-Man vs. the son of Wolverine! And that's only one of the fights Spider-Girl faces when her deadliest enemies join forces as the Savage Six (or is it Seven?)! But even with the help of rival/critic heroes like Darkdevil and the Buzz, can she deal with the sudden loss of her super-powers? Featuring A-Next, the Fantastic Five and more! Collects Spider-Girl #22-27
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Tom DeFalco
2,483 books109 followersTom DeFalco is an American comics writer and editor, well-known for his association with Marvel Comics and Spider-Man.
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April 27, 2016
5/5 Stars
This bind-up collects issues #22-27 of Spider-Girl. Throughout these issues we see Mayday, May, Parker – daughter of Spider-Man – take on Wolverine’s son. That, however, is just a small battle compared to the plan that Funny Face has in store for our young Spider-Girl. He puts together the Savage Six in order to take down Spider-Girl once and for all. That’s still not all, though. Normie, the great-grandson of the original Green Goblin, is back. Him and May face off near the end of the book. There’s even more going on with May facing the struggles that come with growing up as well as, oh no!, loosing her spider powers. Will she win her battles? Or is she done for good?
Another spectacular Spider-Girl novel. I love everything about this series. It’s quick reading. It’s fun. It’s uber feminist. It’s tension ridden. It’s diverse. This series has got it all.
The characters in this series continue to grow on me the more I read. It’s so easy for series to start deteriorating after so many volumes, but I believe Spider-Girl has stayed blessedly the same throughout what I’ve read so far.
Since these comics are more for young adults, I find that the endings are always mildly predictable and the fights and baddies are always tame, but that makes these comics a nice, light read. May is a wonderful role model for young girls and an enjoyable character for adults. Also, Raptor is my favorite baddie, and I’m so excited every time I see her make an appearance.
From my synopsis, you can probably gather that these issues pack a lot of punch. There is a lot going on here to keep the reader interested and turning pages. May is facing many problems and many villains. There’s a nice balance of personal adolescent problems and action hero antics. I always like the balance and the emphasis that May is a normal high schooler that faces all these extra struggles because she’s also chosen to spend her spare time fighting crime – like her father used to.
What else can I say about this book? There was plenty of tension that had me wanting to find out what was going to happen next. DeFalco definitely knows how to weave a storyline. He also does a marvelous job of smashing the patriarchy.
There’s just so much to love. GGAAAHHHHH
The final thing I’ll say is that I really like the art. Olliffe has some wonderful skill in bringing DeFalco’s story to life. I also really love the color work on this series. It’s very pleasing to the eye and aesthetically pleasing to the story.
I’m sure you’re all used to me saying all this already, though. I’ve reviewed so many of these books already. However, I won’t be reviewing any for a little while merely because I haven’t read any in awhile.
I did end up getting my hands on Vol. 1, Vol. 6, and Vol. 7, so I will get around to them sometime in the near(ish) future. I know it’s hard to get your hands on these books because they’re out of print, but if you can, DO SO IMMEDIATELY. They are absolutely worth the read, especially for Comic Book and Superhero Lovers.
Review originally published on my Wordpress blog Dreaming Through Literature.
This bind-up collects issues #22-27 of Spider-Girl. Throughout these issues we see Mayday, May, Parker – daughter of Spider-Man – take on Wolverine’s son. That, however, is just a small battle compared to the plan that Funny Face has in store for our young Spider-Girl. He puts together the Savage Six in order to take down Spider-Girl once and for all. That’s still not all, though. Normie, the great-grandson of the original Green Goblin, is back. Him and May face off near the end of the book. There’s even more going on with May facing the struggles that come with growing up as well as, oh no!, loosing her spider powers. Will she win her battles? Or is she done for good?
Another spectacular Spider-Girl novel. I love everything about this series. It’s quick reading. It’s fun. It’s uber feminist. It’s tension ridden. It’s diverse. This series has got it all.
The characters in this series continue to grow on me the more I read. It’s so easy for series to start deteriorating after so many volumes, but I believe Spider-Girl has stayed blessedly the same throughout what I’ve read so far.
Since these comics are more for young adults, I find that the endings are always mildly predictable and the fights and baddies are always tame, but that makes these comics a nice, light read. May is a wonderful role model for young girls and an enjoyable character for adults. Also, Raptor is my favorite baddie, and I’m so excited every time I see her make an appearance.
From my synopsis, you can probably gather that these issues pack a lot of punch. There is a lot going on here to keep the reader interested and turning pages. May is facing many problems and many villains. There’s a nice balance of personal adolescent problems and action hero antics. I always like the balance and the emphasis that May is a normal high schooler that faces all these extra struggles because she’s also chosen to spend her spare time fighting crime – like her father used to.
What else can I say about this book? There was plenty of tension that had me wanting to find out what was going to happen next. DeFalco definitely knows how to weave a storyline. He also does a marvelous job of smashing the patriarchy.
There’s just so much to love. GGAAAHHHHH
The final thing I’ll say is that I really like the art. Olliffe has some wonderful skill in bringing DeFalco’s story to life. I also really love the color work on this series. It’s very pleasing to the eye and aesthetically pleasing to the story.
I’m sure you’re all used to me saying all this already, though. I’ve reviewed so many of these books already. However, I won’t be reviewing any for a little while merely because I haven’t read any in awhile.
I did end up getting my hands on Vol. 1, Vol. 6, and Vol. 7, so I will get around to them sometime in the near(ish) future. I know it’s hard to get your hands on these books because they’re out of print, but if you can, DO SO IMMEDIATELY. They are absolutely worth the read, especially for Comic Book and Superhero Lovers.
Review originally published on my Wordpress blog Dreaming Through Literature.
September 5, 2024
Interesting book with some good issues. Nice ending featuring the Green Goblin too. Liked the interactions between the characters and the writing was good. Overall it was Much better than I thought it would be!
April 1, 2019
The soapy teenage romance stuff is much more interesting than the superhero stuff. I'm such a girl.
July 30, 2020
3.5 stars
January 31, 2013
This volume collects Issues 22-27 of Spider-girl. A lot happens in the course of these six issues.
There are changes to Spider-girl herself as she gets a new hairdo that's more feminine than in previous issues. The writers explore a lot of her growing up as well as the lives of her classmates without getting too soap operatic about it.
The book starts off with some standard superhero fare with a battle against Funny Face in Issue 23. In Issue 23, there's a girl whose cleaning up the court for a rival school to May's. For whatever reason, the girl sets off May's Spider-senses.
In issue 24, we see a true throwback with Iron Fist making a guest appearance as a criminal has been committing a lot of martial arts related crimes. This may have been a weaker story because I'm really not sure on the villain's motivation.
Finally, the most risky story in the book occurs with Issue #25 when two of May's friends are kidnapped by six criminals who team up to challenge her one by one. That sounded familiar to me because I'd just read Amazing Spider-man Annual #1 in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2. Taking on a classic story like that with the new Savage 6 was risky and for half the story it didn't wear well. However, they managed to work in a few twists that made up for it mostly.
However, Spider-girl loses her powers (another familiar theme) and she struggles with it, even while it helps in some areas. Without her spider powers, she no longer feels like she has to hold back on the Basketball court. But she still longs for that superhero life.
That sets up the final story in which the Green Goblin (Normie Osborne) kidnaps her to kill her, determined to end the "Spider-goblin" war. It's gripping human drama.
Overall, this book rises above typical expectations of comic book stories and shallow teenage fluff to a strong level of human drama making this a great and worthy read.
There are changes to Spider-girl herself as she gets a new hairdo that's more feminine than in previous issues. The writers explore a lot of her growing up as well as the lives of her classmates without getting too soap operatic about it.
The book starts off with some standard superhero fare with a battle against Funny Face in Issue 23. In Issue 23, there's a girl whose cleaning up the court for a rival school to May's. For whatever reason, the girl sets off May's Spider-senses.
In issue 24, we see a true throwback with Iron Fist making a guest appearance as a criminal has been committing a lot of martial arts related crimes. This may have been a weaker story because I'm really not sure on the villain's motivation.
Finally, the most risky story in the book occurs with Issue #25 when two of May's friends are kidnapped by six criminals who team up to challenge her one by one. That sounded familiar to me because I'd just read Amazing Spider-man Annual #1 in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2. Taking on a classic story like that with the new Savage 6 was risky and for half the story it didn't wear well. However, they managed to work in a few twists that made up for it mostly.
However, Spider-girl loses her powers (another familiar theme) and she struggles with it, even while it helps in some areas. Without her spider powers, she no longer feels like she has to hold back on the Basketball court. But she still longs for that superhero life.
That sets up the final story in which the Green Goblin (Normie Osborne) kidnaps her to kill her, determined to end the "Spider-goblin" war. It's gripping human drama.
Overall, this book rises above typical expectations of comic book stories and shallow teenage fluff to a strong level of human drama making this a great and worthy read.
August 21, 2015
I thought this was all pretty good. It was the worst one yet (as is likely for most volume 5's) but still pretty good.
I think the main problem for this volume is that some of the conclusions felt unearned or rushed.
I think the main problem for this volume is that some of the conclusions felt unearned or rushed.
July 21, 2011
This series is starting to get more grown up. There are multiple story threads, including the new green goblin. Still a good, light read.
January 8, 2023
The dialogue is so dated you’ll slap your forehead, but the ideas are there and, when they manage to come through, are full of heart.
April 8, 2017
Fun as May has to deal with the usual array of villains, her worried parents, her love life and then the loss of her super-powers. High points are the confused Savage Six ("Why would I get revenge on Spider-Girl? Speedball beat me up a lot more.") and Normie Osborne's anguished return to his family's heritage in the final story.
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