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Spider-Verse #1.5
Spider-Verse: Warzones!
Spinning out of the blockbuster Spider-Verse event, a team of Spiders finds themselves face-to-face with Battleworld! Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man: India, Spider-Girl, Spider-UK and Spider-Ham are outmatched in a world where none of them belong — and face-to-face with Mayor Norman Osborn! This can't end well. Now, as Gwen Stacy explores her past and Spider-Man Noir goes on the run, the multiversal Spiders race against time — and Osborn — to discover exactly what force brought them all together! Could a possible key to victory be found in the porky paws of Spider-Ham? A new team of Web Warriors is formed as Battleworld gives up its secrets!
Collects Spider-Verse (2015) 1-5
Collects Spider-Verse (2015) 1-5
120 pages, Paperback
First published December 2, 2015
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April 2, 2021
One of the few Secret Wars crossovers that's readable. Most of the alternate Spider-Men have shown up in one of Doom's worlds with no memory of their previous lives. That's pretty much the plot. The artist has potential. I can see the Arthur Adams and Nick Bradshaw influences, but in this book he needs to work on his facial features. Heads are too narrow and the characters have these weird button noses.
December 17, 2016
I'm a spider-man, you re a Spider-Man, everyone's a Spider-Man! maybe my lack of reading the spider-verse saga negatively affected my outlook on this title but with the exception of the highlight of spider ham this book seemed like a hot mess to me.
March 26, 2016
This book has large doses of Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham in it! If that's not enough to get you to read it, there's no hope for you and you have failed as a human being...
Seriously, though, this book is not only one of the better Secret Wars tie-ins, it's also an epilogue of sorts to the awesome Spider-Verse story that ran in the Spidey books last year. It's also a lot of fun and has nice artwork.
ALSO SPIDER-HAM!
Spider-Ham, Spider-Ham, disturbing cannibal Spider-Ham...
(Also, for the last $€<#@&<¥ time, it's Spider-HAM, not Spider-PIG! Spider-Pig was just the best joke from the Simpsons movie, fer the luvva...)
Seriously, though, this book is not only one of the better Secret Wars tie-ins, it's also an epilogue of sorts to the awesome Spider-Verse story that ran in the Spidey books last year. It's also a lot of fun and has nice artwork.
ALSO SPIDER-HAM!
Spider-Ham, Spider-Ham, disturbing cannibal Spider-Ham...
(Also, for the last $€<#@&<¥ time, it's Spider-HAM, not Spider-PIG! Spider-Pig was just the best joke from the Simpsons movie, fer the luvva...)
March 5, 2018
A pretty sweet and fun Spider-Verse sequel/coda set in the Battleworld during the Secret Wars. Spider-Gwen, Billy Braddock, Anya Corazon, Pavitr Prabhakar, Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Ham team up to take down Norman Osborn. It was great to see this mini-reuinion of awesome characters, and I was especially happy to see Spider-Ham getting a bit more attention than he did in the original event. Recommended to every Spider-Verse fan.
January 17, 2016
I liked the real Spider-Verse event better than this. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments. There's some interesting ambiguity in the middle about this iteration of well known characters and their motivations, and it would have made for quite an interesting story if it had been followed up on. But it washed it in a very expected way, something that wouldn't have been disappointing for me if I hadn't been teased with something different. And I wasn't really a fan of the art, either. It wasn't horrible, by any means, but it wasn't very good, either. It was good to see Spider-Gwen again, though.
July 17, 2016
Mike Costa, I could kiss you. (If I could find you. And if I ignored the restraining order.)
This book feels (a) like a natural epilogue to Spider-Verse, (b) like a whole lotta naturalistic fun and (c) like Mike knows how to write the voices of most of these Spiders.
This is the Spider-Gwen that has half of comicdom all squealing. She's brash, impulsive, self-deprecating and yet doesn't doubt her strengths one bit.
and here:
And Spider-Ham? Ridiculous as always.
The book is fun, twisty-turny and funny in a non-forced way. How is that possible, and where can I get more of this please?
And for the art, while I'm not a fan of the Lemire-isms that have spidery lines and irregular shapes, Arujo seems to express the characters' emotions awfully well through his pencils, so forget I had any worries - he's a great complement to this.
This book feels (a) like a natural epilogue to Spider-Verse, (b) like a whole lotta naturalistic fun and (c) like Mike knows how to write the voices of most of these Spiders.
This is the Spider-Gwen that has half of comicdom all squealing. She's brash, impulsive, self-deprecating and yet doesn't doubt her strengths one bit.
and here:
And Spider-Ham? Ridiculous as always.
The book is fun, twisty-turny and funny in a non-forced way. How is that possible, and where can I get more of this please?
And for the art, while I'm not a fan of the Lemire-isms that have spidery lines and irregular shapes, Arujo seems to express the characters' emotions awfully well through his pencils, so forget I had any worries - he's a great complement to this.
February 26, 2017
This comic was very weird. I like it because Spider Gwen is in it and I will for sure read more about her! But otherwise just weird...
September 19, 2015
Great Series. Bunch of Spider-Men and Spider-Women. We get a solid Gwen (not like her solo title which sucks in my opinion). Spider-UK, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham (hah) and a bunch of others..
They're not a team in the beginning but they will be (duh) and they'll kick some serious ass, also some sinister ass.
Artwork's awesome. I really liked it. It's such a unique style. Araujo's work is really speaking for itself. And in my honest opinion is just really REALLY great. Like, you should just get the volume just for the unique and out of the ordinary artwork.
Overall it's really good if you like Spidey comics and alternate universes and what-not. Not much of a tie-in to the whole Secret Wars event, besides the obvious end-of-the-world that's happening which is explained like before the comic starts, so, nothing that makes you have to read anything else.
Great stuff!
Also, Spider-Ham is in it. So... yeah. You owe it to yourself to read about a Pig that has the powers of a spider--- and eats hotdogs. YEAP.
They're not a team in the beginning but they will be (duh) and they'll kick some serious ass, also some sinister ass.
Artwork's awesome. I really liked it. It's such a unique style. Araujo's work is really speaking for itself. And in my honest opinion is just really REALLY great. Like, you should just get the volume just for the unique and out of the ordinary artwork.
Overall it's really good if you like Spidey comics and alternate universes and what-not. Not much of a tie-in to the whole Secret Wars event, besides the obvious end-of-the-world that's happening which is explained like before the comic starts, so, nothing that makes you have to read anything else.
Great stuff!
Also, Spider-Ham is in it. So... yeah. You owe it to yourself to read about a Pig that has the powers of a spider--- and eats hotdogs. YEAP.
October 14, 2015
Didn't really like the art in this. I suppose the proportions of the female Spiders are more realistic, but I felt like everyone (male and female) in this book was more blobby than usual. The writing was OK... Kind of awkward trying to bring these Spider characters together again when none of them know each other.
July 10, 2016
Not very interesting. Just didn't care for it.
August 10, 2016
This is weird and fun. I was surprised that this worked despite being so intentionally outlandish.
February 1, 2023
So this is one of many spin off books attached to the 2015 Secret Wars event.
In this alternate reality Dr Doom is god and is made reference to throughout this book.
This one sees Spider-Gwen, Spider-UK, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar) and Aña Corazón (Spider-Woman) team up to take down who else but Norman Osborn.
The Spiders have an almost amnesia as they have no recollection of meeting each other prior to this, seemingly some effect of the things happening in the duration of the main Secret Wars event. It doesn’t affect the story enjoyment at all.
This book is not only one of the better Secret Wars tie ins but this feels a natural epilogue to the O.G Spider-Verse title.
A whole lotta naturalistic fun and Mike Costa knows how to write the voices of most of these Spiders.
The book is entertaining, twisty-turny and funny in a non-forced way. How is that possible, and where can I get more of this please?
And for the art, while I'm not a fan of the Lemire-isms that have spidery lines and irregular shapes, André Arujo seems to express the characters' emotions awfully well through his pencils, so forget I had any worries - he's a great complement to this.
ALSO SPIDER-HAM!
Spider-Ham, Spider-Ham, disturbing cannibal Spider-Ham...
In this alternate reality Dr Doom is god and is made reference to throughout this book.
This one sees Spider-Gwen, Spider-UK, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar) and Aña Corazón (Spider-Woman) team up to take down who else but Norman Osborn.
The Spiders have an almost amnesia as they have no recollection of meeting each other prior to this, seemingly some effect of the things happening in the duration of the main Secret Wars event. It doesn’t affect the story enjoyment at all.
This book is not only one of the better Secret Wars tie ins but this feels a natural epilogue to the O.G Spider-Verse title.
A whole lotta naturalistic fun and Mike Costa knows how to write the voices of most of these Spiders.
The book is entertaining, twisty-turny and funny in a non-forced way. How is that possible, and where can I get more of this please?
And for the art, while I'm not a fan of the Lemire-isms that have spidery lines and irregular shapes, André Arujo seems to express the characters' emotions awfully well through his pencils, so forget I had any worries - he's a great complement to this.
ALSO SPIDER-HAM!
Spider-Ham, Spider-Ham, disturbing cannibal Spider-Ham...
December 26, 2022
This isn't the Spider-Verse event but the Secret Wars miniseries by the same name which serves as a prelude to the ongoing Web Warriors series. It's about Spider-Gwen, Spider-Girl, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-UK, Spider-Man India, and Spider-Ham teaming up to fight Norman Osborn. It's not good.
August 30, 2021
I picked this up at Dollarama for $4 and had no context for secret wars or why Dr. Doom was the "God" of this universe, but I found it an enjoyable contained story nonetheless.
I especially enjoyed seeing the spiderverse characters that I knew from the animated film and the sinister six is always a fun time. Of the spider people I hadn't seen before I found the Indian spider-man the most interesting.
I especially enjoyed seeing the spiderverse characters that I knew from the animated film and the sinister six is always a fun time. Of the spider people I hadn't seen before I found the Indian spider-man the most interesting.
October 18, 2021
Kiedy do akcji wkracza Spider-Pork... Spider-Ham, jedzący w dodatku wieprzowinę i tłumaczący to w miarę logiczny sposób, to wiedzcie, że będzie dziwnie. I jest, ale całość przykuwa uwagę do końca, choć opowieść Costy nie jest do końca idealna. Jest brzydka... A już możliwość zobaczenia wspomnianego bohatera bez kostiumu sprawia, że pewnych rzeczy nie da się od-zobaczyć...
Całość koncentruje się na kilku postaciach, które prezentują formy Pajączków z kilku różnych uniwersów, ale i tak prym wiedzie Gwen. Reszta jest fajna, ale musi ustąpić przed jej charyzmą. No i jest Norman Osborn, który posiada własny Sinister Six, który wygląda przekomicznie w tej kresce. Fabuła jest ogólnie głupiutka jak but od lewej nogi. Całość jest mocno pretekstowa i leci od gagu do gagu, z różnym skutkiem. Najpierw znaleźć więcej Pajączków, potem złączyć się pod egidą Normana (choć nieufnie), następnie się z nim bić.
I być może ocena była by wyższa, gdyby żarty jakie nam zaserwowano były bardziej udane. Świnka z kilkoma udziwnionymi tekstami nie stanowi dla mnie gwarancji udanej rozgrywki, zwłaszcza że jest tu moment, kiedy poczułem się dziwnie nieswojo. Nad ilustracjami pieczę sprawował André Lima Araújo. Efekt jego pracy nie trafia w moje gusta, żeby nie rzec w prost, że razi mnie ta brzydota, ale... Szczegóły, bo tych zaskakująco dużo mają stronicę, akurat mogę zaliczyć na plus.
Ten Spider-verse znajduje się niestety w tej gorszej części tie-inów do Tajnych Wojen. Raczej dla fanów Pajęczaków. I to tych bardzo ortodoksyjnych...
Całość koncentruje się na kilku postaciach, które prezentują formy Pajączków z kilku różnych uniwersów, ale i tak prym wiedzie Gwen. Reszta jest fajna, ale musi ustąpić przed jej charyzmą. No i jest Norman Osborn, który posiada własny Sinister Six, który wygląda przekomicznie w tej kresce. Fabuła jest ogólnie głupiutka jak but od lewej nogi. Całość jest mocno pretekstowa i leci od gagu do gagu, z różnym skutkiem. Najpierw znaleźć więcej Pajączków, potem złączyć się pod egidą Normana (choć nieufnie), następnie się z nim bić.
I być może ocena była by wyższa, gdyby żarty jakie nam zaserwowano były bardziej udane. Świnka z kilkoma udziwnionymi tekstami nie stanowi dla mnie gwarancji udanej rozgrywki, zwłaszcza że jest tu moment, kiedy poczułem się dziwnie nieswojo. Nad ilustracjami pieczę sprawował André Lima Araújo. Efekt jego pracy nie trafia w moje gusta, żeby nie rzec w prost, że razi mnie ta brzydota, ale... Szczegóły, bo tych zaskakująco dużo mają stronicę, akurat mogę zaliczyć na plus.
Ten Spider-verse znajduje się niestety w tej gorszej części tie-inów do Tajnych Wojen. Raczej dla fanów Pajęczaków. I to tych bardzo ortodoksyjnych...
October 1, 2021
2.5 STARS - I never thought to read this Warzones! book but after I found out it was basically a Proto-Web Warriors I was in... it's not a good as WW but it is a good Warriors fix after having reached the end of that, vey excellent, series.
Norman Osborn, Duke of this Realm (if you don't know what that means then take a look at Secret Wars), is up to something and only the Spider-Six can stop him, that is: Spider-Girl, Spider-Woman, Spider-UK, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man and The Spider-Man.
Meanwhile... as Peter Parker, the spectacular Spider-Man, is long dead these multiversal arachnid must defend themselves and their new home from the Sinister-Six while trying to understand what is going on without any memories of what happened before they found themselves in this realm.
RECOMMENDED: For fans of the Spider-Verse in general and the Web Warriors specifically, as well as any comic fans who love a light fun story with charming characters.
Norman Osborn, Duke of this Realm (if you don't know what that means then take a look at Secret Wars), is up to something and only the Spider-Six can stop him, that is: Spider-Girl, Spider-Woman, Spider-UK, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man and The Spider-Man.
Meanwhile... as Peter Parker, the spectacular Spider-Man, is long dead these multiversal arachnid must defend themselves and their new home from the Sinister-Six while trying to understand what is going on without any memories of what happened before they found themselves in this realm.
RECOMMENDED: For fans of the Spider-Verse in general and the Web Warriors specifically, as well as any comic fans who love a light fun story with charming characters.
July 16, 2020
I have yet to read the actual Spider-Verse series, as it was written during the Slott era, and I tapped out of that fairly early. But I've seen the Spider-Verse movie, and this is in the same vein. It's fun, a little silly, and it features a whole slew of alternate universe spider-people. There are a bunch of familiar super-villains who could possibly not be villains, and the plot feels like an organic Marvel spider-story.
It's also nice to read a Secret Wars book that isn't just varying shades of brown and orange.
If you like Spider-Ham, Spider-Gwen, or team-up books where a new team forms, I think this is a solid read. It doesn't break any new ground but it has fun, and includes a lot of references to continuity if you're a nostalgic spider-fan.
It's also nice to read a Secret Wars book that isn't just varying shades of brown and orange.
If you like Spider-Ham, Spider-Gwen, or team-up books where a new team forms, I think this is a solid read. It doesn't break any new ground but it has fun, and includes a lot of references to continuity if you're a nostalgic spider-fan.
January 29, 2025
This was one of my most expected comics from secret wars. This was one of the most interesting, funny and intriguing comics I’ve read so far from secret wars. The story was compelling and overall well-written. I loved the dynamic between the spider-people and the plot of Peter’s disappearance and losing his powers. I love Spider-Gwen and the way she (sorta) lead the team through the events. I was not a huge fan of the art style but it wasn’t bad at all. Loved seeing this reunion with such loved characters. The writing was easy going and had a good flow, nothing felt forced and nothing felt added just for the sake of it. Great and enjoyable read.
March 20, 2017
At first I was super excited about this book because I thought that it followed The Amazing Spider-Man #3 spiderverse, but it was hard to tell. Spider UK and Spider Girl were together but it was like no one knew anyone else. I am wondering if this is because of what happened at the end of #3 with Doc destroying the great web that it put people back in the wrong place and scrambled their memory. This story, however did not make any sense and did not wrap up ant the end of the book. It was like it was unfinished.
May 29, 2017
I really loved this book. I thought it had just enough of the peter parker spider-man we know and really highlighted the awesome new characters like Spider-Ham and Spider-Gwen, though other characters didn't get that much time in the spotlight and were really similar to peter parker spider-man. I did love this though because the mystery and Spider-Ham's story in it (he should get his own comic.) Overall Spider-Verse is a great comic shows the best of the Spider-Man Universe. 9/10
January 1, 2021
Rescatando un concepto reciente en el universo Marvel, como lo fue Spider-Verse, nos encontramos en el dominio de Arachnia, donde de pronto un grupo de chicos araña aparece y deben verse enfrentados a un Norman Osborn quien es el barón del dominio, con un par de plots que harán dudar realmente que tan malo es el eterno enemigo de Spider-man
Con momentos notables, mayormente entregados por el gran personaje que es Spider-Ham
Con momentos notables, mayormente entregados por el gran personaje que es Spider-Ham
July 27, 2022
Ok, I'm a few years out of date now so coming back in at this point (picking back up my extensive TBR comics pile) was a little bewildering and required some Wikipedia reviews to put it all back into context). Even with that it was a little unclear what the whole Warzones thing was about but the gang meeting and working out their team was generally fun. It all just felt a little inconsequential. And Spider-Ham really needs to keep his mask on.
June 11, 2018
This is a fun Battleworld event. It uses a few Spider-people that were in the Spider-verse event and it’s lots of fun. It uses the Spider world creatively.
Though it doesn’t go anywhere and the characters are just there and don’t entirely have a journey to go through.
Spider-ham was fun though.
3 stars.
Though it doesn’t go anywhere and the characters are just there and don’t entirely have a journey to go through.
Spider-ham was fun though.
3 stars.
December 27, 2021
It is always cool seeing multiple Spider-men working together as we see their individual skills come to use. It was always kind of a cool mystery as we see them being a world that they do not belong in as they try to uncover the mystery behind what happened to the Spider-man of that place and how Osborn fits in to it.
August 24, 2017
This should be terrible but actually it's pretty amusing. I don't even know the back stories for most of the characters, and it's still funny. This may be influenced by Squirrel-Girl--I certainly can't take a lot of the villains seriously anymore.
February 13, 2021
Great characters plus terrible artwork plus an incredibly stupid plot equals one of the worst Spider-Man stories I've ever read. This is bad on so many levels. The Warzones! books have been hit or miss and this was an enormous miss. Literally there are no redeeming qualities.
September 10, 2021
This was pleasant for a bargain-bin find at my local Dollarama.
Despite the fact that it kinda seemed rushed to fulfil some inhuman corporate deadline, I enjoyed this collaboration of characters. Spider-Ham was my favourite (although Spiderman Noir was cool as well).
Despite the fact that it kinda seemed rushed to fulfil some inhuman corporate deadline, I enjoyed this collaboration of characters. Spider-Ham was my favourite (although Spiderman Noir was cool as well).
October 16, 2024
Me gustó que le dieran tanta relevancia a spider-ham, pero su diseño me incomoda un poco comparado a los de su cómic original o los más actuales. sobre todo es una buena introducción a lo que sería el spider-verse como gran evento para su corta duración de 6 números
July 27, 2017
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