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Spider-Island (2015) #1-5+
Spider-Island: Warzones!
Collects Spider-Island (2015) #1-5.
In the Battleworld zone known as Spider-Island, Peter Parker has lost — and the Spider Queen has turned Manhattan into an island of arachnid madness! With Spider-Man defeated and captive, does Flash Thompson — A.K.A. Venom — stand a chance? Venom and his squad of monstrous heroes wage all-out war on the Queen, but to reclaim a Manhattan completely overrun by her spider-army, Venom will need a little help from his friend. (Which friend? We'll give you a hint: thwip!) Venom and his allies take the fight straight to the Queen, but one among them will have to make the ultimate sacrifice! Plus: Mayday Parker and her amazing Spider-Family are back as we visit the MC2 patch of Battleworld!
In the Battleworld zone known as Spider-Island, Peter Parker has lost — and the Spider Queen has turned Manhattan into an island of arachnid madness! With Spider-Man defeated and captive, does Flash Thompson — A.K.A. Venom — stand a chance? Venom and his squad of monstrous heroes wage all-out war on the Queen, but to reclaim a Manhattan completely overrun by her spider-army, Venom will need a little help from his friend. (Which friend? We'll give you a hint: thwip!) Venom and his allies take the fight straight to the Queen, but one among them will have to make the ultimate sacrifice! Plus: Mayday Parker and her amazing Spider-Family are back as we visit the MC2 patch of Battleworld!
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 11, 2015
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October 26, 2016
I punk’d myself.
I saw this on the library shelf and thought it was more from the Spider-Man: Spider-Island event, where Manhattanites become spider-pawns of the Spider-Queen, so with that firmly in mind, I checked it out, hoping for some more arachno-entertainment.
Upon reading, some of the “facts” didn’t quite strike me right. Some of the characters were off.
I didn’t remember Captain Marvel having six eyes or a Spider-Hulk or was it a Hulk-Spider. It smashed a lot…so whatever. The breaking point (of my sanity) was an appearance by Cap-Wolf…
…and the total absence of Spider-Man. Venom/Flash Thompson is in charge. That’s Hulk-Lizard in the background. Or is it Lizard-Hulk. It smashed a lot…so, whatever.
So I carefully scanned the cover: Warzones. I had unknowingly wandered into Marvel’s end of the beginning crossover event: Secret Wars.
Moral of the story: Kids, don’t punk yourself. Read every inch of the cover, before borrowing the book from the library or worse, paying for it!!
The story itself: It’s a “What If…” kind of plotline. What would happen if Spider-Man was taken out of the Spider-Island storyline?
Also included: The future “What If/It Could Happen on a different Earth” adventures of Peter Parker and Mary Jane’s daughter: Spider-Woman.
Bottom line: As a one shot deal, it’s entertaining, but this kind of pseudo-continuity grows old fairly quickly as the novelty wears off. The inside cover of the book (yep, I didn’t read that closely enough either) lists most of the Secret Wars titles. And there are a lot of them. Most tied into past Marvel events or time periods. Ugh!
I saw this on the library shelf and thought it was more from the Spider-Man: Spider-Island event, where Manhattanites become spider-pawns of the Spider-Queen, so with that firmly in mind, I checked it out, hoping for some more arachno-entertainment.
Upon reading, some of the “facts” didn’t quite strike me right. Some of the characters were off.
I didn’t remember Captain Marvel having six eyes or a Spider-Hulk or was it a Hulk-Spider. It smashed a lot…so whatever. The breaking point (of my sanity) was an appearance by Cap-Wolf…
…and the total absence of Spider-Man. Venom/Flash Thompson is in charge. That’s Hulk-Lizard in the background. Or is it Lizard-Hulk. It smashed a lot…so, whatever.
So I carefully scanned the cover: Warzones. I had unknowingly wandered into Marvel’s end of the beginning crossover event: Secret Wars.
Moral of the story: Kids, don’t punk yourself. Read every inch of the cover, before borrowing the book from the library or worse, paying for it!!
The story itself: It’s a “What If…” kind of plotline. What would happen if Spider-Man was taken out of the Spider-Island storyline?
Also included: The future “What If/It Could Happen on a different Earth” adventures of Peter Parker and Mary Jane’s daughter: Spider-Woman.
Bottom line: As a one shot deal, it’s entertaining, but this kind of pseudo-continuity grows old fairly quickly as the novelty wears off. The inside cover of the book (yep, I didn’t read that closely enough either) lists most of the Secret Wars titles. And there are a lot of them. Most tied into past Marvel events or time periods. Ugh!
July 13, 2016
Here's a storyline I definitely remember and enjoyed the first time around, and I heard this is pretty good so I was reasonably pumped.
Then I realized it was a Christos Gage joint.
Who I really gotta stop hating, because he turns in perfectly fine stories (sometimes it's even hard to tell where Slott ends and Gage begins - well, no not really but I'm *trying* to be less cranky).
Anyway, does it really matter if we get a Spider-Hulk Smash?
Well, but then we get a predictably-poorly-thought-out moment of Gage's ability to "plot":
[Seriously, a piece of information THIS IMPORTANT and you only mention it because Venom happened to remind you?]
And his legendarily terrible "tell-don't-show" head-beating narration:
So when I found this panel, I almost fell out of my chair:
[It's like Gage's subconscious is screaming for mercy]
This changes everything about my theory of Christos Gage's writing - he's not an untrained hack who doesn't know any better than to use boundless exposition instead of exciting illustration. Instead he must be some demon sent straight from hell, who knows full well what constitutes *good* comics and simply doesn't. He is here to torment faithful comics readers with the agony of diarrhea of the pen, arresting all potential momentum with a good standstill monologue in the very middle of a fistfight.
I'll give him this: Gage gets some fun ideas once in a while:
But the whole story is just joyless. I should smile or feel something giddy when Hulk says this, not "ho hum, telegraph that any harder and I'd be wearing a top hat and handlebar moustache":
The backup story - Spider-Girl versus "American Dream and her Dream Team" (aka all-female Avengers analogues) - created by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema (and modern colourist Andrew Crossley) is a wonderful surprise. The writing and art somehow don't reek of ancient 70's/80's style, so this story flows better even than Gage's stop/start nonsense.
Terrible ending for this story, though hardly Gage-worthy.
Then I realized it was a Christos Gage joint.
Who I really gotta stop hating, because he turns in perfectly fine stories (sometimes it's even hard to tell where Slott ends and Gage begins - well, no not really but I'm *trying* to be less cranky).
Anyway, does it really matter if we get a Spider-Hulk Smash?
Well, but then we get a predictably-poorly-thought-out moment of Gage's ability to "plot":
[Seriously, a piece of information THIS IMPORTANT and you only mention it because Venom happened to remind you?]
And his legendarily terrible "tell-don't-show" head-beating narration:
So when I found this panel, I almost fell out of my chair:
[It's like Gage's subconscious is screaming for mercy]
This changes everything about my theory of Christos Gage's writing - he's not an untrained hack who doesn't know any better than to use boundless exposition instead of exciting illustration. Instead he must be some demon sent straight from hell, who knows full well what constitutes *good* comics and simply doesn't. He is here to torment faithful comics readers with the agony of diarrhea of the pen, arresting all potential momentum with a good standstill monologue in the very middle of a fistfight.
I'll give him this: Gage gets some fun ideas once in a while:
But the whole story is just joyless. I should smile or feel something giddy when Hulk says this, not "ho hum, telegraph that any harder and I'd be wearing a top hat and handlebar moustache":
The backup story - Spider-Girl versus "American Dream and her Dream Team" (aka all-female Avengers analogues) - created by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema (and modern colourist Andrew Crossley) is a wonderful surprise. The writing and art somehow don't reek of ancient 70's/80's style, so this story flows better even than Gage's stop/start nonsense.
Terrible ending for this story, though hardly Gage-worthy.
July 26, 2016
This is so wretched that I kinda hate myself for giving this so many chances, ... ugh!
I wanted to like this outlandish premise, but the execution (heh heh heh) is just too awful.
I wanted to like this outlandish premise, but the execution (heh heh heh) is just too awful.
August 28, 2017
Se volete leggere la mia recensione, leggete qui! http://ascwblog.blogspot.it/2017/08/s...
December 31, 2015
Nice showcase of Flash Thompson/Agent Venom. It is a fine story overall with some interesting twist to the heroes we know.
My complaint is how the book is packaged. I wish that instead of printing the volume alternating between Spider Island and the Mayday Parker backup that they had just put the two stories in sequential order without interruption.
My complaint is how the book is packaged. I wish that instead of printing the volume alternating between Spider Island and the Mayday Parker backup that they had just put the two stories in sequential order without interruption.
July 15, 2020
My biggest critique of some of these Secret Wars books is that the authors were given free reign. Continuity was out the window. You didn't have to rely on the minutae of a previous writer's run, you don't have to wrry about how it will effect the next person. You can have all the fun you want, or you can make a poignant statement about the characters, or use the characters as nostalgic ciphers to tell a fable. Or, like Christos Gage, you can tell a completely joyless story that lacks emotional resonance and only reall has two clever ideas.
The Spider-Girl (it's Woman now, she tells us over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over) backup story is a relentless silver age idea. What if all of the superheroes were women?!?!?!?! What would have been refreshing in the 1960s is pretty tired and dull when presented in an era where Ms. Marvel, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jane Foster as Thor, Carol Danvers Captain Marvel, and Moon-Girl and Devil Dinosaur were already the most interesting books on the shelves. It also suffered from terrible dialogue and zero character development.
Maybe die-hard Spider-Girl (it's Woman now) could enjoy her brief return to the Marvel Universe, but I can't imagine this book lives up to the hype I've heard about the original run (which I've yet to read).
This is for completists only.
The Spider-Girl (it's Woman now, she tells us over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over) backup story is a relentless silver age idea. What if all of the superheroes were women?!?!?!?! What would have been refreshing in the 1960s is pretty tired and dull when presented in an era where Ms. Marvel, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jane Foster as Thor, Carol Danvers Captain Marvel, and Moon-Girl and Devil Dinosaur were already the most interesting books on the shelves. It also suffered from terrible dialogue and zero character development.
Maybe die-hard Spider-Girl (it's Woman now) could enjoy her brief return to the Marvel Universe, but I can't imagine this book lives up to the hype I've heard about the original run (which I've yet to read).
This is for completists only.
June 18, 2018
A very enjoyable read!
This story takes the angle that there is a underground rebellion moving against the Spider Queen and her minions. They slowly gain strength and convert heroes back to the good side by using cool methods such as turning Cap into a werewolf, using the Morbius serum on spider woman, etc...
Its a cool idea and it is handled well. I enjoyed this!
The art is very good as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see the artist again working with Marvel in the future. His style lends itself well to these characters.
Oh and the backup story running at the end of these books is pretty awesome too. Its a spidergirl story that feels like it was written and drawn in the 90's. Being that DeFalco is the original writer and is writing this one, it makes perfect sense.
Check this one out if you like alternate universe type stories regarding Spiderman!
This story takes the angle that there is a underground rebellion moving against the Spider Queen and her minions. They slowly gain strength and convert heroes back to the good side by using cool methods such as turning Cap into a werewolf, using the Morbius serum on spider woman, etc...
Its a cool idea and it is handled well. I enjoyed this!
The art is very good as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see the artist again working with Marvel in the future. His style lends itself well to these characters.
Oh and the backup story running at the end of these books is pretty awesome too. Its a spidergirl story that feels like it was written and drawn in the 90's. Being that DeFalco is the original writer and is writing this one, it makes perfect sense.
Check this one out if you like alternate universe type stories regarding Spiderman!
September 12, 2020
Another alternate reality where the bad guy won.
The Spider Queen has taken over Manhattan, turning pretty much everybody into spiders, including the superheroes. Flash Thompson leads the resistance. That cover is a bit of a spoiler, as Peter Parker and Mary Jane aren't around in the beginning. They come up with a creative solution to the people-changed-into-spiders problem early in the book and then just keep applying it
And there's a backup story in the MC2 universe starring Mayday Parker. The story isn't anything special, but Tom Defalco manages to cram in as many of the MC2 characters as he can.
The Spider Queen has taken over Manhattan, turning pretty much everybody into spiders, including the superheroes. Flash Thompson leads the resistance. That cover is a bit of a spoiler, as Peter Parker and Mary Jane aren't around in the beginning. They come up with a creative solution to the people-changed-into-spiders problem early in the book and then just keep applying it
And there's a backup story in the MC2 universe starring Mayday Parker. The story isn't anything special, but Tom Defalco manages to cram in as many of the MC2 characters as he can.
July 5, 2023
It was an alright storyline. Interesting and fun and weird. But I'm knocking an extra star off over how confused I was going in. I had no idea where or how this fit into the timeline, had no clue this was an alternate reality before reading page 1. The summaries, the online articles, none of them prepped me for what this was. And I still have no idea why the second alternate timeline is tucked into these issues, too? Dunno where that one was even from.
So while I largely enjoyed it, I mostly only read it because I didn't see why I shouldn't and I already had it checked out. Not because I actually wanted to read it.
So while I largely enjoyed it, I mostly only read it because I didn't see why I shouldn't and I already had it checked out. Not because I actually wanted to read it.
May 8, 2021
Jumps between two islands in the world Doom creates out of the remains of the Marvel Multiverse (I may be confused about what Doom did). In one, the "Spider-Queen" has transformed most New Yorkers into spiders. In another, Spider-Man is dead and his daughter (!) is dealing with it. I know I'm missing a lot of continuity.
Got some great BITS. Captain Marvel as a vampire. Captain America as a werewolf. Iron Man as the Iron Goblin. Heroic stampede of dinosaurs. Dino-Thor. But if there was a little deeper story, I missed it.
Got some great BITS. Captain Marvel as a vampire. Captain America as a werewolf. Iron Man as the Iron Goblin. Heroic stampede of dinosaurs. Dino-Thor. But if there was a little deeper story, I missed it.
June 28, 2017
What a staggeringly bad book. Christos Gage has done amazing work in the past so I don't know what transpired here but the dialogue was pulled straight from the 60's, the plot was imbecilic, and the art was not up to par. Overall, a huge waste of time.
September 13, 2017
A perfectly decent what if? Story which imagines a world where the 2012 event Spider-Island ended in the death of Peter Parker. Some cool twists and turns and a unique universe make this a fun ride though it is nothing to write home about :)
March 29, 2019
One of my least favorite spiderman comics. it seems like an elseworlds story, and isn't a super good read. I did like how much action there was, and had a decent storyline. I'm sure that some people that read it seriously enjoyed it, but I didn't really.
February 26, 2020
Two stories in one. The main is from a Battleworld domain where the Spider-queen won and unleashed a virus that changed people to spiders. Venom leads the resistance in a desperate gamble to survive. The other story is about Spider-woman that tries to stop an assault against the Avengers
July 14, 2017
Flash is a hero.
January 5, 2018
no wonder Marvel sales were down this year.
March 5, 2019
Fun Secret Wars tie-in following the events of Spider-Island as if it hadnt finished in the main Spider-Man titles giving Agent Venom centre stage. Nice back-up featuring Spider-Girl too.
May 29, 2019
Come for the completionism, stay for Werewolf Cap, Vampire Captain Marvel, and Lizard Hulk.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 3, 2021
Manhattan esta bajo el dominio de la Reina Araña, pero una pequeña resistencia esta luchando para revertir ese dominio
¿Podrá Venom ser el responsable de la salvación de todo?
¿Podrá Venom ser el responsable de la salvación de todo?
September 22, 2023
Really more of a 2.5. As with most Christop’s Gage stuff, he can take a weak premise and make it better than it has any right being. The Diaz art is pretty solid too.
December 30, 2024
Most of the secret war tie ins aren’t worth reading and this is no exception.
January 31, 2017
Part of the Secret Wars / Battleworld / Warzones! event this book is a sort of
WHAT IF...
story. On this Earth the Spider-Island Virus mutated to effect supers, as a result Spidy and Co. lost the final battle with Sharon Kane, A.K.A. Spider Queen.
*Main Story: Spider-Island - 2.5 Stars ★★
Having enjoyed Spider-Island, some of these Secret Wars one-offs and much of Christos Gage's work I decided to pick this book up. And while Gage seemed to write Agent Venom as if he was Batman in Grant Morrison's JLA, the story wasn't too bad.
It was a fun idea and after how it ended I could see why Gage set it up the way he did.
It's the usual "All is lost" scenario where the heroes must fight guerrilla style against all odds (including former friends and allies) as they try to save their world. Hitting the usual notes as well as adding a few twists this book tries hard... still something was missing from it.
Something someone here refereed to when calling it not "Gage-worthy." But it was a good try and not every What If... story can be Conan in Manhattan.
*Back Up Story: MC2 - The Spider Family - 2.5 Stars ★★
The MC2U was an alternative future created in the late 90's by Tom DeFalco. It was revived recently in the Spider-Verse Event and this story deals with the fall-out from those events.
Spider-Girl, now Woman, A.K.A. MayDay Parker tries to come to terms with the death of her father and the new addition to her family as she also struggles with the choices she made in Spider-Verse. All-in-all this was a nice little story and a fitting epilogue to her Spider-Verse adventure.
*Main Story: Spider-Island - 2.5 Stars ★★
Having enjoyed Spider-Island, some of these Secret Wars one-offs and much of Christos Gage's work I decided to pick this book up. And while Gage seemed to write Agent Venom as if he was Batman in Grant Morrison's JLA, the story wasn't too bad.
It was a fun idea and after how it ended I could see why Gage set it up the way he did.
It's the usual "All is lost" scenario where the heroes must fight guerrilla style against all odds (including former friends and allies) as they try to save their world. Hitting the usual notes as well as adding a few twists this book tries hard... still something was missing from it.
Something someone here refereed to when calling it not "Gage-worthy." But it was a good try and not every What If... story can be Conan in Manhattan.
*Back Up Story: MC2 - The Spider Family - 2.5 Stars ★★
The MC2U was an alternative future created in the late 90's by Tom DeFalco. It was revived recently in the Spider-Verse Event and this story deals with the fall-out from those events.
Spider-Girl, now Woman, A.K.A. MayDay Parker tries to come to terms with the death of her father and the new addition to her family as she also struggles with the choices she made in Spider-Verse. All-in-all this was a nice little story and a fitting epilogue to her Spider-Verse adventure.
January 5, 2016
Collects Spider-Island (2015) issues #1-5
This "What If..." story is set during the events of "Secret Wars," however it doesn't tie into "Secret Wars" in such a way that makes it required reading for that series. With that being said, this was a very fun story to read.
I am prone to like this collection because it is a "What If..." story (parallel universe stories that I love!) showing an alternate way that the Spider-Man (my favorite superhero!) event "Spider-Island" (an event I really enjoyed!) could have happened.
In this version, Spider-Man is missing, and Agent Venom has taken the lead on fighting back against the Queen and her spider-people drones.
When this comic was originally released, it featured back-up stories about MayDay Parker (the Spider-Woman from an parallel Earth). This story is a direct continuation from "Spider-Verse" (another Spider-Man event that I liked).
All that to say, this was an all-around great read. The only thing that would have made it better is if the "Spider-Island" stories were all lumped together, followed by the MayDay Parker stories all lumped together. Instead, this book collects the issues as they were originally published, so there is a break in the "Spider-Island" action to tell a brief part of MayDay's story. Then, "Spider-Island" starts back up again, and then another break (and so on and so on). It would have been a better reading experience if the back-up story featuring MayDay still appeared in this collection, but appeared at the end of the book, all collected together. (Small nitpick.)
SPOILERS:
I loved the way that Venom saved some of the heroes by turning them into monster versions of themselves (Man Wolf, a vampire, Lizard Hulk, etc.). This was a surprise to me, but added to the sense of fun and excitement that this story already had.
This "What If..." story is set during the events of "Secret Wars," however it doesn't tie into "Secret Wars" in such a way that makes it required reading for that series. With that being said, this was a very fun story to read.
I am prone to like this collection because it is a "What If..." story (parallel universe stories that I love!) showing an alternate way that the Spider-Man (my favorite superhero!) event "Spider-Island" (an event I really enjoyed!) could have happened.
In this version, Spider-Man is missing, and Agent Venom has taken the lead on fighting back against the Queen and her spider-people drones.
When this comic was originally released, it featured back-up stories about MayDay Parker (the Spider-Woman from an parallel Earth). This story is a direct continuation from "Spider-Verse" (another Spider-Man event that I liked).
All that to say, this was an all-around great read. The only thing that would have made it better is if the "Spider-Island" stories were all lumped together, followed by the MayDay Parker stories all lumped together. Instead, this book collects the issues as they were originally published, so there is a break in the "Spider-Island" action to tell a brief part of MayDay's story. Then, "Spider-Island" starts back up again, and then another break (and so on and so on). It would have been a better reading experience if the back-up story featuring MayDay still appeared in this collection, but appeared at the end of the book, all collected together. (Small nitpick.)
SPOILERS:
I loved the way that Venom saved some of the heroes by turning them into monster versions of themselves (Man Wolf, a vampire, Lizard Hulk, etc.). This was a surprise to me, but added to the sense of fun and excitement that this story already had.
April 12, 2016
Spider-Island is the Battleworld realm of the Spider Queen where she’s turned all its denizens into spiders – except for the resistance, led by Agent Venom/Flash Thompson. Venom discovers the heroes’ minds can be severed from the Queen’s if their bodies are transformed and sets about turning everyone he can into different monsters. Meet vampiric Captain Marvel, Lizard Hulk, and the glorious return of Cap Wolf! Elsewhere, Mayday Parker battles brainwashed Avengers to fill up space!
Yup, it’s another wanky Secret Wars tie-in! Seeing Venom battle the Spider-Queen is about as exciting as… well, reading any other Christos Gage comic! Predictable, flat, uninteresting, the whole thing is very boring and throwaway – I’ve never been an Agent Venom fan and this story didn’t do anything to win me over. I sort of enjoyed seeing the corny Cap Wolf (Captain America as a werewolf) again and Green Goblin Iron Man was ok but they’re very minor positives compared against the ocean of crap contained within these covers.
There’s also a Spider-Verse backup featuring Mayday Parker, Peter’s daughter, as Spider-Girl who, get THIS, is trying to make everyone call her Spider-Woman now – AHAHAHAHAHA! Oh that bit never gets old, no matter how often it’s repeated. This story’s got a classic Marvel flavour to it, probably due to Sal Buscema’s art (80 years old and still going – gawd bless ol’ Sal!) but Tom DeFalco’s script helps, throwing character after character into the mix without bothering to establish much of a story beforehand. Maybe if you enjoy classic Marvel comics you’ll like this dull nonsense – I don’t and didn’t.
Spider-Island = Garbage Island.
Yup, it’s another wanky Secret Wars tie-in! Seeing Venom battle the Spider-Queen is about as exciting as… well, reading any other Christos Gage comic! Predictable, flat, uninteresting, the whole thing is very boring and throwaway – I’ve never been an Agent Venom fan and this story didn’t do anything to win me over. I sort of enjoyed seeing the corny Cap Wolf (Captain America as a werewolf) again and Green Goblin Iron Man was ok but they’re very minor positives compared against the ocean of crap contained within these covers.
There’s also a Spider-Verse backup featuring Mayday Parker, Peter’s daughter, as Spider-Girl who, get THIS, is trying to make everyone call her Spider-Woman now – AHAHAHAHAHA! Oh that bit never gets old, no matter how often it’s repeated. This story’s got a classic Marvel flavour to it, probably due to Sal Buscema’s art (80 years old and still going – gawd bless ol’ Sal!) but Tom DeFalco’s script helps, throwing character after character into the mix without bothering to establish much of a story beforehand. Maybe if you enjoy classic Marvel comics you’ll like this dull nonsense – I don’t and didn’t.
Spider-Island = Garbage Island.
December 21, 2015
LOL. Monster Squad Avengers Style!!! This tie-in to the Secret Wars Marvel event plays out oddly enough as an addition to the Spider-Island event. Christos Gage has an advantage here being that he is piggy backing off a recent Spider-man event from a few years ago. Basically what we get is a what if the Spider Island event continued and Peter Parker lost. The spider queen has continued to infect the human population including the superhuman community and it is up to Pete's childhood frenemy Flash Thompson aka Agent Venom to lead a ragtag group of avengers to defeat the spider-queen and cure New York of infection. Oddly enough Venom runs into a few snags but ultimately overcomes them with the crazy but genius idea of further mutating the dna of those infected. He uses the Lizard formula, Morbius formula and even the green goblin venom to transform the spider monsters in other types of monsters. I really enjoy this storyline. There is however a second storyline involving the future daughter of Peter and Mary Jane Parker, May aka Spider-Girl. She could last be scene into the incredible Spider-Verse comic book event. Her story was pretty good. I just enjoyed the Spider-Island : War zones tale a bit more. I felt that the artwork was better in the Spider-Island story. Paco Diaz's art style is similar to Humberto Ramos' artwork on the original Spider-Island event. There is a bit more kinetic energy to the drawings. Spiderman fans will enjoy these tie- in tales.
December 14, 2015
This was certainly interesting. We revisit Spider Island in essentially a long what-if story that is, I guess, also an official part of the Marvel Universe. It was a fine what-if story, although not exceptional. The "Oh, Flash, you're my hero" was laid on pretty thick. It felt kind of like that issue where we're in Flash's fantasy.
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Amazing_...
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter, Vol. 2
The MC2 add-on story is largely spot on from what I've read so far. But it's missing a critical point. The Spider Island story was really a story where many people showed up with surprise Spider powers. And then fought. The MC2 stories were largely stories about relationships, doubt, and growing up. The ultimate sendoff would be something like an introspective graduation book, not a big fight scene in front of the Avengers mansion.
It's confusing, though. Perhaps I have to read Secret Wars first (which isn't out yet as a TPB.)
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Amazing_...
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter, Vol. 2
The MC2 add-on story is largely spot on from what I've read so far. But it's missing a critical point. The Spider Island story was really a story where many people showed up with surprise Spider powers. And then fought. The MC2 stories were largely stories about relationships, doubt, and growing up. The ultimate sendoff would be something like an introspective graduation book, not a big fight scene in front of the Avengers mansion.
It's confusing, though. Perhaps I have to read Secret Wars first (which isn't out yet as a TPB.)
April 13, 2023
Nie wiem, albo Spider-Island trafiło na mój gorszy okres, albo zachowam się jak Piłat i umywam ręce. Róbta co chceta. Kochajta albo strzelajta.
Nie czytałem oryginalnego eventu, więc nie mam pojęcia o co tam chodzi, poza tym, że wiele osób uzyskało moce Spider-mana i hasa po Nowym Jorku. Tu autor poszedł dalej. Wszystkie zakażone pajęczym wirusem osoby zmutowały i działają na chwałę jakiejś swojej królowej. Mamy ruch oporu, na czele którego stoi Flash, jako agent Venom.
Walki i jeszcze raz walki. A do tego odkrycie, że jedynym sposobem na "wybudzenie i uleczenie" osoby ze wspomnianego wirusa, jest zarażenie go innym, np. specyfikiem Zielonego Goblina, serum Lizarda albo klątwą wilkołaka czy wampira. Sprawia to, że odzyskuje się rozum i traci czułki z twarzy. Ale trzeba spacyfikować sprawczynię tego zamieszania...
W dodatku mamy ultra nudną historyjkę z Spider-Woman w tle. Czy to było Spider-girl? Nieważne. Zasypiałem na tych fragmentach. Sam tie-in miejscami wygląda porządnie, ale to za mało, aby go uratować. Omijać łukiem.
Nie czytałem oryginalnego eventu, więc nie mam pojęcia o co tam chodzi, poza tym, że wiele osób uzyskało moce Spider-mana i hasa po Nowym Jorku. Tu autor poszedł dalej. Wszystkie zakażone pajęczym wirusem osoby zmutowały i działają na chwałę jakiejś swojej królowej. Mamy ruch oporu, na czele którego stoi Flash, jako agent Venom.
Walki i jeszcze raz walki. A do tego odkrycie, że jedynym sposobem na "wybudzenie i uleczenie" osoby ze wspomnianego wirusa, jest zarażenie go innym, np. specyfikiem Zielonego Goblina, serum Lizarda albo klątwą wilkołaka czy wampira. Sprawia to, że odzyskuje się rozum i traci czułki z twarzy. Ale trzeba spacyfikować sprawczynię tego zamieszania...
W dodatku mamy ultra nudną historyjkę z Spider-Woman w tle. Czy to było Spider-girl? Nieważne. Zasypiałem na tych fragmentach. Sam tie-in miejscami wygląda porządnie, ale to za mało, aby go uratować. Omijać łukiem.
January 26, 2016
A decent alternate-universe Spider-Man miniseries. Flash Thompson, in his run in the Venom symbiote suit, is one of a handful of humans surviving on Spider Island, a version of Spidey's Manhattan where a creepy-crawly transmitted disease has turned most of the inhabitants into humanoid spiders. Flash is part of the resistance fighting the queen in charge, and he
It's a fun concept, and at miniseries length it doesn't overcomplicate things or overstay its welcome. There's a plan including a dinosaur-sized diversion and a suicidal assault, and things end up coming out ok for our heroes, if not perfect. A good example of what a "What If?" tale should be.
It's a fun concept, and at miniseries length it doesn't overcomplicate things or overstay its welcome. There's a plan including a dinosaur-sized diversion and a suicidal assault, and things end up coming out ok for our heroes, if not perfect. A good example of what a "What If?" tale should be.
January 14, 2016
I know there are a lot of people that didn't like the idea of Marvel doing a clean reboot that borrowed parts from all the different universes, but if there is one good thing about it, it's balls to the wall craziness like Spider Island.
It had the basic premise of Marvel Zombies (the heroes and villains of the Marvel U are turned into mindless creatures - in this case spider creatures linked up to a queen via hive mind) but so are regular humans. They aren't running around eating each other, but they are going after anyone that might oppose the queen. The "cure" for this disease is one of the bat-shit craziest/coolest/most fun thing I've ever seen in comics.
There is also a pretty sweet bonus - a new Spider Girl story. I've always wondered how J2 was doing.
It had the basic premise of Marvel Zombies (the heroes and villains of the Marvel U are turned into mindless creatures - in this case spider creatures linked up to a queen via hive mind) but so are regular humans. They aren't running around eating each other, but they are going after anyone that might oppose the queen. The "cure" for this disease is one of the bat-shit craziest/coolest/most fun thing I've ever seen in comics.
There is also a pretty sweet bonus - a new Spider Girl story. I've always wondered how J2 was doing.
April 12, 2016
More of a "What If Spider-Man Lost During the Spider-Island Event?" story than a Secret Wars crossover. The only tie in to Secret Wars is on the last page. A Thor shows up after the story is over to see what's going on. This story was OK. It was kind of hokey how the Spider Queen loses her influence over people. The backup story was just a further tale from the world that Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz created back in the 90's with Spider-Girl where all the Marvel characters had children. It was just a story where every character from the 90's books showed up to fight. I really disliked that the 2 stories kept alternating back and forth. Given that this is a collection and the stories are not related I would rather have had each of the stories separated into start to finish order.
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