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Prowler (2016) #1-6
The Prowler: The Clone Conspiracy
Even a super hero's life can get boring. Double-check your gear. Patrol the city. Save the innocent. Report back to your boss, the Jackal. Wait, what? Why is Prowler working for the Jackal, not Spider-Man? What does the resurrected Madame Web have to do with it? And what has Prowler already done that may have compromised him?! Hobie Brown, a.k.a. the Prowler, may believe in what the Jackal is doing, but that doesn't mean it's easy. As his assignments get more dangerous, Hobie will be forced to wrestle not only with the meaning of his existence, but also the underground army of unruly super villains the Jackal has created!
COLLECTING: PROWLER 1-5
COLLECTING: PROWLER 1-5
136 pages, Paperback
Published June 27, 2017
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March 23, 2017
In my childhood I had noticed this Prowler character, and I rather like him and wished him to have more role in Marvel comics. This series suppose to be answering my childhood wish, but it disappointed me.
Please don't mad at me with this low rating. I explain why:
This is a story of a tragic anti-hero, Prowler. Which is actually a good premise. But the story is rather slow and except the initial action where Prowler stop a burglary, Prowler almost in constant desperate situations in story told unsympathetic way. I don't get the story, and I don't care enough to re-read again parts to seek what I missed. For example why this Prowler could meet Spider-man and Spider-Gwen as if they exist in one universe.
The story mentioning the New U, organization that cloning super criminals. One of clones is Prowler himself. So Prowler in this series is just a clone from the real one that we know from Spider-man comics years ago. I said "mentioning New U", because at the end, this cloning issue of super criminals is not important for the main plot. The clones just become a dumb dolls.
But here is the worst part: the clones required to consume medicine every day to keep their body stable. If they missed their medication, their body started MELTING. I can't believe I still find this kind of dumb clone technique in 21st ce. comic books.
Please don't mad at me with this low rating. I explain why:
This is a story of a tragic anti-hero, Prowler. Which is actually a good premise. But the story is rather slow and except the initial action where Prowler stop a burglary, Prowler almost in constant desperate situations in story told unsympathetic way. I don't get the story, and I don't care enough to re-read again parts to seek what I missed. For example why this Prowler could meet Spider-man and Spider-Gwen as if they exist in one universe.
The story mentioning the New U, organization that cloning super criminals. One of clones is Prowler himself. So Prowler in this series is just a clone from the real one that we know from Spider-man comics years ago. I said "mentioning New U", because at the end, this cloning issue of super criminals is not important for the main plot. The clones just become a dumb dolls.
But here is the worst part: the clones required to consume medicine every day to keep their body stable. If they missed their medication, their body started MELTING. I can't believe I still find this kind of dumb clone technique in 21st ce. comic books.
January 29, 2018
The really needs to be read as part of The Amazing Spider-Man: The Clone Conspiracy. The story doesn't work very well on its own. It's just little side quests that don't really matter much. I did like Jamal Crawford's art.
August 23, 2017
I wanted to read this to see more Prowler, but I definitely missed a lot by not reading the main story line. According to the description this is #1-5, but I also read issue #6. I liked how Hobie was this knock off anti-hero who doesn't know what he wants out of life, but in the context of the event it was pretty pointless.
September 14, 2022
The first five issues are a crossover with the Clone Conspiracy and can be found in the Clone Conspiracy hardback. The sixth issue is unique to this volume and asks the question (without answering it) What happens next for Prowler.
I read this with an eye toward determining if this did the Prowler justice. He's a background character with a lot of history. The writer does give us a couple of pages of backstory on Hobie. But I don't feel like I got to know him well enough, or that he was unique enough to be intetesting. And this book doesn't stand alone. There are major plot points in the story which aren't actually in this book.
So, I'm left wondering why they even created this series.
I read this with an eye toward determining if this did the Prowler justice. He's a background character with a lot of history. The writer does give us a couple of pages of backstory on Hobie. But I don't feel like I got to know him well enough, or that he was unique enough to be intetesting. And this book doesn't stand alone. There are major plot points in the story which aren't actually in this book.
So, I'm left wondering why they even created this series.
March 21, 2023
Great, clean art which makes it easy to follow until the middle part where I didn’t know what the hell was going on storywise. It seems there are parts from other comics that wasn’t included (or at least given a background) so there seemed to be events that happened without context. Honestly confused by the ending. But yeah, art was great to look at.
July 14, 2017
I love Hobie Brown, the Prowler. During the time when I had first started reading comics - so like, 1980 or 1981 - the Prowler was a side character in Spider-Man, and some of my earliest memories of Spider-Man comics are about the Prowler. He's one of those Marvel characters like the Taskmaster - cool, but underutilized.
This is a cooler story than it is an effective showcase of Hobie, but despite the subversion of expectations, it's still good. The basic premise of New U is kind of tiresome to people who were worn out by the Clone Saga, but it's used well-enough here to be interesting. Enjoyable lunchtime reading.
This is a cooler story than it is an effective showcase of Hobie, but despite the subversion of expectations, it's still good. The basic premise of New U is kind of tiresome to people who were worn out by the Clone Saga, but it's used well-enough here to be interesting. Enjoyable lunchtime reading.
January 4, 2018
Another pointless collection. Every book in this collection is in The Clone Conspiracy trade, and very little of this collection makes sense without that larger context.
I would have preferred this be left out of Clone Conspiracy as it was the most dragging part of the story. Nothing in these pages enhanced the story of the Clone Conspiracy event.
I would have preferred this be left out of Clone Conspiracy as it was the most dragging part of the story. Nothing in these pages enhanced the story of the Clone Conspiracy event.
January 29, 2023
#1 - 5 are part of the Clone Conspiracy and, as per my review of that book, only deserves 2 stars.
#6 is sort of a 'what happens to Hobie Brown?' but without a definitive answer.
Of all the books of CC this has my least favourite art, although it's not bad.
#6 is sort of a 'what happens to Hobie Brown?' but without a definitive answer.
Of all the books of CC this has my least favourite art, although it's not bad.
April 1, 2021
Just another unneedeed tie-in.
March 11, 2019
If you've already read The Clone Conspiracy, you know the Hobie Brown in this whole arc is just a clone. If you haven't, then you'll reach the end and realize nothing you just read has any consequence. What the hell kind of way is that to start a new ongoing series, with 5 issues focused on a not-real version of the character that won't make any difference? Do the writers even *remember* what people hated about the Clone Saga???
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 17, 2017
Collects Prowler (2016) issues #1-5
This entire collection is a tie-in to the Spider-Man event, "Clone Conspiracy." As tie-ins go, this one seemed like a huge waste of time. I'm actually shocked that they chose to start a Prowler series with this storyline because...
SPOILERS:
...the protagonist of the story in this volume is not the real Hobie Brown. It is a clone of Hobie. The real Prowler doesn't appear until some of the last pages of this collection, which means that Issue #6 of this series will kind of be like an Issue #1 for the actual character.
This entire collection is a tie-in to the Spider-Man event, "Clone Conspiracy." As tie-ins go, this one seemed like a huge waste of time. I'm actually shocked that they chose to start a Prowler series with this storyline because...
SPOILERS:
...the protagonist of the story in this volume is not the real Hobie Brown. It is a clone of Hobie. The real Prowler doesn't appear until some of the last pages of this collection, which means that Issue #6 of this series will kind of be like an Issue #1 for the actual character.
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