Spider-Man: Spider-Verse - Spider-Men

Spider-Man: Spider-Verse

by Brian Michael Bendis

Every world has its wall-crawler - and these are some of the most amazing! When Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, journeys to the Ultimate Universe, he finds himself face-to-face with another Aunt May, a young Gwen Stacy, and an all-new web-slinger - Miles Morales! It's a landmark meeting of the Spider-Men! Elsewhere in the Spider-Verse, venture into the dark world of Spider-Man Noir, and watch as he faces the smoke and mirrors of the magnifi cent Mysterio! But you've never seen anything like SP//dr - or its pilot, Peni Parker! Things take a hammy turn as Peter Porker, Spider-Ham celebrates his 25th birthday -but who invited Doctor Octopuss and the Swinester Six? Plus, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Girl and more unite as the Web-Warriors! COLLECTING: SPIDER-MEN 4-5; EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE 1, 5; WEB WARRIORS 6; MATERIAL FROM SPIDER-HAM 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Spider Man, Graphic Novels Comics

112 pages, Paperback

Published November 13, 2018

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Pranay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of all the cool Spideys from multi verse. The first is when Peter Parker (og) is sent into Miles Morales world. Brian Micheal Bendis is brilliant as he beautifully brings to the fore various emotions as Aunt May gets briefly united with Peter. Nick ropes in Tony Stark to help find a way to send Peter back to his world. The humour and dialogues between Gwen Aunt May, Petar, Stark, Miles etc were so much fun. Loved this.


The other stories are extremely enjoyable and interesting as well featuring Spiderman Noir, Sp//dr and Spider-Ham.

[Katie Whitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Spider Ham parts made it worth the read! I’d already read the Amazing Spider-Man entries so I skipped them, and Peni’s was a cool premise but totally all over the place.

[Janneke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

[Addyson Huneke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completely crazy. I love it.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously, I was inspired to read this one after watching the "Into the Spider-verse" movie. And, yeah... reading these comics really shows how much of a labor of love that movie is. The first comics in this collection depict, most strongly, what the movie was based on: Spider-Man coming to Miles' universe. There were differences, obviously (as this included the Avengers and had a much larger continuity), and the movie just focused on the "Spider" part of the Marvel Universe--but that's to be expected. There were other differences, such as Aunt May (who was actually really AWESOME in the movie), and they also aged up the Peter who was killed in the movie and had the world knowing his identity (and then the universe-jumping Peter was even older than that). Plus, they made Kingpin the baddie in the movie, whereas it was Mysterio in the comic. But all of those changes made sense, and actually all hearkened to other parts of the ENTIRE comic-verse, not just this story. Like I said, a labor of love. It was clearly made by fans, for fans. Especially since, even with those changes, the actual spirit of the story and the characters was 100-percent. I actually kind of adore Miles' character. His youth comes with a pureness and innocence--and an undeniable "realness"--that I haven't seen in any other Marvel character. He kind of reminds me of Billy Batson in DC--one of my favorite characters, I might add, so I mean that as a compliment. The comparison comes down to the fact that both Billy and Miles are in awe of the superhero world that they're thrust into, that they can both be scared and unsure, and that they both have the big ideas and hope that come with being young. I hadn't seen Marvel with a character quite like that yet, so I'm really excited that Marvel has one. In fact, Miles will probably get me back into reading more Marvel comics. He's just one of those characters you can't help but love. As an example: It is beyond sweet that he really wanted Peter Parker's blessing to be Spider-Man. What a good kid--this is a character that, when I have kids, I would be overjoyed to share with them as a role model. Now, onto the other stories: Spider-Man Noir was also interesting and fun (though I kinda wished it would have all been in black and white, LOL). Mysterio as a magician at the world's fair was clever. I still don't totally understand SP//dr, but that didn't take away from enjoying the story, especially the part about being the "good kind" of noise. That's a nice theme that isn't exactly "with great power comes great responsibility," but that also still has echoes of that, too. The Spider-Ham story had me chuckling at its utter ridiculousness, and then the short story about the "assistant watcher" was also pretty amusing. It felt a bit like Marvel poking fun at itself, which always gets a laugh. All in all, a really solid read that's perfect for before or after you watch the "Spider-Verse" movie.

[Tomás Belluzzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool spiderverse comic! Highly recommended to introduce someone new to this multiverse topic. It consists of five different short stories, each focuses on a different Spidey. First we got Peter Parker, which is more emotional than any other thing, there is no action, it is pure dialogue, but it is good. Then we have Miles and Peter, which is pretty cool as well. Noir comes after, and for me this is one of the most interesting variants of all. The vibes of his world are just incredible, that retro but dark at the same time works so good. Peni comes next, and although I consider her to be one of the worst variants, this comic at least made me like her a little bit more, but for me it just does not work. Her Daredevil was kinda cool tbh. And last but not least, SPIDER-HAM! As stupid as it may sound, along with Noir, this was my favorite story. It is so childish and goofy, but it is so unique. I don't know I love this Spidey, and his tone fits perfectly well with the character.
Something I really liked about this comic is the fact that they used Mysterio as the "main" villain, as we get to see him in more than one story. And all his variants are awesome, never dissapoints. I think this villain is extremely underrated and should have way more fame.
To conclude, nice comic, with short stories but too different between each other. It is ok if you are new to start exploring the spiderverse, but nothing beyond that. It lacked of that heroism that characterises Spider-Man, there is no moment in which Spidey shines saving people, just him fighting villains and solving unfinished businesses.

[Brenton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I believe this book is a very good read, and I think that this book should be read a lot more because it isn't the most popular book in the world. The artwork to me was very creative in each part of the book whether it was the style or the colors. My favorite part of the book was the Spider-Ham and humor in it. A great read in my opinion and very low profile.

[Connor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had never read a Miles Morales story before, so those were interesting. Spider-Ham was okay. I already read the Spider-Man Noir and Sp//dr stories, but I do want to say that the artwork in the latter was great.

[John · Rating 1 out of 5]

collecgtion of different characters from the spider-verse movie,

[Kevin Driskill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool variations on the spidey theme. Fun and some great art.

[Jonathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's cool they do the different characters in different art styles but there's nothing really interesting going on here other than introducing characters and setting up something down the line.

[Pierce · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s cool and crazy. But I think there could have been a bit more multiverse-chaos

[dany · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Bryan Borgman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun. I love the Spider-Verse.

[Jessia]

read it for the peni parker