The Amazing Spider-Man (2018-2022) Annual #1

The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) (Single Issues)

by Saladin Ahmed, ACO (Cover Art), Garry Brown (Artist)

Years ago, Spider-Man came back from an alien world with a fantastic new costume — one he eventually learned was a living alien symbiote looking to bond with him permanently! But before he rejected the costume that went on to become VENOM, many a night the symbiote would creep onto Peter, and unbeknownst to its host, take them out into the night! Now, for the first time, see just what the symbiote steered Peter into during these mysterious nighttime excursions! Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT) weaves an ALL-NEW nightmare fairy tale, illustrated by the incomparable Garry Brown, in what is sure to be a dream book for any Spider-Man fan!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Spider Man, Comic Book

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 19, 2018

About the author

Saladin Ahmed was born in Detroit and raised in a working-class, Arab American enclave in Dearborn, MI.

His short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards, and have appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and numerous other magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, as well as being translated into five foreign languages. He is represented by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON is his first novel.

Saladin lives near Detroit with his wife and twin children.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Story in diesem Annual schließt an Secret Wars #8 von 1984 an. Spidey hat ein cooles schwarzes Kostüm neu bekommen, dass voller Alien=Tech steckt - das zumindest glaubt er. Tatsächlich handelt es sich aber um eine Parasiten, der nächtens Peter kontrolliert und ihn das tun lässt, was Spidey eben tut: Ganoven außer Gefecht setzen. Allerdings ist der Parasit der Meinung, dass Peter hierbei viel zu skrupulös zu Werke geht …

Saladin Ahmed ist ein renommierter SF- und Fantasy-Autor, der seit einiger Zeit auch an den neuen Marvel=Serien mitstrickt.
Mir hat seine Art, diese Standalone Story zu erzählen, sehr gut gefallen: witzig, unaufgeregt, sehr menschlich. Der Symbiot ist hier keine Verkörperung des Bösen, sondern etwas Fremdes, das das Richtige will und das Falsche tut. Die klassischen Klischees bedient Ahmed hier definitiv nicht, sehr erfrischend! Zugleich hat die Geschichte fast etwas von einer alten Outer Limits-Folge.

Garry Browns Zeichnungen passen sehr gut zur Stimmung der Story und wirken ebenfalls zeitlos, zugleich aber auch ausgesprochen dynamisch. Im WWW habe ich eine noch unkolorierte Zeichnung gefunden, die im Annual natürlich farbig ist (aber ich bin ja SW-Fan):



Und noch ein Beispiel für eine kolorierte Seite:



Fazit: An diesem Heft hat auch Freude, wer nicht bis zur Oberkante Unterlippe im MCU steckt!

[RG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spider-Man dealing with the symbiote Venom for the first time. I actually really enjoy Ahmeds writing after reading black bolt so this was a good read.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is what poetry looks like in the form of a comic book issue.

A Great recap if you will of the first couple of weeks in Spidey's life after returning from Secret Wars with the symbiote suit, but, from the symbiote's point of view. Great story, great artwork!

[Norman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I felt this one to be exactly what a Spider-Man comic should be. Heartwarming and lighthearted (with action!). Internal conflicts, lessons learned. Very simple story told from the venom symbiote’s perspective. Nothing crazy, just a nice read.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a tough one to rate. This Annual is based around events in comics that were published decades ago… and so it was very different from the series that re-started at #1 earlier this year. And for most of it, I was scratching my head, trying to figure out the background for this story. But then, the story won me over. It took so long to get there that I couldn't go to 4 or 5 stars, but was definitely deserving of more than 2. And, perhaps it will work to push me to read the volumes that were advertised in the back of it. Seems like an interesting story idea. (Of course, my to-read list is long enough that that day may never come, but… *shrug*)

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ties That Bind

[Lucas Savio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muito bom... aqui encontramos o primeiro contato do peter com o simbionte do venom gostei dos desenho e desenvolvimento

[Sheldon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Proving once again that annuals are the worst kind of filler, even when they are trying to be nostalgic. Talk about going back to the well again.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Eladio Garro · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is bringing a 90's cartoon idea to life. Peter Parker being controlled by the Symbiote.