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Spidey (Collected Editions)
Spidey: School's Out
Collects Spidey - School's Out #1-6.
For the first time in print! Peter Parker just survived his first year as the Amazing Spider-Man — as well as a year of high school! What is he going to do next? He’s going to Stark science camp! A week indoors with the coolest technology in the world is a dream come true for Peter — but it’s also a bonanza for one spider-foe who’s seriously upgraded his arsenal. Can Spider-Man keep the camp safe and keep his identity secret from his first dormmate, while Peter Parker makes new friends and finishes his project on time?
For the first time in print! Peter Parker just survived his first year as the Amazing Spider-Man — as well as a year of high school! What is he going to do next? He’s going to Stark science camp! A week indoors with the coolest technology in the world is a dream come true for Peter — but it’s also a bonanza for one spider-foe who’s seriously upgraded his arsenal. Can Spider-Man keep the camp safe and keep his identity secret from his first dormmate, while Peter Parker makes new friends and finishes his project on time?
137 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 21, 2018
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December 6, 2020
"Spinning webs is my thing . . . Well, that and being really charming. But the charm only gets you so far when the super-villains start showing up." -- Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man
Innocuous but fast-moving story featuring everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, School's Out finds teenage Peter Parker attending a week-long 'summer camp.' However, we're not talking canoes or campfires here - instead, industrialist Tony Stark is hosting an electronics and engineering competition at a local college campus for the best and brightest of the technology-minded local high school students. As usual, Peter quickly discerns that there is nefarious criminal activity afoot which results in him sparring with 'old-school' bad guys like Shocker, Vulture, Rhino and the long-forgotten Video-Man (anyone else remember him from his appearance on the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon in 1981?). Lots of action and quipping, and it features a nice supporting turn from Black Panther . . . except BP disappears all too conveniently from the plot.
Innocuous but fast-moving story featuring everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, School's Out finds teenage Peter Parker attending a week-long 'summer camp.' However, we're not talking canoes or campfires here - instead, industrialist Tony Stark is hosting an electronics and engineering competition at a local college campus for the best and brightest of the technology-minded local high school students. As usual, Peter quickly discerns that there is nefarious criminal activity afoot which results in him sparring with 'old-school' bad guys like Shocker, Vulture, Rhino and the long-forgotten Video-Man (anyone else remember him from his appearance on the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon in 1981?). Lots of action and quipping, and it features a nice supporting turn from Black Panther . . . except BP disappears all too conveniently from the plot.
January 25, 2019
This graphic novel is a soft reboot of the series--change of artists and themes and all--and comes away as a satisfying page-turner of a teen Spider-Man romp. All the choices made by the writers and illustrators are top-notch: the Avengers all have backstories and relationships to Spidey, Ganke Lee is in the cast and Miles is implied to be up to heroics, AND the story manages to restore Peter's status as the working-class underdog hero.
The new art style took a while to grow on me, but the story did warrant it: 'Spidey' went for the saturday-morning episodic vibe and had a cartoony, rounder Western look, but the serialized and higher-stakes 'Spidey: School's Out' re-purposes those designs in a more fleshed out, detailed, darker style.
I hate that 'Spidey' isn't a bigger deal in the greater comics landscape. You want more of teenage Peter Parker after seeing the MCU and Spider-Verse movies, but the comics focus almost exclusively on adult Peter, with teen Miles getting caught up in endless crossovers, leaving the void of a YA everyman hero unfilled. As a fan (can you tell?), I desperately want more of this kind of self-contained, approachable teen hero story.
The new art style took a while to grow on me, but the story did warrant it: 'Spidey' went for the saturday-morning episodic vibe and had a cartoony, rounder Western look, but the serialized and higher-stakes 'Spidey: School's Out' re-purposes those designs in a more fleshed out, detailed, darker style.
I hate that 'Spidey' isn't a bigger deal in the greater comics landscape. You want more of teenage Peter Parker after seeing the MCU and Spider-Verse movies, but the comics focus almost exclusively on adult Peter, with teen Miles getting caught up in endless crossovers, leaving the void of a YA everyman hero unfilled. As a fan (can you tell?), I desperately want more of this kind of self-contained, approachable teen hero story.
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January 1, 2019Love love loved it! I'm still just starting to learn and dive into the Marvel comics, especially Spiderman, but I feel like this was a good one to begin with. It has some familiar elements of the MCU which is more familiar to me, plus it was just a cute and action-packed story!
December 31, 2018
So... I might be on a Spider-Man kick. This was a fun story--that I'm not entirely sure fits into continuity? I don't know Marvel as well as I know DC, but the style and everything kind of made it hard to place in the overall Marvel Universe. But still, what made this story particularly fantastic is that, in the end, it wasn't even really a Spider-Man story: it was a Peter Parker story. The villains were after Peter, not Spidey. Of course, that doesn't mean that Spidey didn't get involved, but this was actually a really nice change of pace: even with the Parker luck, Spidey still ended up saving the day--which meant saving Peter Parker, even though he didn't realize it until the end. Add in some great comic book action, cameos from other heroes (Iron Man AND Black Panther), and really fun side characters--Ganke... seriously wondering how he ties into this, because, you know... Miles. (Again, my questions about continuity....)--all of that together, plus some great humor, made this a read that was BEYOND FUN. I'm not going to lie, that part where Peter runs off to change into Spider-Man, then saves "Peter Parker" (web dummy), and then tosses him aside, and Ganke is all like "PETE! YOU'RE DEAD AGAIN!"--I was seriously laughing so hard I had to close the comic for a minute. This was one ridiculously fun ride. (Also, side note, I really liked how they drew Peter Parker. It just... felt right.) I would definitely recommend this read.
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February 17, 2019
Good, clean fun. Really shows off the Spider-Man/Peter Parker duality, without focussing too much on one or the other. A good starting point for new readers.
December 31, 2018
This book was a lot of fun. Great art, fun plot with a few twists and of course, wonderful Spider-man moments. It opens with Spidey, running late, trying to help an elderly woman who dropped her keys down the sewer. She misinterprets it and hits him with her purse. Perfect Parker Luck moment.
If you read the prior Spidey run or are just a Spider-man fan, this is the book for you. New reader friendly with nods to both the comics and MCU.
If you read the prior Spidey run or are just a Spider-man fan, this is the book for you. New reader friendly with nods to both the comics and MCU.
August 4, 2019
I couldn't make myself finish this.
The artwork tries to tie the new characters into the MCU Spider-Man stuff.
The story is pretty bland like all the Moon Girl / Stark Junior kinda stuff.
"I'm a hero and I'm smart!"
The artwork tries to tie the new characters into the MCU Spider-Man stuff.
The story is pretty bland like all the Moon Girl / Stark Junior kinda stuff.
"I'm a hero and I'm smart!"
December 18, 2020
I’m still new to the comic/graphic novel genre, but I think this was my favorite so far in terms of design, layout, pacing, and dialogue vs inner dialogue. I liked the text treatments as well as the writing generally.
January 31, 2019
A fun read. I liked reading young Peter again and his interactions with all the heros!
February 6, 2019
A fun Out-of-Continuity tale of Peter Parker attending a Stark Tech Summer Camp, and the chaos that ensues.
April 25, 2019
Public library copy.
As a reader I could tell the love and affection was all over the book but I don't think the pieces came together properly. The wasn't a good fit for the tone.
As a reader I could tell the love and affection was all over the book but I don't think the pieces came together properly. The wasn't a good fit for the tone.
July 24, 2019
I just have a soft spot for teen Spidey. Always fun and light and just a joy to read.
July 31, 2019
Fast and interesting story with a few other famous characters. Peter is very charismatic in these issues and the art is awesome. A little sad that it’s only six issues.
September 2, 2020
Eh, mediocre ending. A few fun moments with Ganke but a rip of the movies without any of the real charm.
October 3, 2021
Ganke and GG are so great and I’d love to see them again! And the Miles easter egg/blurb made me cry a lil. I love when the marvel world feels a little smaller!
July 10, 2019
I didn't hate this, but I sure didn't like it very much. I don't get trying to ape the appearance of Homecoming without actually doing it. Why not just make those characters Ned and MJ? It makes no sense. The 2 volume Spider series that precedes this was great, but this was only so-so.
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