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Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017)
Питер Паркер: Поразительный Человек-Паук. Том 2. Особо опасен
Свежий взгляд на старый вопрос: Питер Паркер - опасность или угроза?
Пит вернулся, только вот пускай наш сосед и дружелюбный, это не помешало ему стать персоной нон грата и попасть в розыск полиции Нью-Йорка! И если погони властей за Питером и его сестрой, Терезой, недостаточно, к ним присоединится Чёрная Пантера! Но Человек-Паук не сдастся без боя! А в это время Тинкерер заручается поддержкой всё большего числа злодеев, чтобы те наконец избавились от Паучка раз и навсегда! Однако стенолазу, оказавшемуся прямо в центре семейных распрей Тинкерера и его доброго брата Мэйсона, приходит на помощь команда могучих героев Marvel, и они, используя современные технологии, дают отпор чудаковатому гению! Однако у Тинкерера тоже есть технология... и она не от мира сего!
В книгу входят комиксы "Питер Паркер: Поразительный Человек-Паук" #297-300 2017 года.
Над комиксом работали Чип Здарски, Адам Куберт, Хуан Фригьери, Горан Парлов, Джейсон Кит и Джада Маркизио.
Пит вернулся, только вот пускай наш сосед и дружелюбный, это не помешало ему стать персоной нон грата и попасть в розыск полиции Нью-Йорка! И если погони властей за Питером и его сестрой, Терезой, недостаточно, к ним присоединится Чёрная Пантера! Но Человек-Паук не сдастся без боя! А в это время Тинкерер заручается поддержкой всё большего числа злодеев, чтобы те наконец избавились от Паучка раз и навсегда! Однако стенолазу, оказавшемуся прямо в центре семейных распрей Тинкерера и его доброго брата Мэйсона, приходит на помощь команда могучих героев Marvel, и они, используя современные технологии, дают отпор чудаковатому гению! Однако у Тинкерера тоже есть технология... и она не от мира сего!
В книгу входят комиксы "Питер Паркер: Поразительный Человек-Паук" #297-300 2017 года.
Над комиксом работали Чип Здарски, Адам Куберт, Хуан Фригьери, Горан Парлов, Джейсон Кит и Джада Маркизио.
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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Chip Zdarsky
873 books854 followersChip Zdarsky is a Canadian comic book artist and journalist. He was born Steve Murray but is known by his fan base as Chip Zdarsky, and occasionally Todd Diamond. He writes and illustrates an advice column called Extremely Bad Advice for the Canadian national newspaper National Post's The Ampersand, their pop culture section's online edition. He is also the creator of Prison Funnies and Monster Cops.
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September 24, 2018
Chip Zdarsky definitely knows how to quip which is a strength for writing Spidey. However, he's bitten off way more than he could chew with this convoluted, complicated mess of a story that really jumps the shark part way through. There's way too many moving parts . The stuff with the Grey Blade (Every time I read it, I see Gay Blade and think of the old Zorro, the Gay Blade movie.)
January 28, 2021
Seriously! ... a four comic book issue volume... Marvel be cheating people out of their cash! Despite all that, it's all hugely FUBAR as the NYPD, a covert unit called the Grey Blade, The Tinkerer and a whole slew of super villains are all after Spider-Man AND Peter Parker and his 'sister'. And with the new knowledge he hasm, whose side will J Jonah Jameson chose? More old-school feel Spider-Man which gets a bit too new school-ish at times. 7.5 out of 12.
September 9, 2018
This was an almost perfect Spidey story, right up until they threw time travel into the mix at the last minute.
I am so bloody sick of Marvel's time travel/alternate universes addiction...
I am so bloody sick of Marvel's time travel/alternate universes addiction...
October 18, 2018
"God, it's good to have friends." - Peter 'Spider-Man' Parker
And some of the best moments in Vol. 2: Most Wanted are when his amazing friends (Black Panther, Hawkeye, Ironheart . . . J. Jonah Jameson?! Check it out, true believers!) arrive to offer a helping hand in the midst of a fairly standard 'falsely accused / on the run' plot. Lots of action scenes keep the story moving along, but then it starts to get convoluted and the ending comes out of left field.
And some of the best moments in Vol. 2: Most Wanted are when his amazing friends (Black Panther, Hawkeye, Ironheart . . . J. Jonah Jameson?! Check it out, true believers!) arrive to offer a helping hand in the midst of a fairly standard 'falsely accused / on the run' plot. Lots of action scenes keep the story moving along, but then it starts to get convoluted and the ending comes out of left field.
March 27, 2022
4 Silver Stars
with Golden Sparks
exciting beginning, thrilling plot.
loved it, but not as satisfying as my evil self had expected.
with Golden Sparks
exciting beginning, thrilling plot.
loved it, but not as satisfying as my evil self had expected.
April 7, 2018
[Read as single issues]
I think there's such a thing as trying to juggle too many balls at once. Chip Zdarsky's story has gotten a bit too big for itself, with so many moving parts that it's all threatening to collapse. Between the Grey Blade, the Tinkerer, the Mason, J. Jonah Jameson, Betty Brant, Human Torch, Teresa Parker (Maybe? Who knows anymore?) and Spidey himself, it's easy to get bogged down in what is essentially a straight forward 'Spidey's wanted by the authorities for something he didn't do' type story. I still find that Zdarsky's humour doesn't land quite as well as it should too; he's known as a humour writer, and Spidey should be a good fit for him but it still feels a bit unnatural.
Issue 300 is a redeeming factor, bringing everything together again as we set off on the next leg of the journey, but it does feel a bit too little too late.
Adam Kubert manages to pencil all of these issues (including the over-sized #300) thanks to some able help from Juan Frigeri, who I think is working from Kubert's layouts and rough pencils to give some much more consistent art than I think Kubert would turn in on his own.
This one's a bit all over the place, but has a solid conclusion that sets up something truly special for the first time in this run.
I think there's such a thing as trying to juggle too many balls at once. Chip Zdarsky's story has gotten a bit too big for itself, with so many moving parts that it's all threatening to collapse. Between the Grey Blade, the Tinkerer, the Mason, J. Jonah Jameson, Betty Brant, Human Torch, Teresa Parker (Maybe? Who knows anymore?) and Spidey himself, it's easy to get bogged down in what is essentially a straight forward 'Spidey's wanted by the authorities for something he didn't do' type story. I still find that Zdarsky's humour doesn't land quite as well as it should too; he's known as a humour writer, and Spidey should be a good fit for him but it still feels a bit unnatural.
Issue 300 is a redeeming factor, bringing everything together again as we set off on the next leg of the journey, but it does feel a bit too little too late.
Adam Kubert manages to pencil all of these issues (including the over-sized #300) thanks to some able help from Juan Frigeri, who I think is working from Kubert's layouts and rough pencils to give some much more consistent art than I think Kubert would turn in on his own.
This one's a bit all over the place, but has a solid conclusion that sets up something truly special for the first time in this run.
November 29, 2018
Chip Zdarsky Spider-man has been a interesting ride so far.
Right off the bat the first issue is insane. Peter parker is being hunted by a police force and he's basically running through apartments trying his best to escape them without hurting anyone. From there the craziness grows as villains strike out to try to capture him and his sister. Then, when heroes arrive, we think the hero will catch a break but nope! Then the Thinker reveals his true self and BAM!
Good: The first issue is great. Truly a action set piece in comics. Super tense and fun. I also enjoy the relationship between Peter and his sister a lot. The dialogue sometimes is so on point it's great and the fights are pretty epic.
Bad: J.J. takes a backseat here, not giving much for him. I also thought the ending was kind of a cop out, and here we go again with time travel.
Overall this is a bit stronger than volume 1 overall. It still has pacing issues at times, and sometimes too much talking, but it's still fun. It'll be interesting to see how this all ends. A 3.5 out of 5.
Right off the bat the first issue is insane. Peter parker is being hunted by a police force and he's basically running through apartments trying his best to escape them without hurting anyone. From there the craziness grows as villains strike out to try to capture him and his sister. Then, when heroes arrive, we think the hero will catch a break but nope! Then the Thinker reveals his true self and BAM!
Good: The first issue is great. Truly a action set piece in comics. Super tense and fun. I also enjoy the relationship between Peter and his sister a lot. The dialogue sometimes is so on point it's great and the fights are pretty epic.
Bad: J.J. takes a backseat here, not giving much for him. I also thought the ending was kind of a cop out, and here we go again with time travel.
Overall this is a bit stronger than volume 1 overall. It still has pacing issues at times, and sometimes too much talking, but it's still fun. It'll be interesting to see how this all ends. A 3.5 out of 5.
August 4, 2020
When it comes to Spider-Man, who has been around for over a half century, there are so many titles published on the web-slinger that it's hard to know where to start. If you're old-school, you can start from the very beginning with The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, but if you're more contemporary, Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. However, the most recent recommendation when it comes to Spidey comics, there's the first volume of Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, in writer Chip Zdarsky told a more "back-to-basics" Spidey story in contrast to the sprawling nature of Dan Slott's extensive run.
Concluding the first volume was one of the finest issues in recent Marvel history, "My Dinner with Jonah", featuring the SPOILER-ific revelation of Spider-Man revealing his secret identity to his arch-nemesis, J. Jonah Jameson. From that issue alone, it showcased what makes Peter Parker a compelling character in how through this confrontational yet witty dinner, it was the discussion about his actions as both Peter and Spidey have consequences towards each persona and how that affects everyone around him, most likely in tragedy and yet there is still a tiny bit of hope that slips through.
Sadly, what is ultimately lacking in this volume is that one issue that was all about character as oppose to plot, which is what this book is about. The opening issue features a post-dinner Peter being targeted by the NYPD as he tries to escape from the armed (and armoured) authorities whilst trapped in a building. With its Die Hard premise and with Peter making a getaway as himself as oppose to his Spider-self, it is primarily told through Adam Kubert's art, which for the most part looks rough with some of his character designs looking a bit off. On the other hand, Kubert's strength is towards the more polished cover art, from #297's cover of a handcuffed Spider-Man holding his mask to #298's cover of our titular hero dominated by Black Panther.
Known for his self-aware humour, Zdarsky doesn't put much energy in the laugh factor and no matter how many quips Spidey can throw, Zdarsky is more concerned about the extravagant plot involving some Avengers and multiple villains led by the Tinkerer, who has a few revelations along the way, creating plot holes in retrospect. Despite the potential of a new dynamic towards Spidey's relationship with Jameson, there isn't much progression towards any character and it's only in the final pages of the 300th issue where things might get interesting.
The only sense of characterisation you get from this entire volume is the backup tale (drawn by Goran Parlov) from #300, showcasing the playful relationship between Spidey and Black Cat where they poke fun at a key sequence from Tom King's Batman #24. Although there are some similarities between the two couples – each from a different publisher – it's also acknowledging that the Spider and the Cat can never have that committed love story, certainly as long as Mary Jane is about.
Despite how much fun the first volume was, Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert drop the ball sadly with a big but rather generic story, which might redeem itself in later issues.
Concluding the first volume was one of the finest issues in recent Marvel history, "My Dinner with Jonah", featuring the SPOILER-ific revelation of Spider-Man revealing his secret identity to his arch-nemesis, J. Jonah Jameson. From that issue alone, it showcased what makes Peter Parker a compelling character in how through this confrontational yet witty dinner, it was the discussion about his actions as both Peter and Spidey have consequences towards each persona and how that affects everyone around him, most likely in tragedy and yet there is still a tiny bit of hope that slips through.
Sadly, what is ultimately lacking in this volume is that one issue that was all about character as oppose to plot, which is what this book is about. The opening issue features a post-dinner Peter being targeted by the NYPD as he tries to escape from the armed (and armoured) authorities whilst trapped in a building. With its Die Hard premise and with Peter making a getaway as himself as oppose to his Spider-self, it is primarily told through Adam Kubert's art, which for the most part looks rough with some of his character designs looking a bit off. On the other hand, Kubert's strength is towards the more polished cover art, from #297's cover of a handcuffed Spider-Man holding his mask to #298's cover of our titular hero dominated by Black Panther.
Known for his self-aware humour, Zdarsky doesn't put much energy in the laugh factor and no matter how many quips Spidey can throw, Zdarsky is more concerned about the extravagant plot involving some Avengers and multiple villains led by the Tinkerer, who has a few revelations along the way, creating plot holes in retrospect. Despite the potential of a new dynamic towards Spidey's relationship with Jameson, there isn't much progression towards any character and it's only in the final pages of the 300th issue where things might get interesting.
The only sense of characterisation you get from this entire volume is the backup tale (drawn by Goran Parlov) from #300, showcasing the playful relationship between Spidey and Black Cat where they poke fun at a key sequence from Tom King's Batman #24. Although there are some similarities between the two couples – each from a different publisher – it's also acknowledging that the Spider and the Cat can never have that committed love story, certainly as long as Mary Jane is about.
Despite how much fun the first volume was, Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert drop the ball sadly with a big but rather generic story, which might redeem itself in later issues.
November 22, 2018
Nice money shot in the final issue - Spidey rocks man. (No spoilers - go enjoy it for yourself)
Great story - tense, how will Spidey get out of this mess? And while a bit wordy, Zdarsky has a handle on the characters so I’m never not believing they’re solidly in-canon. (Except for JJJ trusting Spidey/Parker - how long can that possibly last?)
Plus I enjoy the occasional Spidey joke. Not like “Deadpool volume” of dumb jokes, but ironic humour borne of pain and conflict. The type I have been bred, trained, impressed to find most natural. (Yes, I am an advanced lifeform, ready to ascend the the hallowed halls of ancient rotes of laughter known as “dad jokes”. Or something.)
Art is great. Nice action-oriented panelling and camera work.
Great story - tense, how will Spidey get out of this mess? And while a bit wordy, Zdarsky has a handle on the characters so I’m never not believing they’re solidly in-canon. (Except for JJJ trusting Spidey/Parker - how long can that possibly last?)
Plus I enjoy the occasional Spidey joke. Not like “Deadpool volume” of dumb jokes, but ironic humour borne of pain and conflict. The type I have been bred, trained, impressed to find most natural. (Yes, I am an advanced lifeform, ready to ascend the the hallowed halls of ancient rotes of laughter known as “dad jokes”. Or something.)
Art is great. Nice action-oriented panelling and camera work.
July 30, 2021
This was quite a fun volume. While Peter is on the run and he is pursued by the gray blade and its bloody and exciting and then he is in Jail and everything but after that there is thrill and drama and then rescued by the Human torch and if that’s not enough, The Tinkerer unleashes his attacks and joining him is Vulture, Whiplash and Spidey gets his reinforcement in Hawkeye, BP, Human Torch, Falcon and more. Its Avengers vs Baddies meanwhile Jonah and Betty investigate their thing until it all collides in a big story and enter Dr Doom! Ahh the series keeps on getting exciting and an alien invasion next?! Time Travel?! This story has everything from a superhero comic and has amazing character moments and fights and big twists plus the way to stop this invasion is exciting and its becoming a big story and I love it, the art as usual is good but it’s the writing that’s picked up and its getting better and better!
June 5, 2018
I didn’t love this arc as much as the others but I did love Ironheart ❤️
April 7, 2021
This was really good Zdrasky is setting up a pretty interesting plot. I’m excited to see where he takes things with everything he set up. It was a bit underwhelming compared to the first volume but I’m still invested.
February 24, 2020
I druhý díl Zdarskyho spider-mana mě bavil, ale konec byl opravdu hodně zvláštní a jako by vůbec nesouvisel se zbytkem komiksu.
June 15, 2019
Zdarsky is crazy, and that's exactly whet Spider-man needed.
Although this story suffer from comic book cliches, the writing has this crazy spark that work so well with what I expect of spider-man stories.
If you like spider-man, an look for a standalone story are that is both set in the character past, but try to build something new, this is the book for you
Although this story suffer from comic book cliches, the writing has this crazy spark that work so well with what I expect of spider-man stories.
If you like spider-man, an look for a standalone story are that is both set in the character past, but try to build something new, this is the book for you
October 25, 2018
Im really not enjoying Zdarksys take on Spiderman. I feel like the plot involving some Avengers, time travel etc was over complicated but nothing really occured if that makes sense. His humour also just doesnt work as well as others.
June 21, 2018
Continuing the outstanding cliffhanger ending of the previous Volume, Peter's apartment building is surrounded by police, and they are looking for him and his kind-of-half sister Theresa, because Theresa stole data from a covert SHIELD group called "The Gray Blade". The first issue here is fantastic, with Peter trying to escape while not revealing himself as Spidey, then getting help from Jamison (who he just told he was Spider-Man after all these years!), but then turns himself in when Aunt May is about to be carted off.
Sprung from police custody by Ant-Man, it is discovered that the Tinkerer is behind all of the trouble due to his feud with his brother the Mason. But the Tinkerer has it out for Spider-Man and is sending powered up versions of his enemies against him! Vulture and Whiplash at first, but assistance from Black Panther slows them down... Shocker, Beetle, and Boomerang come along next, and it takes help from Ironheart, Hawkeye and Vision when Tinkerer himself comes after them!
Tinkerer's ultimate endgame involves bringing an alien race known as the Vedomi to Earth to conquer us. Doom helps out by sending Spidey, Jamison, and Theresa off to the future so they can learn how to stop the aliens....
... Didn't love this one. The Tinkerer is a sub-par villain in my eyes, and the threat of aliens feels tacked on as fluff. The main title of Spidey is excellent, but i do wish this title (which seems to focus much more on the Peter Parker side of things) could find a great place to fit in the hierarchy.
Recommend, but with reservation.
Sprung from police custody by Ant-Man, it is discovered that the Tinkerer is behind all of the trouble due to his feud with his brother the Mason. But the Tinkerer has it out for Spider-Man and is sending powered up versions of his enemies against him! Vulture and Whiplash at first, but assistance from Black Panther slows them down... Shocker, Beetle, and Boomerang come along next, and it takes help from Ironheart, Hawkeye and Vision when Tinkerer himself comes after them!
Tinkerer's ultimate endgame involves bringing an alien race known as the Vedomi to Earth to conquer us. Doom helps out by sending Spidey, Jamison, and Theresa off to the future so they can learn how to stop the aliens....
... Didn't love this one. The Tinkerer is a sub-par villain in my eyes, and the threat of aliens feels tacked on as fluff. The main title of Spidey is excellent, but i do wish this title (which seems to focus much more on the Peter Parker side of things) could find a great place to fit in the hierarchy.
Recommend, but with reservation.
September 25, 2018
Too much going on to focus on any one part of the story. This was quite frankly a mess. I feel like someone took 5 different graphic novels, cut out random pages, and put them all together to make a confusing book. Volume 1 was great, with an equally great cliffhanger. Volume 2, not the case. I'm not motivated to read volume 3, but may check it out if I have time. Not recommended.
September 19, 2025
A ton of action in this one, but not as much humour and plot advancements as the previous volume. There were a couple big reveals though. This book is sort of the culmination of all the plot threads in the first volume, and a launching point for the next arc (I’m assuming).
Artwork was great throughout, even a bit better than last volume I think.
Artwork was great throughout, even a bit better than last volume I think.
May 10, 2018
The art was good but the pacing was off, just way too much going on and it was packed into too few pages to fully develop the story. Worst of all, it was missing the fun of the first collection. Still better than Amazing Spider-Man but I was a little disappointed in this one.
October 27, 2020
I can’t say I love the resolve of this trade... or where this is going but I’ll reserve my judgement until the next trade.
January 6, 2022
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June 1, 2018
I liked a lot of what was happening here...but I don't like that the volume ends with a milestone issue which just takes us into the next volume without conclusion.
January 14, 2019
Although the issues started to focus less on Peter and more on Spidey, I still enjoy this title very much. The story is getting more complicated and I'm a bit afraid of that it will become too much but we will see. So far from illegally owned Stark phones among bad guys we went to an alien invasion, super villains and super heroes fight with each other for getting their hands on Teresa, and if all this wasn't enough, even Doom shows up. But! So far it works.
I have to highlight the event of Peter revealing his identity to J.J.J. and Jameson's reaction to it, how he rethinks so many things regarding Spider-man. It shows so well how much it matters when you know the man/woman behind the mask. When you consider them family. I mean sure, Jameson should have given a chance to Spider-man before, without him knowing Peter is Spidey, but from a certain point of view, you can understand where he is coming from (even if his fixation on Spider-man was borderline insane).
Another big highlight goes to the art because damn there are some scenes that absolutely blew my mind (Peter fighting his way through the soldiers and Peter throwing a car at the Tinkerer, for example), plus it's still more decent so even if the story doesn't get your attention much, the art should.
Looking forward to getting the next volume when it gets released.
I have to highlight the event of Peter revealing his identity to J.J.J. and Jameson's reaction to it, how he rethinks so many things regarding Spider-man. It shows so well how much it matters when you know the man/woman behind the mask. When you consider them family. I mean sure, Jameson should have given a chance to Spider-man before, without him knowing Peter is Spidey, but from a certain point of view, you can understand where he is coming from (even if his fixation on Spider-man was borderline insane).
Another big highlight goes to the art because damn there are some scenes that absolutely blew my mind (Peter fighting his way through the soldiers and Peter throwing a car at the Tinkerer, for example), plus it's still more decent so even if the story doesn't get your attention much, the art should.
Looking forward to getting the next volume when it gets released.
February 19, 2021
I may have underestimated this book. Sure the whole thing about the off-books SHIELD operation was kind of hokey. And creating a counterpart for the Tinkerer in the form of his brother Mason also felt a little silly. Spider-Man finally revealing to Jonah that he's actually Peter Parker was a strong moment from the last volume but I wasn't quite sure where they were going to go with it.
The end result of all these plot elements coming together plus a mess of other hero cameos in a rather large battle ended up being quite well thought-out and presented in a clever way. There were a few things that felt a little let field but it all remains within the realm of the believable, at least as far as Spider-Man stories go in particular.
The greatest achievement of this book is to really establish that there's a lot more to the Tinkerer than most modern Marvel comics have given him credit for and this large story arc across the first two volumes of this book all help support that narrative - you can't exactly ignore the Tinkerer. He has mostly been content to work behind the scenes, but when you poke him he certainly pokes back HARD.
The end result of all these plot elements coming together plus a mess of other hero cameos in a rather large battle ended up being quite well thought-out and presented in a clever way. There were a few things that felt a little let field but it all remains within the realm of the believable, at least as far as Spider-Man stories go in particular.
The greatest achievement of this book is to really establish that there's a lot more to the Tinkerer than most modern Marvel comics have given him credit for and this large story arc across the first two volumes of this book all help support that narrative - you can't exactly ignore the Tinkerer. He has mostly been content to work behind the scenes, but when you poke him he certainly pokes back HARD.
October 28, 2025
Wow there's alot going on in this one...
So I think since the 300th anniversary issue closes this one out, Chip Zdarsky wanted to make it really bombastic and crazy. And that's understandable - but there's so much going on in this volume! From Peter coming clean with Jonah, to being on the run, to sentient ai aliens descending, to fake people who were actually just robot suits...I mean, pick a lane Zdarsky!
It's actually handled well, as well as can be by Zdarsky, and he makes it entertaining throughout. He has a great handle on Peter's voice and personality, so that is a big plus in my book. It's the balancing act of all the storylines that was threatening to overwhelm the book at times.
Adam Kubert and Juan Frigeri handle the art and it's a nice book to look at. I think Kubert is a master and this book deserves someone of his caliber at the helm. The art does seem a bit rushed however, and I don't know if that's due to timing or just because there's just so much going on at at times.
Overall, a good volume and one that is jam packed with material!
So I think since the 300th anniversary issue closes this one out, Chip Zdarsky wanted to make it really bombastic and crazy. And that's understandable - but there's so much going on in this volume! From Peter coming clean with Jonah, to being on the run, to sentient ai aliens descending, to fake people who were actually just robot suits...I mean, pick a lane Zdarsky!
It's actually handled well, as well as can be by Zdarsky, and he makes it entertaining throughout. He has a great handle on Peter's voice and personality, so that is a big plus in my book. It's the balancing act of all the storylines that was threatening to overwhelm the book at times.
Adam Kubert and Juan Frigeri handle the art and it's a nice book to look at. I think Kubert is a master and this book deserves someone of his caliber at the helm. The art does seem a bit rushed however, and I don't know if that's due to timing or just because there's just so much going on at at times.
Overall, a good volume and one that is jam packed with material!
August 1, 2018
I liked this one a LOT better than the first volume, where it felt like Zdarsky was trying to hard to make Peter funny and just never hit the mark. He eases off on the gags enough to let the story take center-stage here and avoid the awkward, and suddenly it feels like a really good Spider-Man story.
There are a LOT of moving parts here, and that's my one complaint, it's almost too much to follow. In fact, given the potential impact of the events in this book once the full nature of what Tinkerer's been up to is revealed is almost "event level" multi-title kind of stuff, and the venue begins to feel a bit cramped with every thing that's happening.
Also, there's a bit of a WTF twist in the last two issues or so that I'm still very undecided on. I'll have to see what Zdarsky does with it.
There are a LOT of moving parts here, and that's my one complaint, it's almost too much to follow. In fact, given the potential impact of the events in this book once the full nature of what Tinkerer's been up to is revealed is almost "event level" multi-title kind of stuff, and the venue begins to feel a bit cramped with every thing that's happening.
Also, there's a bit of a WTF twist in the last two issues or so that I'm still very undecided on. I'll have to see what Zdarsky does with it.
August 22, 2023
Just too much happening all at once to even enjoy a single strand of story here. Chip Zdarsky's and Adam Kubert's Spider-Man run turns into a bloated mess of villains and side characters who all detract from the one thing Zdarsky actually manages to make work - the characterization of Spider-Man. Most modern writers seem to struggle to write a contemporary Spider-Man, but Zdarsky has seemingly a stronger handle on this. But instead of giving us a character driven story, we get treated to a mindless slog of characters like Grey Blade, Tinkerer, Teresa Parker, etc. who contribute less than nothing.
Issue #300 might be the closest thing to a redeeming factor in this book, and at least sets up something interesting for the next volume. Otherwise, this was a rather tedious reading exercise and that says a lot for a trade with only four issues collected in it.
Issue #300 might be the closest thing to a redeeming factor in this book, and at least sets up something interesting for the next volume. Otherwise, this was a rather tedious reading exercise and that says a lot for a trade with only four issues collected in it.
May 23, 2019
Thanks to a library screw up I reading this after I read volume three. But I must say, even though I knew the gernal ending I didn't care because the story was just so much fun. i love Zdarsky's weird take on Spider-Man. As I said about the other two books I've read (vol one and vol three) it reminds of a lot of my favorite Spider-Man stories of the 80s and early 90s.
And to me... spider-Man has always been a character who works best in that middle ground between light and goody (IE: Power Pack, Squirrel Girl) and shadow (Punisher, Wolverine). A Spider-Man who handles action and adventure but keeps its sense of humor and fun is a good Spider-Man. Well worth the read.
And to me... spider-Man has always been a character who works best in that middle ground between light and goody (IE: Power Pack, Squirrel Girl) and shadow (Punisher, Wolverine). A Spider-Man who handles action and adventure but keeps its sense of humor and fun is a good Spider-Man. Well worth the read.
June 27, 2021
Zdarsky’s light touch on the book is bogged down by a hero cameo in every issue, lots of pointless hero-on-hero fighting, and a plot with loads of factions, each with their own plots piling up. It all leads to a big superhero team fight at the end. The issue with Peter trapped in a building was well written, but confused by the art (with one great page of Spidey smashing down between floors). Zdarsky’s strength lies in his use of continuity to enhance the story rather than drive it, and that continues here. I’ll keep reading, but this one wasn’t my fave.
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