Spider-Man, Volume 3: Doom With a View

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005) #9-12

by Sean McKeever, Mike Norton (Illustrator)

The all new, all ages, all action fun continues. It's wall to walll mayhem in hte mighty marvel manner with four original tales of everybody's favorite teenager wall crawler!. Guest starring Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four!.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2006

About the author

After writing indie comics (such as the ensemble teen-drama The Waiting Place) for six years, Sean got his big break writing an issue of The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Comics in 2001. Since then, Sean has written hundreds of comics for Marvel, DC Comics and other publishers, including notable runs on Sentinel, Inhumans, Mystique, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Gravity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Birds of Prey and Teen Titans.

Best known for delivering introspective, character-driven work, Sean also wrote several weeks of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip, much of which has been reprinted in the celebrated collection, Lisa's story: the other shoe.

In 2005, Sean won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Sean continues to write comic books; he also writes for the videogame and animation industries.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed!

[Cody Wilson]

This is another fun digest of the Marvel Adventures series. Writer Sean McKeever has a solid grasp on Peter’s voice. He orients each issue around an obvious theme or takeaway in a way that suits an all-ages title. While not as dynamic as Patrick Scherberger’s earlier art on the series, Mike Norton’s clean, simple style suits kids-friendly comics. His work is reminiscent of Mike Wieringo, although it could have benefitted from less overbearing digital colors.

The highlight of this volume is the Mad Thinker issue, in which McKeever makes interesting use of Peter’s spider-sense as a predictive skill of sorts. The Mysterio and Doom stories are also memorable from when I read them as a kid, although the Nightmare “dream sequence” story is a dud, like most “dream sequence” stories.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little read. More for kids, but it still totally worked as a series of fun Spidey stories (with a bonus FF and Doctor Doom cameo).

[Chance Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm probably not the best person to ask when talking about comic books. I'm not dedicated fan of them but I was interested when I saw this.

Cover
First thing I want to say is that I really like this cover. It's a really strategic cover. The book has this battle of wit to it and Dom is the most know villain out of the others. Thank to the Fantastic Four movie that is. Basically I like the book.

Interior
The stories are interesting. (I found the last one really creepy though. Interesting but creepy.)
It's cool that every story stands alone in it's own way.

1st one is typical villain take over world. Blunt and to the point. Dr. Doom.
2nd is more about reputation with the villain Mysterio working behind the scenes.
3rd focuses on being analytical villain Thinker, showing that Spiderman defies typical behavior.
4th and creepiest of all He is his own villain. The everyday stress from the guilt of lying, worry of losing the house, the accusations from the Daily Bugle finally made him snap in his dreams.

It's decent and if you like comic books I don't know why you wouldn't like this. In fact these stories probably came from comic books and were just shoved into book form.

[Bill Doughty · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Marvel Adventures line is supposed to be basic, continuity-free superhero storytelling for a younger audience, but they usually end up appealing to a much wider age group, and are generally more satisfying to read than a lot of what's going on over in their regular books (esp. in the wake of all this Civil War hoo-hah). Light on plot but heavy on fun, this is basically a Saturday morning cartoon sort of Spider-Man. And a lot of times, that's exactly what I'm looking for in a superhero book. Plus, you get Dr. Doom in this volume, so that's another bonus right there.

Best read while enjoying a glass of Kool-Aid or a big bowl of your favorite sugary cereal.

[Matej · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third volume of Marvel Adventures Spider-man features four standalone stories, and a new creative team.
Stories are simple and fun, and aimed at younger readers. The story that stands out is the last one, in which through nightmares Spider-man faces his biggest fears.
The art is good enough, although visibly different it fits the stories really well, even though it is less detailed than it was in the previous volumes.
All in all, a good, and fun read for young Spidey fans.

[Fizzgig76 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reprints Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #9-12. Spider-Man faces off against Dr. Doom, Mysterio, the Mad Thinker, and Nightmare. The stories are quick and easy. Great for young readers, or people who don't want to be bogged down by multiple story lines running through multiple issues.

[Elliot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining if nothing-y Spider-man stories.

[hania · Rating 2 out of 5]

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