Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Volume 6: The Black Costume

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005) #21-24

by Fred Van Lente, Cory Hamscher (Illustrator), Michael O'Hare (Illustrator)

All-new, all-ages, all-action fun featuring the Tinkerer, Green Goblin, the Hobgoblin, the Sandman and Venom Plus: Don't miss the senses-shattering debut of Spidey's new "smart stealth" black costume Collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21-24.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Spider Man, Comics, Marvel

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2007

About the author

Fred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist.

Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).

He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.

Reviews

[su☆]

i had this on my shelf for a WHILE and finally picked it up

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weird science villains. Two goblins. Solid Sandman. Black costume school drama.

[Courtney Holcomb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Spider-Man so much ❤️
The story was good and the overall comic was memory lane.

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Marvel Adventures line is always a good time. It's easy to pick up and read an issues without getting bogged down in tons of continuity. This is a fun retelling of the Venom story.

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[Brad · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mostly enjoyable kid-friendly retelling of Spider-Man's black costume (that becomes Venom). Here, the black costume is a "stealth suit" the Tinkerer develops, and Spider-Man steals.
There are a couple funny moments in this revamp. After Spidey dons the black suit, everyone thinks he's a different hero. Also, the Human Torch tries to wear the black suit, only to have it hate his flames.

[Fizzgig76 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reprints Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #21-24. Spider-Man battles the Tinkerer, Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Sandman, and Venom when gaining a new black costume. Simple kid friendly "classic" Marvel stories. This story arch is a little unique in the Marvel Adventures Universe in the fact that there is an overlying story arc for the 4 issues.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

revamped black costume origin story....like how many venom origins does that make it now? I guess this book is geared towards the YA set. It was okay.