Reviews

Spider-Man: Blue by Jeph Loeb

zaxtreme's review

4.0

Sale's art gets a 5...and really it's a ten out of five. Loeb's story is good. I appreciate the lines lifted right out of the old comics. It's a really cool idea, but sometimes it comes off as forced or cheesey. The tape recorder element. Some of the unnatural dialogue...and in don't mean the cheese ball lines of '60s Spiderman, those are great. I can't take too many points off because Sale's artwork really is a thing of beauty, but the structure of the story really got on my nerves. Definitely worth a read if you like spiderman.

los2100's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

erickibler4's review

3.0

Jeph Loeb is one of the luckiest guys in the world. His reputation is largely based on several comics projects he did with artist/master storyteller Tim Sale. He has parlayed his success into a number of other high profile projects and is now the executive in charge of Marvel's television wing.

This comic looks back to the flowering of the love affair between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey. In the lore of Spidey, Gwen is his one true love, even though he later famously married Mary Jane Watson (this marriage was subsequently undone--long story). Gwen tragically died, thrown off a bridge by the Green Goblin.

This book was diverting and beautifully drawn, but only competently written (which is the best you can say about the best of Loeb's work). It doesn't even come close to capturing the depths of longing and emotional highs that reading those long ago tales by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., Gil Kane, and Gerry Conway still produces.

If you want to read the story of one of the great tragic romances in superhero comics, find yourself some reprints, conveniently bundled in the more expensive, full color Marvel Masterworks volumes, or the cheaper, black and white Essential Spider-Man "phone books".

itzamna95's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

gnothiseauton's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I’m so sad now 😔 you might even say I’m blue 

georgesc's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

notalice's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.75

stamos94's review against another edition

5.0

This was the best spiderman story I've ever read. Easily comparable to Sam Raimi's Spiderman 2 and the PS4 video game in terms of quality story telling. If you like comics or spiderman or good stories then Spiderman: Blue is up your alley.

shr13_'s review

4.0

sobbing







shoutout gwen stacy and peter parker, gotta be my favorite tragedy of all time

substance's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0