walkonpooh's review
2.0
So I kind of got an understanding of what Alan Moore and Grant Morrison to some extent are talking about when they say that the comic book medium is killing itself off by regurgitating old ideas with this story. I don't want to get too spoiler heavy, though I'll probably mark this review as a spoiler filled review to be on the safe side, but wow, this is easily my least favorite story-arc of the Webhead era of Spider-Man. Characters acting out of, well, character? Check. Inconsistent art due to multiple artists, sometimes within the same issue? Check. Above all, really lazy storytelling. Check and mate.
I love Spider-Man, he's easily my favorite comic book character and I'm really forgiving when it comes to reading his work, I'll love stuff that most readers would think is terrible, like the infamous Clone Saga. I love it! This was a fresh opportunity for them to do something really interesting with the Kravinoff's and instead, they, well, regurgitated old ideas and in the process, lessened the impact of an older story. Is that story still out there and you can read it still and enjoy it? Sure, but that's kind of besides the point. Not to mention, having dipped my toes into Dan Slott's standalone Spidey (Spider Island, which was GREAT), I know that some of the major events that take place on this book, don't even last all that long, which even further lessens the impact of this story.
Then the major event that happens in this arc, seems to have happened just to, well, have happened. I hope it was done with the future in mind, the pieces for Slott's run are seemingly being put into place at this point of the Webheads run on the book and I'm sure if Slott was to have something planned for, that character, it would be something interesting. I hope so. I hope it was not for nothing.
I love Spider-Man, he's easily my favorite comic book character and I'm really forgiving when it comes to reading his work, I'll love stuff that most readers would think is terrible, like the infamous Clone Saga. I love it! This was a fresh opportunity for them to do something really interesting with the Kravinoff's and instead, they, well, regurgitated old ideas and in the process, lessened the impact of an older story. Is that story still out there and you can read it still and enjoy it? Sure, but that's kind of besides the point. Not to mention, having dipped my toes into Dan Slott's standalone Spidey (Spider Island, which was GREAT), I know that some of the major events that take place on this book, don't even last all that long, which even further lessens the impact of this story.
Then the major event that happens in this arc, seems to have happened just to, well, have happened. I hope it was done with the future in mind, the pieces for Slott's run are seemingly being put into place at this point of the Webheads run on the book and I'm sure if Slott was to have something planned for, that character, it would be something interesting. I hope so. I hope it was not for nothing.
booknooknoggin's review
3.0
Really torn for a rating on this....at times I loved it, and other times the flashback scenes seemed perplexing and bothered me. So I guess I will give this a solid 3 stars. Worth at least picking it up and checking it out.
reanne's review
4.0
This was definitely pretty grim for a Spider-man story, but I liked it pretty well anyway. It was cool seeing all the different spider-people, even though I didn't know who most of them were. It was definitely not necessary to read the Gauntlet stories that precede this. The art was pretty good, too. Not my favorite comic artwork I've seen, but the quality was pretty good (aside from a few parts where it was a little unclear), and it mostly fit the mood of the story. This makes me want to find out a little bit more about Kaine and the other spider-people.
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