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A review by johnnywendy
Spider-Man: Life Story by Chip Zdarsky
5.0
There are some books that make me regret my rating skill since I tend to skew heavily towards 4 and 5s. I’d like to think it’s because I tend to appreciate people’s efforts and art but maybe I’m just a wimp who doesn’t like to give low scores. Neither here or there. Here, right now, is a wonderful story detailing a continuity of Peter Parker’s story as Spider-Man. It starts early on in his career all the way up to the present day.
It is amazing. I read X-Men Grand Design which was a similar take of collecting all of continuity in one place but that did not work for me at all. It felt all-over the place, random and weird. Chip Zdarsky’s take on Spider-Man felt so much more personal and real. Admittedly, that might be easier when it’s focused on one person versus a group but seeing a life play out over the 6 issues was truly marvelous. The ups and downs and then some more downs of Peter’s life was both exciting as a fan but also deep as a human. There’s the meta portion of it seeing decades of story come together as one cohesive take but there’s also the element of seeing a character go through life and the challenges with that - super problems and otherwise.
I loved this book and makes me regret that I haven’t really read very much Spider-Man. I guess I’ll need to correct that!
It is amazing. I read X-Men Grand Design which was a similar take of collecting all of continuity in one place but that did not work for me at all. It felt all-over the place, random and weird. Chip Zdarsky’s take on Spider-Man felt so much more personal and real. Admittedly, that might be easier when it’s focused on one person versus a group but seeing a life play out over the 6 issues was truly marvelous. The ups and downs and then some more downs of Peter’s life was both exciting as a fan but also deep as a human. There’s the meta portion of it seeing decades of story come together as one cohesive take but there’s also the element of seeing a character go through life and the challenges with that - super problems and otherwise.
I loved this book and makes me regret that I haven’t really read very much Spider-Man. I guess I’ll need to correct that!