A review by mattbowes
The Night Gwen Stacy Died by Sarah Bruni

3.0

A superhero whose adventures are written in the classic Marvel Comics style lives in a world so fraught with tragedy that mere mortals could not bear it. Each month, friends and family are put in deadly peril, allies are mind-controlled, replaced with robot or alien doubles, and countless civilians are hurt by battle debris. At their best, monthly comics are essentially four-colour soap operas, and no hero’s saga exemplifies this best than that of Spider-Man, Peter Parker, from the 1960s to the 1970s. Long before the Sam Raimi films, Spider-Man was the most relatable hero around, as his running battles with villains like the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus shared almost equal page counts with rent payments, girl troubles and the constant worries of his beloved Aunt May.

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