A review by kayonakiyo
Spider-Man Noir: The Complete Collection by Paco Díaz, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Roger Stern, David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky, Bob McLeod, Richard Isanove
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Lovely series that I began to read after watching the latest spider verse movie, and the only issue is that it ends too quickly! I like this version of Peter Parker because the struggles he faces during the great depression are real as hell. Just as a good guy as he is in other renditions, but he keeps it a billion and just does shit like . He takes no shit and gets the job done while caring about the working class that they even use anti-socialist terminology to describe him and his aunt May who have as usual, based takes on the working class of NYC during the great depression, and Peters militarism against corporations and the incompetent and corrupt mafiosos, government, and even eventually nazi-funded groups is extremely refreshing to see when some superhero stories indulge too much in their violence or are so pacifist it's frustrating when the villain rises again. It accurately describes what happens in real conflict and the grayness and difficulty of describing such a nuanced work as this is, I wish there was more because I loved it, also the art is fire (except edge of spiderverse #1, sorry to Richard Isanove it just looks so bland compared to the rigid and stylized volumes before and after it even though the story for it is also really good!)