All right, I don't know if I'm in some analytical mode now or what. I'm a pretty good judge of most of the comics I buy and very rarely do I read something where afterward I'm almost mad that I actually bought it. So I saw today that the first issue of Mark Millar's 12-Issue Spider-Man series just hit the stands, I decided to pick it up. I'm a huge Spidey fan and even if it's more money a month, it's Spider-Man and Mark Millar, along with Terry Dodson's gorgeous art. Buying the #1 certainly can't hurt anyway, right? Sounds like a sure thing, right?
SWEET.
HOLY.
FUCK.
The issue totally....I don't know about "sucked" but definitely left me unsatisfied and scratching my head. Scroll down for details and SPOILERS.....
First, off the story opens in the middle of a fight between the Green Goblin and Spider-Man. I've never been a fan of books doing this. I like being thrust in, but what's going on? Why are they fighting? The reason isn't much better than the fight. Apparantly the Goblin was holding people hostage in a church and wanted Spider-Man to stick a knife in his gut and spill his guts for the world to see. Naturally Spidey doesn't so a battle ensues.
Okay, what the fuck? I guess we should nevermind the fact that Osborn has a reputation to live up to and his exposure would ruin any chance of ever getting to Parker. I guess we should also ignore the entire Goblin story by Paul Jenkins in Peter Parker 44-47 (the explanation is Osborn got "bored" :-ew ).
The dialogue is awful. The story jumps from place to place with no cohesiveness at all. Peter and Aunt May don't even sound like themselves.
The only thing that saved this piece of shit was the ending. Uncle Ben's tombstone is destroyed and Peter then gets a mysterious call from the destroyer who apparantly knows who he is. He now has to rush to make sure Aunt May is okay. And just as the story is getting good......
PETER WEBSWINGS ACROSS THE CITY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES.
At this point I wanted to vomit. Why? Why, why, why, why, why would Peter EVER do that? Because he was in a rush to see Aunt May? Bullshit. Mary Jane has been in danger of being killed on the spot in the past and Peter still took the time to slip away and change. Even worse, Peter crashes into the window of the apartment, a rather stupid and downright irresponsible move in retrospect (what if he arrives, smashes through the window, and winds up killing someone? Maybe Aunt May? Guess Pete has forgotten the whole responsiblility thing). The book ends with Peter arriving at the apartment empty. What's happened? We don't know.
SPOILERS END.
I've never had a reaction to a book like this before in a long, long time. I liked what Miller did with Trouble, but my God, I couldn't believe this was the same guy. Even worse (and more of a let down) was Terry Dodson. The artwork was W-E-A-K. Forget the fantastic art we saw in Kevin Smith's "Spider-Man/Black Cat" mini-series. Nothing looks consistent. Again, hard to believe it was the same guy.
Very sad and disappointing book for what Millar was promising to be "Hush" for Spider-Man.
SWEET.
HOLY.
FUCK.
The issue totally....I don't know about "sucked" but definitely left me unsatisfied and scratching my head. Scroll down for details and SPOILERS.....
First, off the story opens in the middle of a fight between the Green Goblin and Spider-Man. I've never been a fan of books doing this. I like being thrust in, but what's going on? Why are they fighting? The reason isn't much better than the fight. Apparantly the Goblin was holding people hostage in a church and wanted Spider-Man to stick a knife in his gut and spill his guts for the world to see. Naturally Spidey doesn't so a battle ensues.
Okay, what the fuck? I guess we should nevermind the fact that Osborn has a reputation to live up to and his exposure would ruin any chance of ever getting to Parker. I guess we should also ignore the entire Goblin story by Paul Jenkins in Peter Parker 44-47 (the explanation is Osborn got "bored" :-ew ).
The dialogue is awful. The story jumps from place to place with no cohesiveness at all. Peter and Aunt May don't even sound like themselves.
The only thing that saved this piece of shit was the ending. Uncle Ben's tombstone is destroyed and Peter then gets a mysterious call from the destroyer who apparantly knows who he is. He now has to rush to make sure Aunt May is okay. And just as the story is getting good......
PETER WEBSWINGS ACROSS THE CITY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES.
At this point I wanted to vomit. Why? Why, why, why, why, why would Peter EVER do that? Because he was in a rush to see Aunt May? Bullshit. Mary Jane has been in danger of being killed on the spot in the past and Peter still took the time to slip away and change. Even worse, Peter crashes into the window of the apartment, a rather stupid and downright irresponsible move in retrospect (what if he arrives, smashes through the window, and winds up killing someone? Maybe Aunt May? Guess Pete has forgotten the whole responsiblility thing). The book ends with Peter arriving at the apartment empty. What's happened? We don't know.
SPOILERS END.
I've never had a reaction to a book like this before in a long, long time. I liked what Miller did with Trouble, but my God, I couldn't believe this was the same guy. Even worse (and more of a let down) was Terry Dodson. The artwork was W-E-A-K. Forget the fantastic art we saw in Kevin Smith's "Spider-Man/Black Cat" mini-series. Nothing looks consistent. Again, hard to believe it was the same guy.
Very sad and disappointing book for what Millar was promising to be "Hush" for Spider-Man.
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"Hello?! Hello?! Anybody home? Huh? Think, McFly! THINK!"
-Biff Tannen
