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Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol.3

by Adrian J. Watts on July 25, 2012, no comments

ESSENTIAL AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL.3 Writer: Stan Lee Pencillers: John Romita, Don Heck & Larry Lieber Format: Marvel DVD-ROM PDFs Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 4.7 / 5 Note: These issues - Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 #44-65 and Annual #4 – were read as PDF files on the Marvel Amazing Spider-Man DVD-ROM. These issues are equivalent to Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol.4. Oh, Spidey – you’re just incredible. Summary: Things are [...]

How to lose my custom

by Adrian J. Watts on July 19, 2012, no comments

Today is new comic book day, and as I had nothing else of priority to do, I figured I’d go pick up my new books on their release day for the first time in ages. But I have received nothing but poor service all day. It began when I went to catch the train, to get [...]

Spider-Man’s Tangled Web Vol.2

by Adrian J. Watts on July 12, 2012, no comments

SPIDER-MAN’S TANGLED WEB VOL.2 Writers: Bruce Jones, Kaare Andrews & Darwyn Cooke Pencillers: Lee Weeks, Kaare Andrews & Darwyn Cooke Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 3.5 / 5 ISBN: 0-7851-0874-2 Note: This TPB collects Spider-Man’s Tangled Web #7-11. This series just keeps getting more random! Summary: This volume contains three stories. The first, by Bruce Jones and Lee Weeks, tells the tale [...]

Spider-Man: Black and Blue

by Adrian J. Watts on July 10, 2012, no comments

SPIDER-MAN: BLACK AND BLUE Writers: Daniel Quantz, Roger Stern, John Rhett Thomas, Mike Fichera, Marc Sumerak & Chris Eliopoulos Pencillers: Jonboy Meyers, Ron Frenz, Chris Eliopoulos Format: Magazine Publisher: Marvel Comics (Marvel Age) Rating: 3.7 / 5 Note: This magazine collects Amazing Spider-Man #252, Marvel Age Spider-Man #3, Marvel Spotlight: Spider-Man , Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook and Franklin Richards: World Be Warned #1. What a random mess of randomness. [...]

Spider-Man’s Tangled Web Vol.1

by Adrian J. Watts on July 9, 2012, no comments

SPIDER-MAN’S TANGLED WEB VOL.1 Writers: Garth Ennis, Greg Rucka & Peter Milligan Pencillers: John McCrea, Eduardo Risso & Duncan Fegredo Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 2 / 5 ISBN: 0-7851-0803-3 Note: This TPB collects Spider-Man’s Tangled Web #1-6. This is what happens when you realise your rejection pile is full of submissions by popular writers, and you decide to create a new [...]

Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin

by Adrian J. Watts on July 6, 2012, no comments

SPIDER-MAN: REVENGE OF THE GREEN  GOBLIN Writers: Roger Stern, Howard Mackie and Paul Jenkins Pencillers: Ron Frenz, Mark Buckingham and John Romita, Jr. Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 3 / 5 ISBN: 0-7851-0873-4 Note: This TPB collects Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin #1-3, Amazing Spider-Man Vol.2 #25 and Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol.2 #25.  But what about the Parker baby?! Summary: Peter Parker has had a [...]

X-Factor Vol.2

by Adrian J. Watts on July 4, 2012, no comments

X-FACTOR VOL.2 Writer: Peter David Pencillers: Dennis Calero, Ariel Olivetti, Renato Arlem & Roy Allen Martinez Format: Hardcover Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 4 / 5 ISBN: 0-7851-2623-6 Note: This HC collects X-Factor (2005 series) #s 7-12. This book is just plain Tryp-py. Summary: X-Factor re-formed to find out the cause of the mutant decimation on M-Day. They’ve been distracted, what with Siryn’s throat being [...]