Opinions sought on these Spider-Man limited series

[John Dunbar]

I've never read the following minis featuring Spidey, and in some cases I had never heard of them before. What did you think of any of these: ASM: Friends and Enemies Daredevil/Spider-Man Deadly Foes of SM Lethal Foes of SM Breakout Death and Destiny Dr. Octopus: Negative Exposure Dr. Octopus: Out of Reach Dr. Octopus: Year One Funeral For an Octopus Power of Terror SM/Punisher: Family Plot Quality of Life Redemption Reign The Arachnis Project The Final Adventure The Lost Years The Mysterio Manifesto Web of Doom

[Dagwan]

Spider-Man: Reign could have been titled Spider-Man: The Dark Spider Returns. It owes a lot to Frank Miller, and yet is nowhere near as good as Dark Knight.

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[Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)]

Wow. The only one of those that stands out at all for me is "The Final Adventure" and that's only because it supposedly takes place in Portland. I say "supposedly" because it seemed like neither the writer nor the artist did any research at all into Portland.

[Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod)]

I'm in the minority of people who liked Spider-man Reign. It's very similar to Dark Knight Returns in terms of story and even art. It's not as good as DKR, I'll agree. I still thought it was interesting and enjoyed who the main villain was. I'm sure a better late years Spidey story has already come along or will come along. But as a long-time web head, I was satisfied.

[Mark Stanislawski]

Deadly Foes of SM
Lethal Foes of SM

Good mini's focusing on the villains. I think Lethal was the first mini and was much better than the sequel, but both are still very good.

Breakout

I liked this story. Have to be a U-Foes fan, as this mini focuses on them mostly.

Dr. Octopus: Year One

Excellent mini!

Reign

Most people on this board didn't seem to like this mini, but I enjoyed it!

The Final Adventure
The Lost Years

Don't remember much about these two mini's so that doesn't bode well.

[Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)]

Daredevil/Spider-Man - The covers were good. The story was forgettable, because I forgot what happened. All I remember are the covers by Alex Ross

[Figserello]

Quality of Life

This had interesting computer-generated art. It was fun to read. Also a great snake-themed villainess. Unusually, it's a Lizard story that wasn't as boring as hell. Of all Spider-man's villains that weren't created in the 90's I hate him the most. He's so one-note, and that lab coat? Add crimes against fashion to his many faults.

Of course its a while since I read it, so I don't know how much of the above was in the comic and how much is just from my head...

The Lost Years, is about the clone isn't it? Nuff said...