I bought this one on a whim. The focus of this series is Spider-Man in high school. I’ve already got one of those: I call it “The Lee/Ditko Years.” I really wasn’t interested in yet another series about Spider-Man’s early years (Chapter One, Untold Tales, With Great Power, Ultimate Spider-Man, Amazing Fantasy #16-18, etc.), but I have a few inches of room in the box with all those other reboots, so why not?
This version has Peter and Mary Jane and Gwen and Harry all going to the same school, but that’s all right with me. It’s not my Spider-Man, but I can easily see it becoming someone else’s. The story is not decompressed and the art is very detailed. Nice backgrounds. I may not read these series for long, but I’ll be back at least for the second issue.
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Wasn't that the Spectacular Spider-Man animated series?
I thought this would be aimed at kids. Not the case?
I dunno. Was the Lee/Ditko stuff aimed at kids? Ostensibly not, but Spidey is written on about the same level, now that you mention it. If you know any kids, by all means steer this their way. I liked it. I guess I'm just a kid at heart.
I actually have it on my to-read pile. Perhaps I should read it before I join the discussion!
I just realized: I'm not comparing this series to the Lee/Ditko Spider-Man; I'm comparing it to Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man (against which it wins hands down, AFAIAC). The one thing that really bugs me about the art is that the web pattern on Spidey's mask is not continued to the back of his head. What, the pattern is hard to draw so the artist just gets a pass?
Jeff of Earth-J said:
The one thing that really bugs me about the art is that the web pattern on Spidey's mask is not continued to the back of his head. What, the pattern is hard to draw so the artist just gets a pass?
That sounds like what has been done in some Spider-Man animation. Easier to justify there since they had to draw so many cells, but in a comic?