The Review at the End of the Universe
Issue 1 In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks it was announced a few weeks ago that everyone’s favourite long haired Thunder God was going to be replaced by a female. This was not to be Thor turning into a woman or anything crazy like that but a whole…
Issue 1.5 After what feels like forever we finally get the conclusion to The Amazing Spider-Man arc “Learning to Crawl” which rounds out the untold story of Peter Parker’s early days as Spider-Man. Throughout this story Peter has been having trouble growing into his powers as well as dealing with the guilt he’s been feeling…
Superior Spider-Man #33 In this issue of Edge of Spider-Verse The Superior Spider-Man continues his campaign to investigate the mysterious force that’s killing his counterparts from other universes. Playing out mostly as an action piece, the army of Spider-Men led by Ock’s Superior Spider-Man are closing in on information surrounding the threat that faces them…
Issue 2 Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman Rarely does a comic book live up to the extensive hype it receives. On the internet and social media Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman has been eagerly anticipated by a lot of people so the gauntlet was well and truly laid down long before release here. Given that this comic is only…
Issue 1 – Spider-Man Noir My first experience with Spider-Man Noir was in the video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions where he was a playable character. The conceit of this version is that he exists in an alternate 1930s depression era New York where crime runs rampant. Spider-Man’s costume is appropriately darker to suit the darker…
It should be no secret to anyone who is interested in Marvel comics that they have been planning his death for a while now. In general I’m against the announcement of such a pivotal event months in advance but I suspect that it’s the only way comics can make money nowadays. Unfortunately it makes all…
Issue #1.4 This particular issue of Amazing Spider-Man functions nicely as a microcosm of Peter Parker as a character. Structurally the story starts off with everything going very well in his academic, home and Spider-Man life, progresses to his sense of responsibility getting in the way and ends up with everything that was good about…
