Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 (The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus)

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The best part of this issue is the cover. The Molten Man will more interesting much later, but right now, he’s just a hood. The Liz Allan sections humanize her right as she leaves the book for awhile, aside from a minor appearance in a few issues. The graduation is fine, but brief. It’s important, but not really for the villain stuff. It’s all jealousy all the time with another Strange Tales villain with a Torch guest appearance. Now, I’m a Spidey/Torch fan, but this is bad superhero rom com antics. Dorrie Evans is not great. There’s a much better follow up in Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual ‘96. Honestly, this is a solid issue. Now I’ve hated a Torch issue and liked a Goblin issue! What is happening? This episode has a little of the jealousy plague, but the Goblin’s plan is great as is Spider-Man’s call to Aunt May. This is the kind of Gobby I like. I’m always a fan of Peter being desperate, and this issue ends on one of the key moments in Spider-history. Anyone reading it for the first time will probably find it familiar, given that it is often repeated. Much like the Crime Master two-parter, it does a good job of using all the elements of Spider-Man’s life to drive the tension. I do wish the Master Planner’s identity had been revealed with more gravitas, but honestly, I can’t complain. Spider-Man v podaní JMS je pretkaný mystikou. Jeho schopnosti získali nádych nadprirodzena a v niektorých príbehoch sú tak jeho parťákmi napríklad Loki alebo Dr. Strange. Zároveň sa však nezabúda na bežné pouličné problémy, o ktorých sa Parker vďaka svojej učiteľskej pozícii. Silné príbehy tak vznikajú o deťoch bez domova a o ich bezvýchodiskovej situácii. JMS zvláda Parkera aj v jeho osobnej rovine. V úvode prejde jeho vzťah s tetou May obrovskou skúškou a zároveň môžeme sledovať "telenovelu" medzi ním a MJ. Všetko je krásne vyvážené a príbeh teda bez väčších zádrhelov príjemne plynie a je plný emócií a napätia.

Je zvláštní porovnávat Ditkovu kresbu na začátku a na konci a stejně tak i progres v Parkerově osobním životě, přihlédneme li, že se dost mluví o tom, jak Lee všechny kreslíře tlačil k tomu, aby kreslili víc jako Kirby a speciálně po Ditkovi požadoval, aby trochu polidštil všechny ty nepříjemné lidi v Parkerově okolí, a tak k zásadním změnám začalo docházet dlouho před Ditkovým odchodem.So, I like Mysterio, but this issue seems like a lot of repeated themes. Spider-Imposter stealing things, Betty frustratingly worrying, and J. Jonah Jameson being webbed at the end, Even Mysterio seems to mostly just have smoke. He does a few other things, but that’s all to confound Spidey before the smoke. The movie studio fight is fun, and Mysterio posing as a hero is nice, but it just leads to very samey Jonah stuff. It’s not a bad issue, this is where the series starts to spin its wheels sometimes. After I watched Spider-Man: No Way Home in cinemas last year, I decided to read this omnibus as I wanted to read the original comics to see how the character of Spider-Man started. By coincidence, this year also marks Spider-Man's 60th anniversary since his 1962 debut.

The Spider Totem stuff is somewhat mixed amongst fans, but I enjoyed the presentation. It helps that Peter remains very clinical about it and doesn't take it at face value. He has a very healthy dose of scepticism about it and that helps keep the story going off the rails. Ezekiel was a nice addition to Peter's life and it's good to see him realise the truth in Peter's whole reason for doing what he does, even if it did have to end in tragedy. I am still the proud owner of FF 1 through 100, but most of my Spider-Man comics disappeared over the years. Lending them to friends, trading for an early FF I didn’t have, summer camp, and a mother who cleaned much too often, took their toll. There is some solid Foswell stuff and the first (named) appearance of Norman Osborn! But, the robots are somewhat disappointing, and the Gwen stuff feels like more retread. Peter fights a jigsaw-puzzle Hulk that can't be killed because it's already dead. It's charming that JMS is playing in the science side of the Marvel universe pool, and he lets Peter be a bit of a scientist too. But so much of this arc is a big fight against an unstoppable foe (until it's ready to be defeated in the end), which is pretty much never a good look. Fortunately, the arc also has moral dilemmas and the rebuilding of the Peter/MJ relationship, to give it some depth [3+/5].This omnibus includes the run by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (who co-created Spider-Man with Stan Lee). The volume includes Spidey's debut in Amazing Fantasy #15, the first 38 issues in the Amazing Spider-Man series as well as the first two Spider-Man annuals. In this omnibus, the reader is not only introduced to Spider-Man/Peter Parker but a supporting cast including Peter's Aunt May and Uncle Ben (who taught Peter an important lesson with those now iconic words: "With great power, there must also come great responsibility."), Flash Thompson, J. Jonah Jameson, Gwen Stacy, as well as some of Spider-Man's most well-known villains such as the Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter and the Green Goblin. This is not so much a review of the content as a review of the form. I am a huge fan of the Marvel Masterworks and Omnibus series because they reproduce the classic works in such beautiful, high-quality hardcovers. This edition however, the Second Edition, First Printing 2013 is markedly inferior quality. The conclusion is strong! It continues playing with reader expectations, and aside from a little narrative convenience, sets up a new Daily Bugle status quo nicely. Collected: Hawkeye (2012) 1-22, Hawkeye Annual (2013) 1, Young Avengers Presents (2008) 6 October 2023