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It could be but the editorial interface and changes have been made well known about the book that I would doubt even the best writer would be able to spin constant gold from it. Like the time travel stuff, messing up her new origin, throwing her into space, not letting her use certain characters and so on.
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Hakkesshu posted:Or it could be that DeConnick is just kind of a middling writer since she has yet to do anything that's at all outstanding in or outside of Marvel And Bitch Planet's been pretty drat good so far, as was her Osborn miniseries with Rios a few years back.
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Hello Spider-Thread, I hope I'm in the right place to ask this, but a friend of mine just dumped a boxload of Spider-Man issues from the early 2000s on my lap and told me to take what I wanted from there before the lot gets thrown away. It's mostly Amazing Spider-Man, going roughly from early 2003 to the Sins Past stuff in 2005, but there are some random issues of other titles in there too, like Spectacular, Ultimate, Peter Parker, Marvel Knights, etc. I don't really know too much about what was going on with Spider-Man in '03-'05, so what I'm asking is, is there is some noteworthy stuff in there I should be looking for? There are a ton of gaps in the collection, so I'd prefer picking single issues since every storyline that runs more than three issues is probably missing a part or two, but I'd appreciate any help in sorting out this Spidey pile.
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Forktoss posted:Hello Spider-Thread, I hope I'm in the right place to ask this, but a friend of mine just dumped a boxload of Spider-Man issues from the early 2000s on my lap and told me to take what I wanted from there before the lot gets thrown away. It's mostly Amazing Spider-Man, going roughly from early 2003 to the Sins Past stuff in 2005, but there are some random issues of other titles in there too, like Spectacular, Ultimate, Peter Parker, Marvel Knights, etc. Look for any Amazing by JMS (other than Sins Past) or Marvel Knights by Mark Millar. Are you looking to keep this stuff or sell it though?
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Feb 17, 2015 21:49
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I really am not liking Dave Johnson's covers for Silk.
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Forktoss posted:Hello Spider-Thread, I hope I'm in the right place to ask this, but a friend of mine just dumped a boxload of Spider-Man issues from the early 2000s on my lap and told me to take what I wanted from there before the lot gets thrown away. It's mostly Amazing Spider-Man, going roughly from early 2003 to the Sins Past stuff in 2005, but there are some random issues of other titles in there too, like Spectacular, Ultimate, Peter Parker, Marvel Knights, etc. The Ultimate series was the best thing going on for Spider-man then, before, and after.
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Forktoss posted:Hello Spider-Thread, I hope I'm in the right place to ask this, but a friend of mine just dumped a boxload of Spider-Man issues from the early 2000s on my lap and told me to take what I wanted from there before the lot gets thrown away. It's mostly Amazing Spider-Man, going roughly from early 2003 to the Sins Past stuff in 2005, but there are some random issues of other titles in there too, like Spectacular, Ultimate, Peter Parker, Marvel Knights, etc.
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Skwirl posted:If there's any Tangled Web of Spider-Man grab that. Agreed. It was an anthology series with some incredible stories in it. And one absolute dud, I think.
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Feb 18, 2015 15:26
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Silk report: art remained cool, cartoony and without cheesecake, there was no creepy spider-sex stuff ("Spider-man and I had a thing for a while, it was strange and awesome" is all of it), flashbacks to the family she's looking for which were fine, D-Lister getting made fun of ever other page and JJJ being amazing in his new job. It was a pretty fine book.
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Feb 18, 2015 18:12
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Silk report: art remained cool, cartoony and without cheesecake, there was no creepy spider-sex stuff ("Spider-man and I had a thing for a while, it was strange and awesome" is all of it), flashbacks to the family she's looking for which were fine, D-Lister getting made fun of ever other page and JJJ being amazing in his new job. It was a pretty fine book. thank god it looks like spidey and her aren't a thing in the book because that entire relationship was loving awful and weird as hell.
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Silk was okay. It was like reading a Batgirl book. Not amazing, not awful, it's an above the average read that can build its niche audience. Unsurprisingly characters get much better the second they leave Slott's grubby hands If it matters to anyone they age Peter and Silk in this issue. Peter is 25 and Silk is 28. I don't think it was intentional, but Silk was 18 when she put herself into the bunker for 10 years, so if Peter was still 15 when he was bit, he's 25 now and he's been Spider-Man 10 years. That's reasonable enough, Marvel's always had a sliding timescale. RealFoxy fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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Feb 18, 2015 19:09
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Monaghan posted:thank god it looks like spidey and her aren't a thing in the book because that entire relationship was loving awful and weird as hell. Silk #4 spoilers from solicits: She goes out on a date with Johnny Storm. Maybe Pete set them up?
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Yvonmukluk posted:Look for any Amazing by JMS (other than Sins Past) or Marvel Knights by Mark Millar. I'm just looking for fun Spidey stuff to read, to be honest. They're not in the best condition anyway, and I'm not really interested in trying to sell any of this forward. They're not even the original issues, actually - they're issues of the Finnish Spider-Man book, where they used to (and probably still do) lump two or three issues from several Spider-books into one monthly magazine. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I'll keep an eye out for the stuff you've mentioned.
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Feb 18, 2015 19:28
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I looked at Silk entirely because of Slott's reverse Midas touch and wasn't disappointed. As usual, the moment anything leaves his hands it turns, if not to gold, better.
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Feb 18, 2015 19:29
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Wanderer posted:I looked at Silk entirely because of Slott's reverse Midas touch and wasn't disappointed. As usual, the moment anything leaves his hands it turns, if not to gold, better. Agreed.
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Feb 18, 2015 19:41
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Forktoss posted:I'm just looking for fun Spidey stuff to read, to be honest. They're not in the best condition anyway, and I'm not really interested in trying to sell any of this forward. They're not even the original issues, actually - they're issues of the Finnish Spider-Man book, where they used to (and probably still do) lump two or three issues from several Spider-books into one monthly magazine. Marvel Adventure spider man would be a great read for you.
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The big reason I want Slott gone is because if his reverse midas holds true we are in for some seriously awesome Spidey when he leaves.
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Wanderer posted:I looked at Silk entirely because of Slott's reverse Midas touch and wasn't disappointed. As usual, the moment anything leaves his hands it turns, if not to gold, better. Exact same boat, plus being freaking starved for Spider-stuff. Scarlet Spider was scratching that itch in his run but then he was gone and all that was left was New Warriors, Ultimate Spidey was also good but for the past half year (more?) it's been on a downward spiral, then some Spider-verse one-shots were good and I'm ecstatic over having two Spider-people to read about monthly with Silk and Spider-Gwen. I just love Spider-man and want a constant stream of good (or at least decent) Spider-media to consume and i'm sure as hell not getting any good Peter stuff out of Slott or the cartoon.
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Exact same boat, plus being freaking starved for Spider-stuff. Scarlet Spider was scratching that itch in his run but then he was gone and all that was left was New Warriors, Ultimate Spidey was also good but for the past half year (more?) it's been on a downward spiral, then some Spider-verse one-shots were good and I'm ecstatic over having two Spider-people to read about monthly with Silk and Spider-Gwen. Pretty sure the cartoon is dead. 
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Only things I wasn't super-high on in Silk #1 were them using the utterly awful sadistic murderess version of Black Cat (which I know we're probably stuck with until at least Secret Wars, if not beyond), and the bunker stuff at the end. It seems like a similar tack to what Ant-Man did, setting up a fun status quo and then playing keepaway so the writer can do the less fun thing they want to do. I still liked it enough to keep going. I'm always down for a good Jameson-hates-Spidey scene. Peter's appearances were cool. Having not read her earlier appearances, beyond the 3-4 pages in Spider-Woman she was in, I like that they're treating Cindy and Pete's thing as more a "we had super-good chemistry, and the sex was great, but that's it, and we're over it" thing. And the Pokemon runner was funny. Kinda wish the eidetic memory wasn't a thing, though, makes the character come a little too close to Batgirl, considering it was a major character beat in that book this week as well.
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Silk was good, better than spider-verse. Gosh darn it!
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Facepalm Ranger posted:better than spider-verse You're setting up really high standards there.
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SirDan3k posted:The big reason I want Slott gone is because if his reverse midas holds true we are in for some seriously awesome Spidey when he leaves. I'm praying for the day when Waid and Samnee are given the keys to the Spider kingdom. Give Slott Silver Surfer and his own Superior book with Ock.
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Amazing Spider-Man #15 Preview Looks like Slott's going for the 'EVERYBODY LIVES!' ending.
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I've not read much of Dan Slott's run on Spider-Man, but the more I read about it (mainly in this thread), the more he comes off as a less sexist-seeming version of Steven Moffat.
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Well he is a big fan boy and has used Dr. Who comparisons when discussing his writing.
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Aye, I believe he spent a lot of time in the UK in the 1970s and became a fan as a kid.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've not read much of Dan Slott's run on Spider-Man, but the more I read about it (mainly in this thread), the more he comes off as a less sexist-seeming version of Steven Moffat.
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Remove pheromones and you're talking about River Song.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've not read much of Dan Slott's run on Spider-Man, but the more I read about it (mainly in this thread), the more he comes off as a less sexist-seeming version of Steven Moffat. His Silver Surfer is a huge Doctor Who rip off. I actually liked it at first but it got so old so fast. Especially since he has the Surfer constantly losing the silver, to make it even more obvious. WickedHate fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Feb 20, 2015 |
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Waterhaul posted:Remove pheromones and you're talking about River Song. Who's the worst Dr. Who character, possibly ever.
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TheJoker138 posted:Who's the worst Dr. Who character, possibly ever. Well at least she's not directly tied to the Doctor's origins, which is something she's got over Silk.
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WickedHate posted:His Silver Surfer is a huge Doctor Who rip off. I actually liked it at first but it got so old so fast. Especially since he has the Surfer constantly losing the silver, to make it even more obvious. Haha, really?
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Soonmot posted:Haha, really? Yup. 
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WickedHate posted:His Silver Surfer is a huge Doctor Who rip off. I actually liked it at first but it got so old so fast. Especially since he has the Surfer constantly losing the silver, to make it even more obvious. The last issue was real good. Old school Galactus fighting, moon surfing, craziness.
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WickedHate posted:Yup. I mean, Surfer has been desilvered before, I liked the set up they had in Thor when the preacher character became herald to Galactus and Norrin stayed in Broxton to work at the diner. But, the way it was said upthread made it sound like he'd been desilvered and resilvered multiple times in Slott's series.
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Soonmot posted:But, the way it was said upthread made it sound like he'd been desilvered and resilvered multiple times in Slott's series. That's been the way it was last time I read it.
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Yeah I read up till maybe issue 3, but he was treating it as something Norrin could just turn on and off.
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Not that I thought he was that wonderful a character or anything (okay, I kept forgetting he existed,) but I kind of hope Spider-UK survives whatever the hell it is Hickman's doing that I don't have the money to read. It's way too harsh if he makes it through all this Spider-Verse poo poo only to get taken out offscreen immediately afterwards. E: ⬇⬇⬇⬇ drat, really? Where was that confirmed? ⬇⬇⬇ Castomira fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Feb 20, 2015 |
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Castomira posted:Not that I thought he was that wonderful a character or anything (okay, I kept forgetting he existed,) but I kind of hope Spider-UK survives whatever the hell it is Hickman's doing that I don't have the money to read. It's way too harsh if he makes it through all this Spider-Verse poo poo only to get taken out offscreen immediately afterwards. Spider-UK died offscreen in Hickman's Avengers.
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