 Superior Spider-Man #1 (2013) Design variant $39.99 Quantity
VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) Dan Slott (A/CA)1:50 Design Cover THEN!…Peter Parker spent a lifetime living up to the responsibilities his powers foisted upon him but his Amazing story finally ended dramatically in the historic Spider-Man #700. NOW!…The new Amazing Spider-Man has arrived and he is better in every single way. Smarter, stronger…Superior. Date Available: 01/09/2013
BONUS REVIEW by Earl Geier
 Having opened my yap with positive words about Amazing Spider-man #700, it's only fitting that I say a word about Superior Spider-man #1 to close it: disappointing. I thought Dan Slott could do some interesting things with Doctor Octopus trying to change his ways, to try to be a hero, but it looks as though the book will take the lazy was out.I believe that genre (whether super-hero, western, detective or whatever) can be art. But the pitfall about genre is that it's easy to use genre conventions to evade moral complications. For example, the Punisher: he does represent the anger many feel about our society and criminals. But he is infallible: he never kills an innocent man, never shoots a bystander in a crossfire. There are no consequences to face. So Spider-man/Ock (Spock?), finds himself pummeled by a member of a new Sinister Six. He scrams, wondering how Parker ever put up with that kind of thing. This is the kind of moment I hoped for, Ock beginning to wonder what Parker had, beside the powers, that made him the hero. And he does return to do the right thing, saving a police officer while being condescending to him. The middle of the book is uneven, but shows Ock using his intellect to arrange the defeat of the Six (there's also an incredibly creepy moment where he all but drools at the thought of Mary Jane). In the end Ock pulls back from going over the line in defeating the Six, but this is where the book begins to look as thought it will be very disappointing. A twist is introduced that suggests that Ock's moral battle in coming to grips with what makes a hero will not be an internal struggle, but in fact is being forced on him from outside. A cheap sell-out from what could have been an interesting dilemma. The art is so-so. I give it 3 out of 10 Grahams VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) Dan Slott (A/CA)1:50 Design Cover THEN!…Peter Parker spent a lifetime living up to the responsibilities his powers foisted upon him but his Amazing story finally ended dramatically in the historic Spider-Man #700. NOW!…The new Amazing Spider-Man has arrived and he is better in every single way. Smarter, stronger…Superior. Date Available: 01/09/2013
BONUS REVIEW by Earl Geier
Having opened my yap with positive words about Amazing Spider-man #700, it's only fitting that I say a word about Superior Spider-man #1 to close it: disappointing. I thought Dan Slott could do some interesting things with Doctor Octopus trying to change his ways, to try to be a hero, but it looks as though the book will take the lazy was out.I believe that genre (whether super-hero, western, detective or whatever) can be art. But the pitfall about genre is that it's easy to use genre conventions to evade moral complications. For example, the Punisher: he does represent the anger many feel about our society and criminals. But he is infallible: he never kills an innocent man, never shoots a bystander in a crossfire. There are no consequences to face. So Spider-man/Ock (Spock?), finds himself pummeled by a member of a new Sinister Six. He scrams, wondering how Parker ever put up with that kind of thing. This is the kind of moment I hoped for, Ock beginning to wonder what Parker had, beside the powers, that made him the hero. And he does return to do the right thing, saving a police officer while being condescending to him. The middle of the book is uneven, but shows Ock using his intellect to arrange the defeat of the Six (there's also an incredibly creepy moment where he all but drools at the thought of Mary Jane). In the end Ock pulls back from going over the line in defeating the Six, but this is where the book begins to look as thought it will be very disappointing. A twist is introduced that suggests that Ock's moral battle in coming to grips with what makes a hero will not be an internal struggle, but in fact is being forced on him from outside. A cheap sell-out from what could have been an interesting dilemma. The art is so-so. I give it 3 out of 10 Grahams |
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