Comments on: 5/18 – If Only…

By: S_O

S_O — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:00:26 +0000

Wait, are we talking about that guy who got all of his fingers broken by the mob?

By: T.M.

T.M. — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:45:41 +0000

Far more important is that Zeb Wells should write every issue of Amazing Spider-Man. I’d rather read a monthly by Wells than a weekly by Gale. I’d honestly rather read a monthly log of Zeb Wells’ bowel movements than a weekly by Gale.

By: Richard J. Marcej

Richard J. Marcej — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:16:49 +0000

“Holy crap. He is to Romita Sr. what Paul Peltier is to Jack Kirby. He captures the essence of one of the greats while looking completely modern.”"

???

Wow, just looking at those pages there’s no way I’d pay

I have no idea who Marcos Martin is or what else he’s done, but judging from these two pages alone, I’d say his work is mediocre at best.

Really bad facial expressions. The smiling faces all look like ventriloquist dummies.

And that second page, with the “action” scene on the stairs, wow, is that bad.
It doesn’t work. The white flashes, the extremely bare panels, no blacks, it has no drama or dynamics.

I hope for Spider-Man fans/readers the other pages are better than that.

If not……

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:44:21 +0000

Wow. I finished reading the issue and my immediate thought was “I guess they couldn’t get good artists for every issue”.

I really hated the art. I didn’t like the story much either, and that is the first time I have said that since the book relaunched as a weekly.

By: Justin Davis

Justin Davis — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:26:29 +0000

I still miss Breach.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:29:26 +0000

Those pages are awesome.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:14 +0000

Very impressive.

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:08:08 +0000

Holy crap. He is to Romita Sr. what Paul Peltier is to Jack Kirby. He captures the essence of one of the greats while looking completely modern.

By: DubipR

DubipR — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:46:56 +0000

Agreed. He’s definitely suited for Spider-Man.
Also…If Only Warren Ellis could write all of Norman Osborn’s dialogue from here on in!

By: Comics Should Be Good! » Recent Single Issues Review Hullabaloo!

Comics Should Be Good! » Recent Single Issues Review Hullabaloo! — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:06:06 +0000

[...] Amazing Spider-Man #559- I kinda hate this cutesy interent practice of summing things up with equations (mainly ’cause I hate math in general), but I think the only way to review this one accurately is using one. Slott+Martin+Parkour-inspired villain=Awesome. Or, what Cronin said. [...]

By: Pedro Tejeda

Pedro Tejeda — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:00:13 +0000

I was too busy enjoying the images to confirm if the story was any good. I still think BND had been better than most of the second half of JMS’s run which makes it better than most of the spidey stories since I been reading the title.

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:32:42 +0000

What Michael said.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:42:05 +0000

And if only he were drawing stories I want to read.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:49:10 +0000

I liked the writing; the art seemed like a cross between Ron Frenz and Dave Stewart (with obvious Ditko (and occasionally Romita Sr.) references); reasonably solid, but with slightly wonky anatomy and a bit stiff and empty-looking compositions.

By: Grant

Grant — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:01:00 +0000

The writing was pretty good in that issue too.

By: TimCallahan

TimCallahan — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:41:55 +0000

Yes. I was thinking the same thing. (And the BND crew of artists certainly haven’t been slouches so far.) But Martin? He’s the one.