Comments on: Amazing Spider-Man #568 Review

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:13:11 +0000

Something’s bugging me… I’ve just seen the preview pages for #569… I do like JR JRs work generally…
BUT…

Why is he drawing Venom with eyes inside his eyes??? The big white bits ARE Venom’s eyes… He’s never had a cornea/iris/pupil thing in the middle before… Why now??

By: s1rude

s1rude — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:04:47 +0000

I got it, as it fits into my BND ASM purchasing scheme of only buying issues or arcs that have the names Slott, Bachalo or Martin on the cover. (Marvel wisely seems aware of this approach, because I’ve never feel lost despite not having a complete run of BND) And…s’okay. I liked the Waid/Granov back-up more than the opening pages – after 40+ years of being in print and billions in movie revenue, is there anyone reading this who needs an origin recap? – if the Anti-Venom thing involves Eddie, it has a better chance of making the story meaningful than just telling us he’s cancer-free.

But “meaningful” stories are the weak point of BND for me. Enjoyable ones that remind me of the Spider-man of my youth? Check. Innovatively entertaining ones that cause me to feel compelled to purchase them in the 21st century? Not so much. Peter’s dialogue and the multiple sub-plots are really well done and give me that warm nostalgic glow and all, but… JRJr’s art looks good and produces the same effect, but… It’s all so “been there, bought that” and I really doubt that I’m going to want to re-read these stories in the future. I have my run of 150 – 275 for that.

Adding to the never-that-interesting symbiote mythology probably doesn’t help either, but we’ll see. Also, are the T’Bolts the new Tony Stark? It feels like they figure in the plot of every other Marvel book these days.

So yeah, decent issue.

By: jaredninej9

jaredninej9 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:14:22 +0000

I just read this comic book and it was sick for sure and I have been patient ASM since one more day while many have been buying it and my patience has been rewarded

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:16:56 +0000

I looked through the first few pages today, but didn’t buy it.

The first 2 pages are a history of Spider-Man review (leaving out the Deal with the Devil), drawn in a fashion that evokes Ditko crossed with Tim Sale. Shortly after that, there is the usual JRJR trope of a character kicking another character with both feet, with the kicker having legs twice the length of the rest of their body. Anatomically impossible. It’d be nice if JRJR could learn some anatomy. Perhaps Dad could give him some lessons?

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:33:02 +0000

Thekamisama: I reckon I’ve solved it actually… Mephisto is a Skrull! Once he’s revealed and killed, the spell will break and we’re back to Mr & Mrs Parker again…

By: tk.

tk. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:29:35 +0000

ASM, I want to like you! I may have to check this out, it’s been a while, and I’m a huge fan of Romita Jr., especially when he’s doing Spidey or Thor.

By: Toronto

Toronto — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:34:13 +0000

Looking forward to this issue, considering I dropped ASM after the Menace storyline…

By: thekamisama

thekamisama — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:51 +0000

I wonder what editorial was thinking when I see the solicts.

Okay, you turned Spider-Man upside down. Changed history to get the taste of all the percieved missteps and wrong turns the title has taken in recent years….

Only so you can do a massive multipart story. Which partially revolves around another gimmicky symbiote character. Then you make sure that you remind people even more of the 90′s by bringing back one of your art teams from that era…..

But to be honest, there isn’t much of anything they could do to make me come back to Spider-Man, so I am a bit biased.

By: Joe H

Joe H — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:39:57 +0000

I received my issue earlier this week in the mail and I loved it. I especially loved the wisecracks Peter was making near the end of the issue. Made me laugh out loud.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:49:36 +0000

Ooo. I might pick this up, but would that send Marvel the wrong message? I’ve avoided every issue of BND (which had new characters and was self-contained) and now that they have Spider-man a.) interacting with the Marvel Universe and b.) fighting his old villians I’m going to rush out to buy it? I think I might be everything that’s wrong with the industry!

I’ll just pick up two indies with it to clear my conscience.

By: Danx

Danx — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:42:41 +0000

I haven’t bought a Spider-man book in a while.. but with Slott & JRJ on it, I’m grabbing it asap.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:35:57 +0000

I’m tentatively looking forward to this, but I think that’s because my enthusiasm for this whole Brand New Day idea skyrocketed after that great Daredevil / Spidey team-up in one of the specials a while back; it was much more fun than most of the regular stories.