Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man
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Comic Summary: Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Pencils & 50/50 Cover by JOE QUESADA 50/50 Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC 'One More Day,' Part 2 of 4 One More Day continues as J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada present Part 2 of what will be the most talked-about comic event of the year. The stakes have never been higher for Peter Parker. At his darkest hours -- and he's had plenty -- Peter has always had one shoulder to lean on, one person who'd remind him who he is, who he was, and who he can be. Now he's about to lose that person. What would he do...what would you do, if you only had 'One More Day?' PLUS: Director's Cut style extras!
Codes: 75960605704702411 JUL072140
- Price:
$3.99$3.19- Penciller:
- Joe Quesada
- Author:
- J. Michael Straczynski
- Cover Artist:
- Joe Quesada
- Cover Artist:
- Marko Djurdjevic
- Release Date:
- September 26, 2007
- In Stock?
- Yes!
- Genre:
- Superhero
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Into every superhero's life, a little rain must fall.
I get that. Really, I do.
But do comics ever have to be this dank and mopey? Especially Spider-Man comics?
Friendly 24 is part two of the hugely-hyped "One More Day" storyline, J. Michael Straczynski's fond farewell to writing the webcrawler. You would think JMS would want to remind us all why we love Spidey--hell, why HE loves Spidey. The fun New York adventures, the wacky cast of villains, and most of all, the smart-ass wise-cracking hero himself, the Spectacular Spider-Man, quipping his way through the city in search of good to be done.
Instead, we get this--a quip-free Spidey, desperate to save his Aunt (who has DIED BEFORE, PEOPLE, READ SOME BACK ISSUES FOR A CHANGE OHEMGEE) and whining his way through literally space and time.
I'm not sure where this story is going, and I won't say I don't care, because I am morbidly curious, like when you watch a fly trapped in a window struggling to get out.
I will say that it is absolutely unfun. It is the opposite of fun--it feels kinda like a grind. Which is doubly disappointing in Friendly, since writer Peter David has given us some extremely fun Spidey stories in this very title over the past few years.
At least Joe Quesada has stepped up his game in this issue--there's some stunning visuals here, especially his page layouts for the Doctor Strange sequences, which owe more than a little to J.H. Williams III in a very good way. Ornate, intricate, and appealing. Again, though--NOT FUN.
Oh, and one more lame-ass thing--the "director's cut-style extras" include five pages of a Spidey comic from many years ago, offered as some kind of cheap ad gimmick to sell a trade paperback. Weak sauce, Marvel. The weakest of all.
I get that. Really, I do.
But do comics ever have to be this dank and mopey? Especially Spider-Man comics?
Friendly 24 is part two of the hugely-hyped "One More Day" storyline, J. Michael Straczynski's fond farewell to writing the webcrawler. You would think JMS would want to remind us all why we love Spidey--hell, why HE loves Spidey. The fun New York adventures, the wacky cast of villains, and most of all, the smart-ass wise-cracking hero himself, the Spectacular Spider-Man, quipping his way through the city in search of good to be done.
Instead, we get this--a quip-free Spidey, desperate to save his Aunt (who has DIED BEFORE, PEOPLE, READ SOME BACK ISSUES FOR A CHANGE OHEMGEE) and whining his way through literally space and time.
I'm not sure where this story is going, and I won't say I don't care, because I am morbidly curious, like when you watch a fly trapped in a window struggling to get out.
I will say that it is absolutely unfun. It is the opposite of fun--it feels kinda like a grind. Which is doubly disappointing in Friendly, since writer Peter David has given us some extremely fun Spidey stories in this very title over the past few years.
At least Joe Quesada has stepped up his game in this issue--there's some stunning visuals here, especially his page layouts for the Doctor Strange sequences, which owe more than a little to J.H. Williams III in a very good way. Ornate, intricate, and appealing. Again, though--NOT FUN.
Oh, and one more lame-ass thing--the "director's cut-style extras" include five pages of a Spidey comic from many years ago, offered as some kind of cheap ad gimmick to sell a trade paperback. Weak sauce, Marvel. The weakest of all.
2 pts.