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Superior Spider-man: Ostatnie życzenie by Richard Elson, Dan Slott, Piotr W. Cholewa, Humberto Ramos
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
4.0
Weird.
Not a spoiler because it's how the volume begins, but what you should know is that Doctor Octopus has put his mind into the body of Peter Parker, Spider-Man.
It's one of those nightmare scenarios, where you're watching Doc Ock (yeah, wer're tight, I call him Ock) ruin Peter Parker's life because he comes at it the way he does his own. The thing is, Ock is really smart and kind of an asshole. Peter Parker is really smart, but absolutely not an asshole.
It's a book that tackles that old question. Haven't you always wondered if your life would be better if you were 10% more of an asshole? If you just cared a little less about what people thought and instead just did things because you felt like it? Because Ock isn't necessarily TRYING to ruin Peter Parker's life. It's not one of these situations where he's impersonating Spider-Man so that people will continue to call him a Menace. Or a Dennis. Or a...well, you can do the math on combining those terms. No, Ock is planning to remain as Peter Parker forever. He's in it for the long haul.
The experiment is interesting. Is there something essential to the characters that made them who they are, or could anyone be Spider-Man given some web shooters and a rad pair of pajamas?
Either way, between this and Brand New Day and Spider Island, for better or worse, I have to admit that I appreciate the people at Marvel being up for experimenting and trying some wild ideas with this character. Most of them, on paper, don't actually work. I mean, mind swap? This is the ultimate soap opera nuttiness. As is having a clone. Or secret agent parents. Hmm...
But really, even though the ideas sound pretty stupid, I end up enjoying where they go with them. Rather than take a big story (X-Men fighting the Avengers!? WHAAAAAT?!!!) and have the one-sentence premise BE the entirety of the story, the spider books do a good job of making the premise nothing more than a platform and letting the story go from there.
Not a spoiler because it's how the volume begins, but what you should know is that Doctor Octopus has put his mind into the body of Peter Parker, Spider-Man.
It's one of those nightmare scenarios, where you're watching Doc Ock (yeah, wer're tight, I call him Ock) ruin Peter Parker's life because he comes at it the way he does his own. The thing is, Ock is really smart and kind of an asshole. Peter Parker is really smart, but absolutely not an asshole.
It's a book that tackles that old question. Haven't you always wondered if your life would be better if you were 10% more of an asshole? If you just cared a little less about what people thought and instead just did things because you felt like it? Because Ock isn't necessarily TRYING to ruin Peter Parker's life. It's not one of these situations where he's impersonating Spider-Man so that people will continue to call him a Menace. Or a Dennis. Or a...well, you can do the math on combining those terms. No, Ock is planning to remain as Peter Parker forever. He's in it for the long haul.
The experiment is interesting. Is there something essential to the characters that made them who they are, or could anyone be Spider-Man given some web shooters and a rad pair of pajamas?
Either way, between this and Brand New Day and Spider Island, for better or worse, I have to admit that I appreciate the people at Marvel being up for experimenting and trying some wild ideas with this character. Most of them, on paper, don't actually work. I mean, mind swap? This is the ultimate soap opera nuttiness. As is having a clone. Or secret agent parents. Hmm...
But really, even though the ideas sound pretty stupid, I end up enjoying where they go with them. Rather than take a big story (X-Men fighting the Avengers!? WHAAAAAT?!!!) and have the one-sentence premise BE the entirety of the story, the spider books do a good job of making the premise nothing more than a platform and letting the story go from there.
jhouses's review against another edition
3.0
Doc Oc se ha apoderado del cuerpo de Spider-Man antes de morir y lo ha reemplazado tanto en su vida privada como en la pública.
faux_crow's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence
foreverbeautifulbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I'm actually a big fan of Dan Slott. He revived the She-Hulk series for me in a big way. And in my opinion did amazing things for this Spidey series! Not only is this a totally engaging story, but the art work is prime in this. I can't wait to read the next installment.
I'd love to work some of the stuff I read in this in my turned based writing.
I'd love to work some of the stuff I read in this in my turned based writing.
manuelte's review against another edition
4.0
Seeing that my local public library has about every graphic novel and comic book compilation, I decided to give Marvel NOW a shot. This is a very well written spider-man, and Otto Octavius makes for an extremely pragmatic hero, regardless of his motivations. The Vulture and Massacre stories were particularly good.
thebaronrob's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
ferrisscottr's review against another edition
5.0
I have been reading a lot of DC comics lately and while they have been pretty enjoyable there has definitely been something missing....and what's been missing....it's not Marvel.
This has just so much more feeling, depth, heart and soul than anything DC is putting out.
Dr. Octopus has taken over Spider-Man's body and he's out to prove that he's a better Spider-Man than Peter Parker could ever be.
This is great.
This has just so much more feeling, depth, heart and soul than anything DC is putting out.
Dr. Octopus has taken over Spider-Man's body and he's out to prove that he's a better Spider-Man than Peter Parker could ever be.
This is great.
astranoah's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
sodope's review against another edition
4.0
Superior Spider-Man #1 a #5
En esta historia podemos mirar la transición de Otto al cuerpo de Peter, ya que este se encuentra muerto.
Otto es un Peter Parker mucho más "científico", se la vive creando cosas, pasando el rato con MJ y la tía May, creando artifictos para ser mejor Spidey, etc...
Pero de la mano va con que también es un Spider-Man diferente, más listo, mucho más violento y este último punto se ve reflejado a la hora de que Otto quiere matar pero el fantasma de Parker siempre lo evita.
También es un Spider-Man más apegado a la gente y más apegado al nuevo alcalde J. Jonah Jameson.
En estos primeros issues se ven villanos como Vulture, Masacre, ente otros menores.
En esta historia podemos mirar la transición de Otto al cuerpo de Peter, ya que este se encuentra muerto.
Otto es un Peter Parker mucho más "científico", se la vive creando cosas, pasando el rato con MJ y la tía May, creando artifictos para ser mejor Spidey, etc...
Pero de la mano va con que también es un Spider-Man diferente, más listo, mucho más violento y este último punto se ve reflejado a la hora de que Otto quiere matar pero el fantasma de Parker siempre lo evita.
También es un Spider-Man más apegado a la gente y más apegado al nuevo alcalde J. Jonah Jameson.
En estos primeros issues se ven villanos como Vulture, Masacre, ente otros menores.
jhstack's review against another edition
3.0
Very interesting to examine the changes that Spidey is going through, but the character design/artwork is sometimes iffy, like verging on cartoonish at times (see The Avengers who appear in the current run).