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graybrit's review
2.0
Jessica Drew is awesome, this book wasn't even bad, just super confusing since it dumped me straight into some part of a big Spider event and really I just wanted some Spider-Woman.
frantically's review against another edition
1.5
This was my first Marvel comic, so I probably would've appreciated it more if I actually understood all the back story of the Spider-Verse. But honestly, I feel like I should be able to get into a solo run without knowing intricate plot details of the universe.
So, the storyline was just all over the place and I basically had no clue what was going on but also wasn't really invested anyway. Silk and the other spider-people were fun enough Jessica seems like a great character and I'd love to read more about her, I feel like this comic didn't really do her justice. And oh god, that art. Why, just why.
I really liked the ending though, I'm never to complain about Captain Marvel and Steve :) I'll definitely continue reading because what I mainly disliked about this comic was all the confusing plotlines and I hope that changes in the next volume.
+ That vintage comic extra was super nice. Yes, overally dramatic and a bit out there but that's what made it so enjoyable!
So, the storyline was just all over the place and I basically had no clue what was going on but also wasn't really invested anyway. Silk and the other spider-people were fun enough Jessica seems like a great character and I'd love to read more about her, I feel like this comic didn't really do her justice. And oh god, that art. Why, just why.
I really liked the ending though, I'm never to complain about Captain Marvel and Steve :) I'll definitely continue reading because what I mainly disliked about this comic was all the confusing plotlines and I hope that changes in the next volume.
+ That vintage comic extra was super nice. Yes, overally dramatic and a bit out there but that's what made it so enjoyable!
penguininabluebox's review
4.0
Fantastic comic.
I had never really read any Spider-Woman comic before, but this one seems like it was a good enough place to start. We follow Spider-Woman as she’s six months pregnant (well, in the beginning). We don’t get a lot of background on the pregnancy but that is not really necessary. Captain Marvel recommends a certain hospital to her and when she goes there, the hospital is taken by Skrulls and she essentially has to fight her way out and save all the people in the hospital, all while very, very pregnant. You may already have guessed: Spider-Woman absolutely kicks ass as a pregnant woman and doesn’t need anybody to help her, really.
I really enjoyed this one. It is fast paced and easy to follow. It doesn’t jump around a lot and also doesn’t require a lot of background knowledge of the Marvel universe for you to understand what is happening. The story basically tells you: Avengers = good, Skrulls = bad, and that is enough to know in order to follow the story. The character of Spider-Woman is really well portrayed in my opinion: kickass and with a hard shell but a very soft core. On the inside she is very vulnerable and even scared of what is coming up for her with the baby, which she doesn’t like to show anyone but obviously the reader still sees. I really enjoyed that they showed her as a human being. There aren’t really very many instances of weird body poses that are physically impossible, but instead I would think she is realistically portrayed (except maybe that after giving birth she is immediately slim, but oh well). Overall I think it was such an interesting take on superhero comics in the way it played with the balance between a superhero life and having a baby, and that was really refreshing to read about.
I had never really read any Spider-Woman comic before, but this one seems like it was a good enough place to start. We follow Spider-Woman as she’s six months pregnant (well, in the beginning). We don’t get a lot of background on the pregnancy but that is not really necessary. Captain Marvel recommends a certain hospital to her and when she goes there, the hospital is taken by Skrulls and she essentially has to fight her way out and save all the people in the hospital, all while very, very pregnant. You may already have guessed: Spider-Woman absolutely kicks ass as a pregnant woman and doesn’t need anybody to help her, really.
I really enjoyed this one. It is fast paced and easy to follow. It doesn’t jump around a lot and also doesn’t require a lot of background knowledge of the Marvel universe for you to understand what is happening. The story basically tells you: Avengers = good, Skrulls = bad, and that is enough to know in order to follow the story. The character of Spider-Woman is really well portrayed in my opinion: kickass and with a hard shell but a very soft core. On the inside she is very vulnerable and even scared of what is coming up for her with the baby, which she doesn’t like to show anyone but obviously the reader still sees. I really enjoyed that they showed her as a human being. There aren’t really very many instances of weird body poses that are physically impossible, but instead I would think she is realistically portrayed (except maybe that after giving birth she is immediately slim, but oh well). Overall I think it was such an interesting take on superhero comics in the way it played with the balance between a superhero life and having a baby, and that was really refreshing to read about.
fionali's review
3.0
The whole Spider-Verse event made me majorly confused cos I avoided all that in Secret Wars (this was part of Secret Wars right?) but then the happy Carol/Jess BFF ending made up for it :')
EDIT: The spider thing wasn't part of secret wars cos what i'm reading now which comes after this was before secret wars............ what is loom world then??? where did it come from?? (where did it go?)
EDIT: The spider thing wasn't part of secret wars cos what i'm reading now which comes after this was before secret wars............ what is loom world then??? where did it come from?? (where did it go?)
loop's review
3.0
Not sure whose bright idea it was to start a new run smack in the middle of a massive, confusing event. Good event, and good material, but doesn't read well collected like this.
Rating without event context: 3
Rating with event context: 4
Rating without event context: 3
Rating with event context: 4
kacey's review
2.0
I really wanted to like Spider-Woman. I really, really did. And the issues that make up this Spider-Verse arc are pretty decent; I have to say that my favourite parts were definitely those pertaining to Silk, however. I simply found that after reading the wonderfully goofy portrayal of the SHIELD agent avengers in [a:Ales Kot|6451215|Ales Kot|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]'s Secret Avengers run ([b:Secret Avengers, Vol. 1: Let's Have a Problem|20898022|Secret Avengers, Vol. 1 Let's Have a Problem|Ales Kot|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1416794917s/20898022.jpg|40257744]-[b:Secret Avengers Vol. 3: God Level (Secret Avengers|25792652|Secret Avengers Vol. 3 God Level (Secret Avengers (2014-))|Ales Kot|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1435215640s/25792652.jpg|45644482]) the appearance of a super serious Jessica Drew was something of a let down.
The issues relating to the Spider-Verse story were the best, but during the aftermath story was when the tone began to change and things seemed, in my opinion, to begin falling apart and at which point I began to consider Dennis Hopeless's surname a very apt description of this series.
Basically, this first volume is decent up until (spoiler!) the moment that Spider-woman decides she needs to quit being an avenger. Which admittedly comes right at the end of this volume, but given what follows, I consider it enough of a blow to knock the whole collection down at least a star.
The issues relating to the Spider-Verse story were the best, but during the aftermath story was when the tone began to change and things seemed, in my opinion, to begin falling apart and at which point I began to consider Dennis Hopeless's surname a very apt description of this series.
Basically, this first volume is decent up until (spoiler!) the moment that Spider-woman decides she needs to quit being an avenger. Which admittedly comes right at the end of this volume, but given what follows, I consider it enough of a blow to knock the whole collection down at least a star.
depreydeprey's review
3.0
Hopeless does his best to cover his little corner of the Spider-verse saga but this collection is really tied to a much larger story line and doesn't let the writer or character shine the way I know they can.