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nathaniel_1206's review
3.0
For something titled The Complete Collection, it sure feels incomplete. Probably 3.5 still.
But let's do other things first. It's a bunch of fun Spider-Man stories, with an array of Marvel characters. There's an arc with Punisher and Daredevil that I felt dragged. I haven't read Punisher in an age, I skipped the Netflix series, I get Punisher is never going to be a good time, the truth of the character is accurately portrayed, but it was a tough stretch.
The book has no continuity. Each new arc doesn't seem to have a relation to previous arc, for Spider-Man or the world. Its the comic book version of Law & Order or the Original Star Trek; in neither of those shows mostly what happened previous episode doesn't affect the next episode.
That had to be a bunch of fun when it was a monthly comic, but it makes for a very weird collection to read. Marvel collection, hell Marvel titles these days have an arc to follow. This really doesn't, I haven't studied if this true, so it feels like they didn't include an issue. There's an issue before Spider-Man ends up in the Savage Lands. There's an issue before Spider-Man winds up on Carol Danvers' Air Force base.
I'm one of those collection readers that don't worry too greatly about all that, because I trust the writers are going to tell me everything I need to know to get through the issue. If you can do that and just trust that idea, go along for the ride, it's a fun, if somewhat narratively choppy ride.
That date started complete fiction, because I just don't note when I started a book.
But let's do other things first. It's a bunch of fun Spider-Man stories, with an array of Marvel characters. There's an arc with Punisher and Daredevil that I felt dragged. I haven't read Punisher in an age, I skipped the Netflix series, I get Punisher is never going to be a good time, the truth of the character is accurately portrayed, but it was a tough stretch.
The book has no continuity. Each new arc doesn't seem to have a relation to previous arc, for Spider-Man or the world. Its the comic book version of Law & Order or the Original Star Trek; in neither of those shows mostly what happened previous episode doesn't affect the next episode.
That had to be a bunch of fun when it was a monthly comic, but it makes for a very weird collection to read. Marvel collection, hell Marvel titles these days have an arc to follow. This really doesn't, I haven't studied if this true, so it feels like they didn't include an issue. There's an issue before Spider-Man ends up in the Savage Lands. There's an issue before Spider-Man winds up on Carol Danvers' Air Force base.
I'm one of those collection readers that don't worry too greatly about all that, because I trust the writers are going to tell me everything I need to know to get through the issue. If you can do that and just trust that idea, go along for the ride, it's a fun, if somewhat narratively choppy ride.
That date started complete fiction, because I just don't note when I started a book.
booknooknoggin's review against another edition
3.0
Various team ups and follow ups from other books. I could see how some readers would be confused by this.
contrabanddonut's review against another edition
3.0
For something titled The Complete Collection, it sure feels incomplete. Probably 3.5 still.
But let's do other things first. It's a bunch of fun Spider-Man stories, with an array of Marvel characters. There's an arc with Punisher and Daredevil that I felt dragged. I haven't read Punisher in an age, I skipped the Netflix series, I get Punisher is never going to be a good time, the truth of the character is accurately portrayed, but it was a tough stretch.
The book has no continuity. Each new arc doesn't seem to have a relation to previous arc, for Spider-Man or the world. Its the comic book version of Law & Order or the Original Star Trek; in neither of those shows mostly what happened previous episode doesn't affect the next episode.
That had to be a bunch of fun when it was a monthly comic, but it makes for a very weird collection to read. Marvel collection, hell Marvel titles these days have an arc to follow. This really doesn't, I haven't studied if this true, so it feels like they didn't include an issue. There's an issue before Spider-Man ends up in the Savage Lands. There's an issue before Spider-Man winds up on Carol Danvers' Air Force base.
I'm one of those collection readers that don't worry too greatly about all that, because I trust the writers are going to tell me everything I need to know to get through the issue. If you can do that and just trust that idea, go along for the ride, it's a fun, if somewhat narratively choppy ride.
That date started complete fiction, because I just don't note when I started a book.
But let's do other things first. It's a bunch of fun Spider-Man stories, with an array of Marvel characters. There's an arc with Punisher and Daredevil that I felt dragged. I haven't read Punisher in an age, I skipped the Netflix series, I get Punisher is never going to be a good time, the truth of the character is accurately portrayed, but it was a tough stretch.
The book has no continuity. Each new arc doesn't seem to have a relation to previous arc, for Spider-Man or the world. Its the comic book version of Law & Order or the Original Star Trek; in neither of those shows mostly what happened previous episode doesn't affect the next episode.
That had to be a bunch of fun when it was a monthly comic, but it makes for a very weird collection to read. Marvel collection, hell Marvel titles these days have an arc to follow. This really doesn't, I haven't studied if this true, so it feels like they didn't include an issue. There's an issue before Spider-Man ends up in the Savage Lands. There's an issue before Spider-Man winds up on Carol Danvers' Air Force base.
I'm one of those collection readers that don't worry too greatly about all that, because I trust the writers are going to tell me everything I need to know to get through the issue. If you can do that and just trust that idea, go along for the ride, it's a fun, if somewhat narratively choppy ride.
That date started complete fiction, because I just don't note when I started a book.
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