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A review by helpfulsnowman
The Superior Spider-Man Vol. 6: Goblin Nation by Dan Slott, Christos Gage
4.0
And thus ends the Superior Spider-Man.
The first half of the series was excellent. The second half flagged a bit. The ending works, and Dan Slott managed to wrap up what would seem to be yet another impossible-to-wrap storyline.
I think what happened, for me anyway, is that the series started with the new Spider-Man doing things very differently. Showing the ways in which things could have been very different, maybe even a little better at times, for Spider-Man.
However, towards the end it started to feel like we were just saying, "You know the stuff that happened to Spider-Man Regular? Let's do that to this Spider-Man."
For example, the Venom storyline. We basically watched, again, a new Spider-Man go through exactly what the OG went through not so long ago. And it ended in a way that wasn't dissimilar. And the new Spider-Man came to pretty similar conclusions.
But hey, overall, AWESOME series. I recommend Superior Spider-Man for any comic book reader, wholeheartedly. Despite being a fanboy who loves the character dearly, the change behind the mask was earned by the time it was all said and done, and the story won me over.
Marvel has been willing to take a lot of risks with the Spider-Man books over the last few years, always returning to the norm eventually, but I appreciate the ride and hope they'll continue to take chances.
The first half of the series was excellent. The second half flagged a bit. The ending works, and Dan Slott managed to wrap up what would seem to be yet another impossible-to-wrap storyline.
I think what happened, for me anyway, is that the series started with the new Spider-Man doing things very differently. Showing the ways in which things could have been very different, maybe even a little better at times, for Spider-Man.
However, towards the end it started to feel like we were just saying, "You know the stuff that happened to Spider-Man Regular? Let's do that to this Spider-Man."
For example, the Venom storyline. We basically watched, again, a new Spider-Man go through exactly what the OG went through not so long ago. And it ended in a way that wasn't dissimilar. And the new Spider-Man came to pretty similar conclusions.
But hey, overall, AWESOME series. I recommend Superior Spider-Man for any comic book reader, wholeheartedly. Despite being a fanboy who loves the character dearly, the change behind the mask was earned by the time it was all said and done, and the story won me over.
Marvel has been willing to take a lot of risks with the Spider-Man books over the last few years, always returning to the norm eventually, but I appreciate the ride and hope they'll continue to take chances.