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A review by brenticus
Spider-Women Alpha #1 by Vanessa Del Rey, Robbie Thompson, Yasmine Putri
2.0
This mash-up is a pretty great idea - Spiderwoman being separated from her baby by interdimensional shenanigans - marred by, well, the fact that it's a mash-up. We have multiple writers and multiple artists working on different series within the volume, and it sort of comes out as a mess.
Honestly, the writing isn't too bad. The Spiderwoman issues are blatantly better, but the overall plot and characterization is reasonably consistent between the three series. The plot isn't great, lots of weird decisions that kind of come out of nowhere, but at least everyone could sort of agree on those weird decisions.
What really bugs me is the art. There is a downright confusing difference in the skill and style of the artists for each series. The Spider-Women: Alpha strip looks god awful, really got me worried, but as soon as the next issue came along everything was so much better. But even when the art was being done by a decent artist the character designs would change drastically between different series, with a few confusing identity moments because the characters are barely recognizable unless they're in costume.
So, yeah, not a great volume. If it was a single series by a consistent group it would have been much better, but even the individual issues are decent at best. Probably wouldn't bother recommending this unless you're reading the Gwen/Silk comics that come afterwards.
Honestly, the writing isn't too bad. The Spiderwoman issues are blatantly better, but the overall plot and characterization is reasonably consistent between the three series. The plot isn't great, lots of weird decisions that kind of come out of nowhere, but at least everyone could sort of agree on those weird decisions.
What really bugs me is the art. There is a downright confusing difference in the skill and style of the artists for each series. The Spider-Women: Alpha strip looks god awful, really got me worried, but as soon as the next issue came along everything was so much better. But even when the art was being done by a decent artist the character designs would change drastically between different series, with a few confusing identity moments because the characters are barely recognizable unless they're in costume.
So, yeah, not a great volume. If it was a single series by a consistent group it would have been much better, but even the individual issues are decent at best. Probably wouldn't bother recommending this unless you're reading the Gwen/Silk comics that come afterwards.