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A review by misha_ali
Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse by
3.0
The Gwen Stacy cover is a bit misleading. This is the story of five alternate universe Spider-people.
The first, Spider-man Noir, is the closest to the canon Spider-man story, but with small changes like MJ being a soldier for five years. 3/5
The second story is Spider-Gwen. I enjoyed the more playful artwork but the story seems restricted in that the roles are reversed with Gwen being bitten and Peter dying and then Gwen carrying the guilt for his death. 3.54/5 because artwork.
The third story is about Aaron Aikman, who is basically adult Peter Parker with robotic enhancements to his suit. I enjoyed the story, so 3.5/5
The fourth story is about Patton Parnel, the anti-Peter Parker. He's an orphan, lives with his abusive uncle Ted, is a peeping Tom with the hots for his neighbor, Sarah Jane. Basically what Peter Parker would be like as a sociopathic kid with superpowers. This was probably the most interesting story for me because of how drastically different it is to canon. 4/5
The fifth story confused me because it's radically different from any of the other Spider-people and it's never really quite explained what's going on. Peni Parker is a very young girl who must take over her dead father's job as some sort of Robocop type enforcer. It's never very clear what SP//dr does or why the suits are genetically limited, but there it is. 2.5/5 for this one because I didn't really get it.
The first, Spider-man Noir, is the closest to the canon Spider-man story, but with small changes like MJ being a soldier for five years. 3/5
The second story is Spider-Gwen. I enjoyed the more playful artwork but the story seems restricted in that the roles are reversed with Gwen being bitten and Peter dying and then Gwen carrying the guilt for his death. 3.54/5 because artwork.
The third story is about Aaron Aikman, who is basically adult Peter Parker with robotic enhancements to his suit. I enjoyed the story, so 3.5/5
The fourth story is about Patton Parnel, the anti-Peter Parker. He's an orphan, lives with his abusive uncle Ted, is a peeping Tom with the hots for his neighbor, Sarah Jane. Basically what Peter Parker would be like as a sociopathic kid with superpowers. This was probably the most interesting story for me because of how drastically different it is to canon. 4/5
The fifth story confused me because it's radically different from any of the other Spider-people and it's never really quite explained what's going on. Peni Parker is a very young girl who must take over her dead father's job as some sort of Robocop type enforcer. It's never very clear what SP//dr does or why the suits are genetically limited, but there it is. 2.5/5 for this one because I didn't really get it.