World Famous Comics: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3: Double Trouble
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3: Double Trouble
By: Brian Michael Bendis Publisher: Marvel Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Marvel Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: November 01, 2002 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: Spider-Man must defend himself on two fronts as Dr. Octopus sets out for revenge and Kraven the Hunter pursues the ultimate prize.
The Story Continues Prime focus in this novel, is the city's opinion of spider-man. Every great Spider-man story needs a strong theme, and each of the novels in this series has had a good theme thus far. After three volumes I'm still dying to read more and I plan to pick up the next few after my tax return, hah.
Anyway I granted this four stars because the story continues at a great pace. Our villains get a decent backstory, and Spider-man still has the best in-combat dialogue ever.
The reason I demoted a star is because the villains don't quite keep up with the tone of the previous volumes. Doctor Octupus is thrown in really without a lot of backstory. We just see him with the arms and hes Doc Ock. I wanted to see what drove him, so that I could be convinced that hes a believable villain. Kraven also is a great villain, but I didn't see why he could legally kill Spider-man with America's consent. Yes they had problems with Spidey, but we don't legally kill people, we usually detain them if possible. They explained this later on, but it would have made sense earlier.
Besides those slight details, I am driven to read the next few episodes. I might just be attracted to villains like Venom and Carnage more than Doc Ock, but if you're an octupus fan, then you should enjoy this episode. I also hope to see more of Kraven, after he loses the Steve Irwin persona.
Spidey Fights Doc Ock and Kraven Doc Ock looks great in this story but maybe a little bit too muscular? I mean he's a scientist with no notable genetic enhancements a la Green Goblin in this series. Kraven looks good as well, but not really a worthy adversary. This book is alright and somewhat longer than the 2nd volume.
Dr Ock and Spidey - great story You have probably gotten a good idea of the plot by reading the other 6 reviews here, so I won't go into that. I just want to recommend this #3 in the rebooted Spidey series, it has fantastic art, the villians are beautifully drawn and their personalities are captured very well. The story is extremely well written and you can identify with how Peter feels and how it copes with it. Full marks!
Graphic SF Reader Spider-Man, while supposed to be younger here, of course, almost looks like you took McFarlane's version and locked him in a cupboard for 2 weeks and didn't let him eat.
Plenty of big eyes for the young manga-like loving kiddies too, seems to have worked.
Some fun bits, Gwen Stacy seems to have stepped out of a gang, and they threw in a Jenny Sparks joke.
Kraven the Crocodile Hunter, and the dacking of Doc Ock.
Overall, not too bad, but not a style I like much.
Doc Ock + Kraven= Brilliant! This review is for Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 3 paperback edition: Double Trouble
Doctor Octopus has long been one of Spider-Man's greatest villains, and this volume sees his entrance into the Ultimates world. Horribly disfigured after his accident in Osborn lab's in volume one, Otto Octavius insane and out for blood. Add into the mix, Kraven, who fancies himself the world's ultimate hunter, and his new prey is Spider-Man.
Once again, Bendis bring his best game when scripting this book. The writing is wonderful, the characters very real and very human. His take on Gwen Stacy is very unlike mainstream Gwen Stacy but the result is a very likable character. His approach to Mary Jane and Peter's relationship is also very teenage and appealing.
Bagley and Thibert's pencils are nice, and appropriate to the book, though the character's are a little wide eyed at times, and their take on Doc Ock's body didn't mesh with my personal image of the character.
This is the perfect Ultimate Spider-Man graphic to buy for someone who has seen Spider-Man 2 and wants to read a comic with Doc Ock in it. This book is also appropriate for all ages and for comic collectors and newcomers alike.
This volume reprints Ultimate Spider-Man #14-21. Highest recommendations!
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