Product Description: The first of two titanic hardcovers collecting the status-quo-shattering "Back in Black" saga! Reeling in the aftermath of Civil War, Peter Parker has plenty of reasons to consider a change of wardrobe: Black is his state of mind. But the worst is yet to come for Spider-Man! In Amazing Spider-Man, events are set in motion that will forever change the life of your favorite web-slinger. There IS no going back! In Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the secrets of the alternate Uncle Ben are revealed, but not before the Sandman attacks! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man #539-543, and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17-23 and Annual #1.
Download Description: It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself possessed of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man! Follow Spider-Man¿s action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads up to his ultimate battle high above New York streets, against the death-dealing madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches helplessly and countless lives hang in the balance, Spider-Man confronts his archnemesis, and the Goblin puts Spider-Man¿s vow to fight crime to the ultimate test . . .
Back In Black=Amazing Spiderman The only good pages in this story are in THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN, becausE the ar of Ron Garney is great and the writer J.M.S is awesome.
Amazon description is WRONG - no Sensational Spider-Man This is an OK graphic novel, but I wanted to let everyone know that the description on Amazon is not right. It says that it contains Sensational Spider-Man 35-40, which is the story with Spider-Man's clones, and that story simply isn't in here. That was one of the main reasons I wanted this book in the first place, since the main storyline with a dying Aunt May was a little melodramatic for my taste, so I'm a little disappointed.
Dark Spidey After his aunt is shot Peter goes BALLIASTIC He dons the black suit a suit he doesn't wear because MJ doesn't like how it looks too much like Venom's costume. (Peter is whipped). In ASM Spidey wages a one-man war on crime to figure out who tried to kill him and accidentally ending up shooting his aunt. I believe the guy was actually trying to kill MJ. However, if this Graphic Novel includes FNS written by Peter David just skip that story. This great review is for JMS write on ASM, okay.
Powerful story, not happy times for Spidey! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man 539-543, Friendly Spider-Man 17-23 and Annual 1, this is the first book of two Back In Black hardcovers detailing Spider-Man's life after the Civil War events in the Marvel Universe, where his identity as Peter Parker had been publicly revealed.
Focusing on the aftermath of an assassin's attempts on his family, the story has Spider-Man facing the darker aspects of his character. Well told and drawn as usual, it cuts off rather abruptly at the end of the ASM issues. Would have liked a little more conclusive end point.
A dark chapter I thought that the first half of this book was amazing and I would recommend it to anyone. The book features a darker Spider-man than in the past fraught with the shooting of his aunt and gets into the consequences of acting without the mask. I can't wait to read the rest in One More Day. Where the book does fall out is the last half when it switches from Amazing Spider-Man to Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. There's a story about the Sandman that's not very interesting but sort of serves to set up the next story which features the end of Ero (who shows up in the end of The Other). This story was dull up until the last bit of the story during the final fight between Spider-Man and Ero but it drags until then. Either way the book is totally worth the read.
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