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james_desantis 's review for:
Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 1
by David Michelinie
This is now the third Omnibus I read of Michelinie's work on Spider-Man, and you know what? It's still solid.
The first Omnibus had him teaming up with superstar Todd Mcfarlen, and that was before spawn. But even then you can see the greatness of the art coming through. Michelinie also had to keep the black suit but get rid of it and make it compelling, introducing our favorite crazy villain, VENOM! Since then the series has kept different villains coming through with venom (and in this volume, carnage) as a highlight of Michelinie's very long run.
This volume in particular introduces us to Carnage, who is by far some of the most fun we have in this series. Carnage and Venom are super weird, and sound very horny 90% of the time, which is scary and funny. I also loved venom and spidy forcing themselves to team up to take him down.
The rest of the series is mostly Peter dealing with everyday life and trying to balance his marriage with MJ. A new plot point is his parents return (FROM THE DEAD!?) and that is the weakest part of the whole series.
The backup stories are usually really good and give depth to Peter, Jonah, Harry and more. And the art? Well it's Mark, and he is top 3 spidy artist for me. His work here is great, and even better in Ultimate Spider-Man.
Overall this is very safe, but usually always atleast enjoyable run and I think this part is stronger than his run with Erik Larson, but not as fun as Todd. A 3.5 but I'll bump it to a 4.
The first Omnibus had him teaming up with superstar Todd Mcfarlen, and that was before spawn. But even then you can see the greatness of the art coming through. Michelinie also had to keep the black suit but get rid of it and make it compelling, introducing our favorite crazy villain, VENOM! Since then the series has kept different villains coming through with venom (and in this volume, carnage) as a highlight of Michelinie's very long run.
This volume in particular introduces us to Carnage, who is by far some of the most fun we have in this series. Carnage and Venom are super weird, and sound very horny 90% of the time, which is scary and funny. I also loved venom and spidy forcing themselves to team up to take him down.
The rest of the series is mostly Peter dealing with everyday life and trying to balance his marriage with MJ. A new plot point is his parents return (FROM THE DEAD!?) and that is the weakest part of the whole series.
The backup stories are usually really good and give depth to Peter, Jonah, Harry and more. And the art? Well it's Mark, and he is top 3 spidy artist for me. His work here is great, and even better in Ultimate Spider-Man.
Overall this is very safe, but usually always atleast enjoyable run and I think this part is stronger than his run with Erik Larson, but not as fun as Todd. A 3.5 but I'll bump it to a 4.