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Spider-Man by Todd Mcfarlane Omnibus
by Todd McFarlane, Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane is no doubt a talented artist. If you don't like his style, that is fine. I admit, sometimes it's a bit hard to understand what's happening on the page, but overall his art is unique and stylish. His writing? Not so much.
Back in the late 80's Todd made a name for himself, and Marvel wanted that name all over their books so in the 90s they gave Todd his own Spider-Man book. This was huge, and it became one of the best, if not best, selling issue for Marvel at the time. With Todd's over the top but stylish art, Marvel couldn't lose on this move.
Reading it over 30 years later the art is still flashly and alive, which is nice, but the stories? Ouch.
The first is probably one of the better in the collection, Torment, but it's basically about a voodoo like woman trying to torment Spidy. She's using the Lizard as a weapon against him, forcing Spider-Man to eventually clash with the Lizard. The fights are brutal, and this is a darker take for the web-head. I will say it starts off interesting enough, and some great looking panels, but the story simmers down quick.
Then we get a Hobgoblin that's a two parter and it's not bad either. Actually pretty fun, and Hobgoblin is as cool looking as ever. Add in a little boy who's been basically brainwashed by the Goblin and Spider-Man and Ghost Rider working together but also at odds with each other and you have a entertaining story.
Then we take a dip down into Wendigo as our main villain or plot point for the next story. This one is extremely drawn out with a terrible subplot for Peter Parker as a reporter to deal with. Wolverine is entertaining enough coming into this story but even he can't save this sad as hell and boring team up by the end. Boring would best describe this one.
Which is more than I can say for the terrible Moribus closing storyline that was not only confusing but hard to following. Mcfarlane was leaving Marvel soon and you can see it. Then a single issue with Juggy fails to live up to other issues of Spider-man vs Juggernaunt, and this one is a sleepy story with the terribly bland x-force to boot.
Overall this is a art book. If wanna see some great poses, fights, and designs, this is worth going through and enjoying it for the art alone. I certainly did. And first half is decent enough with the stories. But the second half is pretty bad and not really worth reading at all if I'm being 100% honest here.
A 2 out of 5.
Back in the late 80's Todd made a name for himself, and Marvel wanted that name all over their books so in the 90s they gave Todd his own Spider-Man book. This was huge, and it became one of the best, if not best, selling issue for Marvel at the time. With Todd's over the top but stylish art, Marvel couldn't lose on this move.
Reading it over 30 years later the art is still flashly and alive, which is nice, but the stories? Ouch.
The first is probably one of the better in the collection, Torment, but it's basically about a voodoo like woman trying to torment Spidy. She's using the Lizard as a weapon against him, forcing Spider-Man to eventually clash with the Lizard. The fights are brutal, and this is a darker take for the web-head. I will say it starts off interesting enough, and some great looking panels, but the story simmers down quick.
Then we get a Hobgoblin that's a two parter and it's not bad either. Actually pretty fun, and Hobgoblin is as cool looking as ever. Add in a little boy who's been basically brainwashed by the Goblin and Spider-Man and Ghost Rider working together but also at odds with each other and you have a entertaining story.
Then we take a dip down into Wendigo as our main villain or plot point for the next story. This one is extremely drawn out with a terrible subplot for Peter Parker as a reporter to deal with. Wolverine is entertaining enough coming into this story but even he can't save this sad as hell and boring team up by the end. Boring would best describe this one.
Which is more than I can say for the terrible Moribus closing storyline that was not only confusing but hard to following. Mcfarlane was leaving Marvel soon and you can see it. Then a single issue with Juggy fails to live up to other issues of Spider-man vs Juggernaunt, and this one is a sleepy story with the terribly bland x-force to boot.
Overall this is a art book. If wanna see some great poses, fights, and designs, this is worth going through and enjoying it for the art alone. I certainly did. And first half is decent enough with the stories. But the second half is pretty bad and not really worth reading at all if I'm being 100% honest here.
A 2 out of 5.