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Spider-Man: Spider Island Companion
by
Paul Tobin (Goodreads Author) ,
Nick Spencer, Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Greg Pak, Mike McKone , Sebastian Fiumara , June Brigman , Giuseppe Cammuncoli
As all of Manhattan is transformed into an island of Spider-Men, the city is quarantined! As Spider-Man battles the problem at its source, Marvel's other heroes take on the task of calming a city of spider-powered citizens - and battling an army of spider-powered criminals.
COLLECTING: SPIDER-ISLAND: THe AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 1-3; SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK & DAGGER1-3;SPIDER-...more
COLLECTING: SPIDER-ISLAND: THe AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 1-3; SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK & DAGGER1-3;SPIDER-...more
Hardcover, 424 pages
Published
February 29th 2012
by Marvel
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Dec 18, 2012
Shannon Appelcline
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Overall this volume feels like a bit of a slog, as we again and again get the same plot points of people turning into monstrous spiders. However, there are some highlights. The Cloak & Dagger story is great, perhaps in part because it barely touches upon the Spider-Island plot, but also because it’s a great character piece for the twain. The Spider-Girl story is good, because of its focus on the wasps, which is pretty different from the rest of the stories. Finally, the Black Panther story m...more
I really enjoyed the main Spider-Man: Spider-Island title, as a big Marvel event that stayed bright and fun and energetic. This collection of tie-in stories, though, is overwhelmingly inconsistent. The short stories originally presented for free on Marvel's digital app are cute "day in the life" glimpses at what life would be like for a regular person (or a bank robber, or.. a cat) to wake up with spider-powers, and I enjoyed reading them again. I loved the Cloak and Dagger story, of course, wit...more
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A collection of tie-in issues and spin-off miniseries and one-shots, none of them remotely necessary to following the main Spider-Island story. Some of them, however, are jolly good fun. Antony Johnston has clearly been wanting to write Shang-Chi and the Immortal Weapons for some time, Nick Spencer tells a beautiful Cloak and Dagger story with a twist that should seem dumb but instead feels right; and the short about a cat that gets spider powers is predictably adorable.
Tie-ins must be very difficult to write. The main story arc should be the best part about the series, and the tie-ins add fun and round out the plot and characters. Unfortunately, some work and some fail. In this edition, there are some good ones. While I didn't really care for Spider-Island as a whole, the gems in this collection include Cloak & Dagger (3 issues), Avengers (1 issue), and Spider-Woman (1 issue).
As this is a compilation, I thought it was hit or miss. I enjoyed the Spider Girl story and wish that series hadn't been cancelled. Some of the others didn't really tie in. (they do get bonus points for tying back to the Marvel Two in One story from the 70s with Spider Woman.)
Not as good as the main story, but the Cloak & Dagger story and the Deadly Hands of Kung Fu story are definite highlights.
veom, kung fu guys way cool. other stuff mostly boring.
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