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Amazing Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff (Spectacular Spider Man) (Spider-Man Marvel Comics)
First the gun muzzle flashed before Jean DeWolff; and then her life did; and the there was the death of Jean DeWolff.
One of Spider-Man's most acclaimed, gripping, and dark adventures, now available in one dramatic graphic novel. "The Death of Jean DeWolff" chronicles the famed web-slinger's race against time and death, as a shotgun-wielding maniac carves a path of destruct...more
One of Spider-Man's most acclaimed, gripping, and dark adventures, now available in one dramatic graphic novel. "The Death of Jean DeWolff" chronicles the famed web-slinger's race against time and death, as a shotgun-wielding maniac carves a path of destruct...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
April 1st 1991
by Marvel Entertainment Group
(first published 1991)
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Reprints Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110 and Spectacular Spider-Man (1) #134-136 (October 1985-March 1988). A vigilante is stalking the streets of New York City. He calls himself the Sin-Eater and no one is safe from his own style of justice. Armed with a shotgun, his first victim is Spider-Man's sometime ally Detective Jean DeWolff. Now Spider-Man must hunt down the killer and he has help from Daredevil. Once Spider-Man realizes the Sin-Eater's identity, a battle to keep him behin...more
The Death of Jean DeWolff is one of the (justly) more famous Spider-Man stories, one I'm familiar with but never read until Marvel published their nice new hard-cover edition. Peter David (in his first major comic role) knocks it out the ballpark telling a dark, complex and important story.
The original 4-parter (PP: Spectacular Spider-Man 107-110) takes a different approach to most other Spidey stories at the time, as we start off with the unwitnessed brutal death of a long time multi-comic cha...more
The original 4-parter (PP: Spectacular Spider-Man 107-110) takes a different approach to most other Spidey stories at the time, as we start off with the unwitnessed brutal death of a long time multi-comic cha...more
One of the more memorable stories in the Spider-Man canon. Jean De Wolff, a popular supporting character, was killed off-panel and that starts off the hunt for the serial killer Sin-Eater. I'm not sure but Sin Eater was probably inspired by the Son of Sam serial killings that terrorised New York at the time.
A few years later, this story tangentially contributed to the birth of popular (and by now over used) Spidey villain, Venom.
A few years later, this story tangentially contributed to the birth of popular (and by now over used) Spidey villain, Venom.
This is a great story but the problem I have with this trade is there's no sense of how important Jean DeWolff was to the Spider-Man universe. While the reveal of the villain was a bit predictable it didn't make his actions any less compelling. There's great moments between Spider-Man and Daredevil including the reveal of their greatest secret. The art is great in true 80's fashion. An excellent book but could be much better with some flashbacks to Jean DeWolff.
Nov 24, 2010
Federiken Masters
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Su autor y su bajo precio.
Historia a cargo de uno de mis guionistas yanquis preferidos sobre uno de los personajes yanquis más emblemáticos, pero del que menos cosas interesantes he leído. Lo conseguí en la edición de Panini a muy bajo precio gracias a que tiene el lomo roto. Cuando lo arregle y lo pueda leer sin riesgos, seguro se gane su correspondiente reseña.
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