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Spider-Man Vs. Mysterio by Stan Lee

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This is a collection of Spider-man facing Mysterio stories released ahead of Spider-man: Far from Home. I have to say that I didn't much care for it. While I love the Silver and Bronze Age Spider-man stories, when this book actually make me focus on Mysterio, I came to realization: I really don't care much for Mysterio stories. The problem is that if you know Mysterio is the villain, you know how the story's going to go. The stories where you don't know it's Mysterio can surprise you and be the best approach. However, the problem is that when you're reading this book, you KNOW its going to be Mysterio because its on the COVER. I also found myself lost in the modern-day Dan Slott story at the end.

I do think the Peter David issues from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man, written at a time Spidey had been unmasked are a bit of an exception to that. There's some layers, there's Multiple Mysterios and it makes me curious to read his run.

Maybe if you like Mysterio stories more, you might enjoy this one, but for me, there was no mystery and not much fun.



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