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The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) (Collected Editions)
The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1.1: Learning to Crawl
It’s the chapter you never knew about the story you know by heart! Join Peter Parker as he takes his first steps toward finding his way in the world as Spider-Man! He sought revenge and found responsibility. From that night on, a new life began. Peter’s not a hero — not yet — but he’ll get there somehow. But what happens when Peter meets Clash, New York’s newest menace? Clash is Spidey’s biggest fan, but what started off as fun and games soon turns deadly serious — and Clash is about to become his first super villain! And as a classic Spidey villain joins in on the fun, J. Jonah’s Jameson’s crusade against Spider-Man kicks into overdrive, and Uncle Ben’s secrets come to light! Dan Slott and Ramón Pérez deliver a new spin on Spider-Man’s first 60 days! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #1.1-1.5 and material from #1.
120 pages, Paperback
First published November 26, 2014
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Dan Slott
1,998 books448 followersDan Slott is an American comic book writer, the current writer on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, and is best known for his work on books such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, and Ren & Stimpy.
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June 16, 2015
Current Spider-Man scribe Dan Slott decides to expand upon the wall-crawler’s origins with a tale set within web-head’s first sixty days. Struggling to come to terms with his newfound powers and responsibilities, Peter Parker inadvertently inspires a young fan to take up action as New York’s newest superhero, The Clash. Will Spidey continue to inspire this new costumed crime fighter or will their egos.. clash?
Confession: I picked this up at the library a few weeks back thinking it was the first volume of Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man reboot, so you can imagine my disappointment when I realized I didn’t look before I leaped and grabbed the wrong book. I was going to bring it back but thought, what the hell? I already have it. Might as well read it.
Outside of the cool throwback style artwork, there’s really no need for this thing to exist. I know that may sound mean, but I came away feeling like I gained nothing from reading it. I think the thing that annoyed me the most was keeping the style of the 60s but throwing in things like cellphone cameras, YouTube and other modern elements. It frustrated me and took me out of the story repeatedly. It was almost like it didn’t know what it wanted to be. Who knows? Maybe this won’t bother others as much as it did me.
I’ve loved what I had read of Slott’s Superior Spider-Man work so maybe this was just a weird, mediocre experiment. Now to go back to the library and get the right book!
Also posted @ Every Read Thing.
Confession: I picked this up at the library a few weeks back thinking it was the first volume of Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man reboot, so you can imagine my disappointment when I realized I didn’t look before I leaped and grabbed the wrong book. I was going to bring it back but thought, what the hell? I already have it. Might as well read it.
Outside of the cool throwback style artwork, there’s really no need for this thing to exist. I know that may sound mean, but I came away feeling like I gained nothing from reading it. I think the thing that annoyed me the most was keeping the style of the 60s but throwing in things like cellphone cameras, YouTube and other modern elements. It frustrated me and took me out of the story repeatedly. It was almost like it didn’t know what it wanted to be. Who knows? Maybe this won’t bother others as much as it did me.
I’ve loved what I had read of Slott’s Superior Spider-Man work so maybe this was just a weird, mediocre experiment. Now to go back to the library and get the right book!
Also posted @ Every Read Thing.
January 18, 2016
Dan Slott should be crowned King of Spider-Man. I just finished his Spider-verse event (spoilers: holy shit) and came back for the alternate Spidey tales (all the .1 issues) that Slott cranked out. Even these awkward little experiments - this unneeded but what-the-hell filler in amongst (*amongst* I say) the gaping story holes left behind by Stan and Steve back in the dark ages...where was I?
Oh yeah, these stories do immense justice to the continuity and feel of the 60's books, while somehow slyly upgrading the time period ever so slightly (a computer here, a cell phone there) and making the story dialogue and adventures feel *just* a little more modern and readable.
Finished off with a true-to-the-spirit flourish to honour Spidey's roots and the great stories Slott's been delivering like a friggin machine.
Oh yeah, these stories do immense justice to the continuity and feel of the 60's books, while somehow slyly upgrading the time period ever so slightly (a computer here, a cell phone there) and making the story dialogue and adventures feel *just* a little more modern and readable.
Finished off with a true-to-the-spirit flourish to honour Spidey's roots and the great stories Slott's been delivering like a friggin machine.
September 27, 2014
I thought this was pretty fun. It's set between the first five issues of Amazing Spider-man that came out in the 60s, so it has to dance around continuity without retconning anything. It's also got to add a new villain to Spider-mans history, someone who has been there from the start but is still new. Over in the main Amazing title, Slott introduced Silk, who was bitten by a spider the same day Peter Parker was. In Learning to Crawl, he introduces Clash. Clash quickly goes from loving Spider-man to hating him. I don't think he'll become a long standing rogue for Spider-man, he doesn't make much of an impact here. He's more just... annoying, really. Like how Bendis uses Shocker in Ultimate Spider-man.
Also want to talk a bit about Ramon Perez. I wasn't familiar with his art before this book. I showed my dad some of his pages from this book and said "look, he's channeling pure Ditko!", and his reply was that it looks crap. My Dad is wrong. It does not look crap, but I'm a fan of the minute detail art. It's just not going to be for everyone.
Love him or hate him for it, Slott is very faithful to Marvel continuity. I like how he works around what Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did, but at times, it does make it feel like we've read this story before, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars.
I can't help but think both Silk and Clash are going to play important parts in his Spider-Verse storyline.
Also want to talk a bit about Ramon Perez. I wasn't familiar with his art before this book. I showed my dad some of his pages from this book and said "look, he's channeling pure Ditko!", and his reply was that it looks crap. My Dad is wrong. It does not look crap, but I'm a fan of the minute detail art. It's just not going to be for everyone.
Love him or hate him for it, Slott is very faithful to Marvel continuity. I like how he works around what Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did, but at times, it does make it feel like we've read this story before, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars.
I can't help but think both Silk and Clash are going to play important parts in his Spider-Verse storyline.
May 26, 2018
Pretty solid backstory but doesnt have much to do with the main story.
July 3, 2015
As part of the last Spider-Man reboot, writer Dan Slott takes us back to the early days of Peter Parker's career as the web slinger and offers us this series that takes place in between the fables stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Seems that our favorite web-slinger had an early fan -- and it wasn't just Flash Thompson. It's a fellow science-geek who doesn't have powers like Peter does but still wants some of the spotlight -- or at least to have Spider-Man notice him. To this end, he becomes a villain of sorts called Clash who uses sounds and sonics as his weapons.
There are a few nice moments in this one. Things like Peter having to go to the school counselor to work through his anger and guilt issues (or the perceived ones). The moments of personal exploration of Peter Parker in the early days of his being Spider-Man are well done. It's just too a shame the rest of the story doesn't live up to these flashes of fun.
I can see what Slott is trying to do here with Clash and setting up a parallel storyline to what Peter is going through. But a lot of this material falls a bit flat and it begins to lose its impact by the time we reach the end of the story. The title of this storyline is "Learning to Crawl" and, at times, it feels like that is exactly what the story is doing -- crawling.
Maybe I'm just not the right audience for Slott. Or maybe my nostalgia for my days of regularly reading Spidey are clouding my judgment.
Seems that our favorite web-slinger had an early fan -- and it wasn't just Flash Thompson. It's a fellow science-geek who doesn't have powers like Peter does but still wants some of the spotlight -- or at least to have Spider-Man notice him. To this end, he becomes a villain of sorts called Clash who uses sounds and sonics as his weapons.
There are a few nice moments in this one. Things like Peter having to go to the school counselor to work through his anger and guilt issues (or the perceived ones). The moments of personal exploration of Peter Parker in the early days of his being Spider-Man are well done. It's just too a shame the rest of the story doesn't live up to these flashes of fun.
I can see what Slott is trying to do here with Clash and setting up a parallel storyline to what Peter is going through. But a lot of this material falls a bit flat and it begins to lose its impact by the time we reach the end of the story. The title of this storyline is "Learning to Crawl" and, at times, it feels like that is exactly what the story is doing -- crawling.
Maybe I'm just not the right audience for Slott. Or maybe my nostalgia for my days of regularly reading Spidey are clouding my judgment.
January 17, 2015
Slott is usually a superior Spider-Man writer, so I was surprised to find this a very mediocre work.
To start with, I don't agree with the premise. It suggests that through at least the first two issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter hasn't actually learned the lesson from Amazing Fantasy #15: "With great power comes great responsibility."
However beyond that, Slott hasn't really done anything new here. Instead he mimics the formula from Kurt Busiek's Untold Tales of Spider-Man. He introduces some new support cast classmates and a new villain and tells a tale between the existing issues of ASM. Slott's more clever in how he interweaves the new issues with the classic canon, but beyond that the storytelling is pretty mediocre, and by the end I don't feel like anything of note has been added to Spider-Man's background, other than a new declaration of intent that I feel was already there previously.
To start with, I don't agree with the premise. It suggests that through at least the first two issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter hasn't actually learned the lesson from Amazing Fantasy #15: "With great power comes great responsibility."
However beyond that, Slott hasn't really done anything new here. Instead he mimics the formula from Kurt Busiek's Untold Tales of Spider-Man. He introduces some new support cast classmates and a new villain and tells a tale between the existing issues of ASM. Slott's more clever in how he interweaves the new issues with the classic canon, but beyond that the storytelling is pretty mediocre, and by the end I don't feel like anything of note has been added to Spider-Man's background, other than a new declaration of intent that I feel was already there previously.
August 22, 2017
Nice little story that fits neatly into the timeline, detailing the web-head's first few weeks in action. It mixes the mid-60's setting / feel (Clash's family's apartment resembles Don Draper's penthouse in latter seasons of 'Mad Men, etc.) with modern-day technology and references. The 'new' villain and supporting characters were pretty good, too. As I said previously in a review - and will likely keep saying - Spider-Man has always been such a relatable superhero character. And to quote Peter Parker - "Aunt May's the best!" No argument there.
February 13, 2017
Heavy dose of industrial-strength cheese...
September 25, 2017
All in all I'm a little disappointed in this arc. Dan Slott has shaped up to be one of the best Spider-Man writers ever and has made stories that should fail (Superior Spider-Man, Spider Island etc) into highly enjoyable and at times completely bonkers events. While every story cant have that same breakneck pace or reinvent the character (even for a short while) this just seemed like a lot of filler for the purpose of introducing a new character that, lo and behold, has close ties to Spider-Mans origins *GASP*. A lot of this could have been handled via flashbacks instead of a mini series.
To be fair the story isn't badly written and I like the retro inspired art. I'm currently catching up Marvel Unlimited so maybe the Clash will turn out to be more impactful as ASM progresses. If that happens then I may revisit this story in the future. I just see the character as going the way of other newly introduced characters that just disappear after a few issues. (Remember new Vulture anyone? how about Freak? ).
To be fair the story isn't badly written and I like the retro inspired art. I'm currently catching up Marvel Unlimited so maybe the Clash will turn out to be more impactful as ASM progresses. If that happens then I may revisit this story in the future. I just see the character as going the way of other newly introduced characters that just disappear after a few issues. (Remember new Vulture anyone? how about Freak? ).
April 8, 2017
Learning to Crawl is a special Spider-Man story set between the very first five issues of Spider-Man in the 60s. It sees the newly super-powered Peter Parker face a new foe, the sound-powered Clash.
There is something magical about early Spidey and this certainly feels like early Spidey. Slott certainly catches the feel of it and the artwork looks very 60s. The big problem here really is that Clash is an underwhelming villain. There's a decent idea behind him but the character just comes across as pathetic.
And one thing I was in two minds about was the fact that 21st century technology like YouTube and laptops are in this story. On one hand I thought it odd to add this to a 60s story (although the setting is debatable) but on the other I thought it worked quite well.
Whilst it is fun to have a new '60s' Spidey story, it just doesn't feel necessary. An interesting and fun idea from Spidey maestro Dan Slott but ultimately it doesn't really work.
There is something magical about early Spidey and this certainly feels like early Spidey. Slott certainly catches the feel of it and the artwork looks very 60s. The big problem here really is that Clash is an underwhelming villain. There's a decent idea behind him but the character just comes across as pathetic.
And one thing I was in two minds about was the fact that 21st century technology like YouTube and laptops are in this story. On one hand I thought it odd to add this to a 60s story (although the setting is debatable) but on the other I thought it worked quite well.
Whilst it is fun to have a new '60s' Spidey story, it just doesn't feel necessary. An interesting and fun idea from Spidey maestro Dan Slott but ultimately it doesn't really work.
May 23, 2016
I think this was...ok. It's basically the origin story of spiderman with a twist here and there. The biggest twist is that the comic also follows this guy named Clayton Cole who idolises spiderman. Peter Parker and Clayton Cole are very similar...socially awkward, they don't fit in and they're geniuses. However things don't go well with Peter and Clayton. I won't go into that to avoid spoilers though.
Anyways, the story isn't bad but really people should just read the original origin story and give this a miss in my opinion. The art isn't great either, it seems lazy but maybe they were trying to give off that retro feel. In any case there is nothing special about this comic.
Anyways, the story isn't bad but really people should just read the original origin story and give this a miss in my opinion. The art isn't great either, it seems lazy but maybe they were trying to give off that retro feel. In any case there is nothing special about this comic.
December 31, 2014
A Class Act. From the Alex Ross covers, to Dan Slott's writing and Perez' art it's a sweet little tale from Pete Parker's early days. Not essential but a very good read. Another feather in Slott's crowded cap.
March 24, 2016
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August 9, 2018
"Amazing Spider-Man: Learning to crawl" is yet another origin story of our favourite comic book web slinger Spider-Man, but this time, with an all new adventure after the death of Ben Parker, Peter's uncle.
The comic starts with a character we've never seen before in comics, Clayton Cole, genius of math, champion of chess and spelling contests, getting ready to go to a Wrestling fight with Crusher Hogan.
During the fight, a kid in a mask decides to fight Crusher, and Defeats him very easly.
Later, it's announced that Spider-Man was going on a TV show, the moment when Clayton becomes Spidey's biggest fan, and the rest we all know.
Later in the comic, we meet an all new character in a suit, Clash, who decides to challange the Web-Head for a private fight, in the upper west side roof tops, but unfortunately for Clash, Spidey "freezes" him with his webs.
As the result, Clayton becomes revolted because of Spidey "Victory" and becomes Peter's latest foe.
That's right, this origin is pretty mutch cliché: The superhero's biggest fan turns into his greatest foe, something we all remember in the Pixar animated movie "The Incredibles".
This comic also introduces new moments we have never seen in comics and movies: Uncle Ben's funeral and the moment when Peter and his bully, Flash Thompson finally make peace and even some amazing covers drawn by the legendary Alex Ross, also known for his amazing job in the popular DC comic "Kingdom Come".
My opinion, this comic is nothing less then a masterpiece with a realy touching ending in the bonus story at the end of the book "What would Spider-Man do?"
Conclusion: "Amazing Spider-Man:Learning to crawl" surprises the fans with Slotts's exelent job with all new Spider-Man moments and characters, which make this comic an exelent masterpiece.
The comic starts with a character we've never seen before in comics, Clayton Cole, genius of math, champion of chess and spelling contests, getting ready to go to a Wrestling fight with Crusher Hogan.
During the fight, a kid in a mask decides to fight Crusher, and Defeats him very easly.
Later, it's announced that Spider-Man was going on a TV show, the moment when Clayton becomes Spidey's biggest fan, and the rest we all know.
Later in the comic, we meet an all new character in a suit, Clash, who decides to challange the Web-Head for a private fight, in the upper west side roof tops, but unfortunately for Clash, Spidey "freezes" him with his webs.
As the result, Clayton becomes revolted because of Spidey "Victory" and becomes Peter's latest foe.
That's right, this origin is pretty mutch cliché: The superhero's biggest fan turns into his greatest foe, something we all remember in the Pixar animated movie "The Incredibles".
This comic also introduces new moments we have never seen in comics and movies: Uncle Ben's funeral and the moment when Peter and his bully, Flash Thompson finally make peace and even some amazing covers drawn by the legendary Alex Ross, also known for his amazing job in the popular DC comic "Kingdom Come".
My opinion, this comic is nothing less then a masterpiece with a realy touching ending in the bonus story at the end of the book "What would Spider-Man do?"
Conclusion: "Amazing Spider-Man:Learning to crawl" surprises the fans with Slotts's exelent job with all new Spider-Man moments and characters, which make this comic an exelent masterpiece.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 30, 2019
Yet another poke in the youth of the Spider-Man. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. Busiek did good work when he explored it but this time Slott misses the goal by miles.
It is set in the youth of Spider-Man, you know, the sixties. The art does a good work putting me in the mood. It really looks like the art of the period, Peter Parker even has his massive round classes on. After all that why there are computers and phone cameras and stuff like that. That really annoyed me and made me hate the world. Maybe the story was good but I just hated the world too much.
It is set in the youth of Spider-Man, you know, the sixties. The art does a good work putting me in the mood. It really looks like the art of the period, Peter Parker even has his massive round classes on. After all that why there are computers and phone cameras and stuff like that. That really annoyed me and made me hate the world. Maybe the story was good but I just hated the world too much.
February 8, 2022
this shit was fun as fuck lol. I might just be too big of a Spider-Man fan that anything and everything about him, of him, and with him will just wow me? but I truly.. don’t care LOL. I know comics are a medium to escape to for a lot of people, and it is for me too but sometimes a comic book is just a comic book. sometimes it’s just supposed to be fun. nothing special for you to take home and that’s what this was. maybe I’ll forget it down the line, maybe I won’t but in February of 2022, I enjoyed it I enjoyed it and myself so 5 stars :)
August 19, 2017
Easily, the best of Spider-Man in years. 🕷
July 30, 2019
clash was kind of dull
March 17, 2019
This is a book by Peter Parker who became Spider-Man. This book is his first sixty-day book. Then this guy named clash made a suit with sound waves to fight his enemies. Clash uses his power to popularize, and Spider-Man uses them for good.
March 30, 2017
Ok so, at first I thought this would turn out another "Year One", but in many respects, I didn't see that as a bad thing. Knowing about Spidey's origin is something that it always gonna make me open my eyes in eager, but unlike Batman, Spidey is not a mysterious character, with a dark-tragic past in his shadow, haunting him in order to influence over his decision to become a vigilante. Spidey is more like a compellingly tragic figure that always finds a way to overcome hard situations, and it's more than clear why he became the hero we all know and love, so yeah, this mini-series was something... unnecessary. Is it bad, thought? No, is not. The story takes place in the first issues of the Amazing Spider-man, starting in Amazing Fantasy #15, explaining us how someone got inspired by the appearance of Spidey, a future villain called Clash, which is another nerd that uses his intellect to create his alter ego. Meanwhile, we get to understand how Peter actually got to decide to truly understand his role as Spider-man, dealing with the consequences and casualties of putting the mask. At times it really wants to get into a deep ground, and at times it gets a little cheesy, but that's because of how faithful Dan Slott was into recreating the tone of the first issues of the series in which this takes place. Is a filler, but is a good one, and a reading that I couldn't help but to get invested into.
March 20, 2016
A fun little jaunt into the past, writer Dan Slott weaves an 'untold' story around the earliest issues of Amazing Spider-man. It's quite contrived, but the art is terrific and the intention seems pure, so it's hard to get too upset. Slott is just a massive Spidey fan and you can tell that he's having fun writing around the earliest Spidey stories, and setting up a character he will use in his continuing Amazing Spider-man run.
January 28, 2015
This is a story set just after the origin of Spider-man. It does feel weird, because I don't think it fits in to the actual origin very well and it does modernize everything (for better or worse). It kind of feels like Dan Slott just really wanted to have his part in the Spider-man origin story.
However, this is a really fun story, I really enjoyed it and it hd some great art!
However, this is a really fun story, I really enjoyed it and it hd some great art!
September 27, 2014
A little disappointed that it was just okay - especially coming from these two creators. Perez's art is good, but it's missing the creativity that you see from his past work.
August 7, 2015
Loved the artwork and the occasional humour towards the end however apart from that I really wasn't feeling it.
February 21, 2018
A new twist on traditional Spider-Man
No contemporary author does traditional Spidey like Slott does traditional Spidey. And you don't get more traditional than high school Peter Parker. Billed as "the chapter you never knew about the story you knew by heart," Slott and team introduce a new take on Peter's lesson about Power and Responsibility in the form of Boy Genius Clayton Cole. Gifted at school just like Peter, Clayton never had an Uncle Ben to teach him the lessons of the heart, and once Clayton uses his gifts to become a super powered person after seeing the Spider-Man, their worlds collide.
This is best read in paper format: Ramon Perez makes a lot of layouts riffing on the original 9-grid page that Ditko pioneered in the early Spider-years, leading to bombastic two-page splashes for action sequences. Slott understands so well the internal conflict of being a teenager, no less a teenager with extraordinary powers, that it reminded me of the original issues of Spider-Man. They were relevant then and they are relevant now.
It's a new facet of an old story that'll show you why Peter Parker remains one of the best comic book characters to grace the page.
No contemporary author does traditional Spidey like Slott does traditional Spidey. And you don't get more traditional than high school Peter Parker. Billed as "the chapter you never knew about the story you knew by heart," Slott and team introduce a new take on Peter's lesson about Power and Responsibility in the form of Boy Genius Clayton Cole. Gifted at school just like Peter, Clayton never had an Uncle Ben to teach him the lessons of the heart, and once Clayton uses his gifts to become a super powered person after seeing the Spider-Man, their worlds collide.
This is best read in paper format: Ramon Perez makes a lot of layouts riffing on the original 9-grid page that Ditko pioneered in the early Spider-years, leading to bombastic two-page splashes for action sequences. Slott understands so well the internal conflict of being a teenager, no less a teenager with extraordinary powers, that it reminded me of the original issues of Spider-Man. They were relevant then and they are relevant now.
It's a new facet of an old story that'll show you why Peter Parker remains one of the best comic book characters to grace the page.
November 17, 2021
I already read this once in 2014 and with all the Spider-Man hype going on with the new movie coming out in a month, I wanted to re-read a Spider-Man story I really love.
Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1.1: Learning to Crawl tells us an untold story from the early days of Peter Parker as Spider-Man. It hasn't been long since Uncle Ben's death and Peter and Aunt May are financially in trouble. Peter starts doing performances in a costume for money while showcasing his powers and he gets a fan who also becomes his first costumed super villain.
I love Spider-Man, it's very hard for me to dislike a Spider-Man story, no matter if it are comics, movies, TV shows, video games, etc. This one is no different.
Going back to the early days of Spider-Man was really interesting. I haven't really been up to date with the more recent runs (I really should though) but last time I was up to date Peter was grown up, had his own company, etc. In this one we see him struggle, not calling himself a superhero. He just wanted to earn money to help out aunt May. We also find out why he cracks jokes all the time (I know there's a different reason too, he can have more reasons).
Overall I really liked it and the art was beautiful. A must-read for every Spider-Man fan.
Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1.1: Learning to Crawl tells us an untold story from the early days of Peter Parker as Spider-Man. It hasn't been long since Uncle Ben's death and Peter and Aunt May are financially in trouble. Peter starts doing performances in a costume for money while showcasing his powers and he gets a fan who also becomes his first costumed super villain.
I love Spider-Man, it's very hard for me to dislike a Spider-Man story, no matter if it are comics, movies, TV shows, video games, etc. This one is no different.
Going back to the early days of Spider-Man was really interesting. I haven't really been up to date with the more recent runs (I really should though) but last time I was up to date Peter was grown up, had his own company, etc. In this one we see him struggle, not calling himself a superhero. He just wanted to earn money to help out aunt May. We also find out why he cracks jokes all the time (I know there's a different reason too, he can have more reasons).
Overall I really liked it and the art was beautiful. A must-read for every Spider-Man fan.
March 4, 2025
I’m honestly surprised to see such a mixed reaction to this book. Maybe I’m not a Spider-man expert (I’m more of a DC fan, anyway), but I found this to be a really unique take on Spider-man’s beginning. Not his “origin,” since that happened before the time this comic takes place.
Dan Slott writes Peter’s first two months as Spider-man, but he inverts things a little and, in my opinion, it really works. I honestly love the idea of Peter starting off his Spider-man career as a hothead using his powers to make money. A nerdy kid whose been bullied and has always lived poor would probably do exactly that. I also love how the villain of this book is someone who looked up to Spidey and was let down by him, and that’s what leads Peter to realize he has to be better.
Ramón Pérez draws a good Spider-man. It feels very classic and reminds me of Steve Ditko’s artwork, but more modern. All-in-all, a great Spider-man comic!
Dan Slott writes Peter’s first two months as Spider-man, but he inverts things a little and, in my opinion, it really works. I honestly love the idea of Peter starting off his Spider-man career as a hothead using his powers to make money. A nerdy kid whose been bullied and has always lived poor would probably do exactly that. I also love how the villain of this book is someone who looked up to Spidey and was let down by him, and that’s what leads Peter to realize he has to be better.
Ramón Pérez draws a good Spider-man. It feels very classic and reminds me of Steve Ditko’s artwork, but more modern. All-in-all, a great Spider-man comic!
July 17, 2025
75/100!! Lo había leído hace unos años pero no recordaba tanto. Me gusta mucho del arte (no se dejen llevar por la portada; el interior es mucho más tradicionalmente Estilo De Cómics) y captan muy bien el sabor de las historias tempraneras de Spider-Man, con cómo cada acción, moral o inmoral, tiene repercusiones, de repente todo sale mal, y de repente algo pequeño parece arreglarlo todo en cuestion de segundos. El libro entero hace un paralelismo entre Peter y un nuevo villano, Clash, y el paralelismo funciona muy bien para resaltar la historia siendo contada. Hay momentos en los que se cruza con issues originales, y dan por sentado que llenaremos el espacio vacío, pero ocasionalmente se siente algo incómodo respecto al flow de la narrativa. Asimismo, la conclusión emocional de la historia está un poco apurada para mi gusto. Pero me gusta en teoría todas las matices que agrega a las decisiones de Peter desde que se puso el traje, hasta el momento en el que decidió ser un Súperheroe.
January 9, 2019
It shocked me to realise it’s been 3 years since I last read the ongoing SM series with the end of the excellent Superior Spider-Man. So, I’ve been picking up the off shoots and stand alone gearing back to to get into the return of PP.
Slott really nails the tone of the early Spider-Man stories (though the addition of smart phones and You Tube was initially off putting it does work and he manages to smartly pick apart some of the holes (Pete was clearly not the only nerd in school etc)) and Perez really attempts to nail Ditko’s style (partly successfully though the quality does vary somewhat).
It’s a fun tale though it does feel like we’ve heard versions of it before (to be fair, that’s not surprising given 60 yrs of stories). It’s a nice tale and fits into the Untold tales of SM realm. For the fans and those craving a retro diversion.
Slott really nails the tone of the early Spider-Man stories (though the addition of smart phones and You Tube was initially off putting it does work and he manages to smartly pick apart some of the holes (Pete was clearly not the only nerd in school etc)) and Perez really attempts to nail Ditko’s style (partly successfully though the quality does vary somewhat).
It’s a fun tale though it does feel like we’ve heard versions of it before (to be fair, that’s not surprising given 60 yrs of stories). It’s a nice tale and fits into the Untold tales of SM realm. For the fans and those craving a retro diversion.
January 25, 2020
This was pretty good. It takes place between the panels of the early Spider-Man issues. So if you've read those issues, this is fun, but if you haven't, then this probably doesn't stand on it's own. The creative team do a good job of mimicking the art and style of those early issues while bringing it into modern times with cell phones and internet memes and such. In the story, teenage Spider-Man is using his powers for personal gain to support his family. This is balanced out by another teenager wanting to put on a costume to get famous. He's not exactly evil, but he is selfish and thinks nothing of putting other peoeple in danger. Spider-Man learns responsibility. He also learms to use banter. It's a pretty good homage to early Spider-Man stories, but I would have like something which stood on its own.
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