Infinity Warps: Arachknight #1

Infinity Warps

by Dennis Hopeless, Alé Garza (Illustrator), Humberto Ramos (Illustrator)

Chosen as the Avatar of the Spider-Totem, Peter Parker is the dark guardian of destiny doing the bidding of the great weaver of fate...a role that has shattered his mind into multiple a tech genius, a photographer, a teacher…

Genres: Comics, Marvel

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2018

About the author

Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum is an American comics writer from Kansas City, Missouri who has written for Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Boom! Studios, Arcana Studio, and Oni Press.

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Reviews

[Shane Stanis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I added this to my moon knight character close up list because the first time I read it, I had never read any MK comics (and show was years away).

So glad I did. It’s the perfect spidey/Moon knight warp. For a series that is often over the top silly, this one hits hard emotionally and stands alone as a great story. Highly recommend, and would call this a moon knight essential.

[Tvrtko Balić · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is no doubt the worst of the Infinity Warps, from the ones I've read so far it certainly is. The other ones don't have time to breathe and the whole concept is kind of forced so they are not amazing, but they are really fun and it is interesting to just see the concepts developed. Soldier Supreme and Iron Hammer are introduced basically through origin stories because that's the best introduction to the character. This isn't necessary, Amalgam Comics event threw readers in the deep end and tried to replicate an established world. But this comic does neither, there's Peter's aunt and uncle getting killed, he gets bitten by a spider and then we jump to present day with him as superhero. The most important parts of an origin story are left out in favour of a deus ex machina. How did Peter develop his powers and abilities, his costume and superhero persona, what was growing up with these powers and voices in his head like... these all are showed aside for the most basic premise that doesn't even make sense for the combination of characters (with rich Peter's parent figures getting murdered with him as a child in an even that starts his journey to herodom, it feels like Batman snuck in and overrode both Spider-Man and Moon Knight, leaving only the most basic elements of the two) and for the adventure that isn't even interesting with art that doesn't look great and storytelling that leaves much to be desired.

[Liz (Quirky Cat) · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the off chance that you don’t already know this: Arachknight is part of the Infinity Wars plotline. Everything that’s happening here can be explained by the actions of one character in Infinity Wars, and it may therefore contain spoilers for that point. You could probably enjoy this comic as a standalone, especially if you’re a fan of both characters involved (Moon Knight & Spider-Man) but I think the extra context might be needed.
I’ll be honest with you – I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the Arachknight plot. It seemed like it’d be one of those plots where it’d either be really good or truly awful. Thankfully it seemed to lean more towards the former.
They did an excellent job combining Spider-Man and Moon Knight’s backstories here. It was seamless in so many ways. I’ll admit that I’m not fully up to date with Moon Knight, but I do follow enough of Spider-Man to be able to accurately guess which elements were pulled from which series. I was impressed with the decisions that were made here. Not just with the backstories, but the combination of personalities and quirks. It was brilliant, quite frankly. I can’t wait to read the second issue now (and I may even be a little sad that it’s only two issues).

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

Officially making myself the CEO of Arachknight

[andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was a funny and silly side shot, i enjoyed it and it didn’t overstay its welcome, plus sick suit. probably would’ve gotten sick of him if it went on for longer