Love Slott and when he works with a great artist, IT'S MAD GOOD. Still a recommend based solely on the first 2/3's of this collection. But otherwise, this collection goes a little flaccid after starting out so damn solid. I did like the random Beastie Boys reference and “Just Another Day” which follows Spidey while he tries to complete his daily “to do” list. Still, some decent art by Caselli and Pulido, but not enough to make up for the “ehhh” stories. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Slott didn’t pen any of the remaining stories which included stuff by Christos Gage, Fred Van Lente, Paul Williams, and Frank Teiri. So this is where the collection takes a dump. This one was illustrated by 4 different artists and looks back at Spider-Man’s previous adventures with the Human Torch. “Torch Song” initiates Spidey into the Fantastic Four following Johnny Storm’s demise. Javier Pulido provides the art which, while good, is a pretty drastic departure from the stuff earlier in the collection. And my man crush, Humberto Ramos provides some sick art for this one.īullet-proof Spidey debuts in the “No One Dies” issue. Love the secret agent angle of the Flashpoint story. Flash Thompson wearing the symbiote as a super-soldier was a pretty kick ass idea. Best version of Venom since his inception. Rebirth, and Flashpoint are the next couple of stories here and they focus on the new and improved Venom. He reminds me of Frank Cho with a little less cheesecake. Stefano Caselli illustrates this one and he’s on point. Along the way Spidey loses one of his unique abilities and Peter is quick to discover how this will impact him in a BIG way. J.Jonah has his hands full when the Spider-Slayer shows up with an army looking for get back from the Mayor. Revenge of the Spider-Slayer is the next story following Big Time collected in this volume and it’s pretty good too. Don’t get me wrong, it still holds up pretty well at the start, but this one really took a nose dive towards the end. So I read and reviewed the Big Time story itself separately with some pals (HOT DAMN was it good!) and let’s just say it’s pretty much downhill from there with this collection. This is the best Spider-Man has been in years. If there's one thing I've learned from Spider-Man: Big Time Ultimate Collection, it's that sometimes making a deal with the devil to save your 150 year old aunt's life at the expense of your marriage sometimes isn't all that bad. I caught myself laughing out loud at Spidey's antics quite a few times. Slott really gets what makes Spider-Man work. I particularly liked Marcos Martin's retro-style art, though Humberto Ramos has come a long way since his days on Impulse. The humor and fun level is way up from the last time I read Spider-Man and Slott and the rest of the creative crew did a fantastic job. This book contains something like 24 issues of Spider-Man and tells a wide variety of stories featuring the Web-Slinger. However, once I heard Dan Slott was writing Spider-Man, I had to give it a shot. Plus, Civil War was coming and the revolting amount of hype put me off comics for five years. I briefly took an interest in JMS's run on the book but didn't like taste. In fact, most of my favorite Spider-Man tales are from the original run of Marvel Team-Up. A lot other stuff happens too.Ĭonfession Time: I haven't read Spider-Man regularly since Mike Wieringo was the artist. Spider-Man teaches a class at the Avengers Academy. Spider-Man joins the Future Foundation in the wake of the Human Torch's death. Spider-Man's wardrobe expands to include three or four new costumes. The Spider-Slayers and the Scorpion return. Spider-man leads the Avengers into battle against Dr.
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