- ISBN13: 9780785129615
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!” Things are changing in the young life of Peter Parker: Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four is now his buddy – and the hot-headed super hero has taken a liking to Peter’s classmate, Liz Allen! But something is horribly wrong with Liz – something that will soon affect the life of every student at Midtown High – including Peter’s ex-girlfriend, Kitty Pryde! Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #118-123…. More >>
Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 20: Ultimate Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
I thought that this one was pretty good. I’m still getting used to Immonen’s drawings vs. Bagley’s. They’re ok for the most part, but I don’t think MJ looks as cute.
The story-line feels like filler plots in-between major comic story arcs. But that’s ok. Liz becoming Firestar was pretty cool; and this volume explains a lot of her past “mutant-phobia”. I look forward to seeing where that goes. Rating: 3 / 5
The title is a tad tongue in cheek and a play on the old classic comic book title, and the first story has more variations on the fan-favorite “team-up” books. Yet, this book really is a lot of fresh fun and I really enjoyed it. It was kind of cool seeing Peter with actual friends in both worlds (super and “normal”), which the title makes reference to, and it is done in a very original and believable (for a super-hero comic) way. Just as the first Chris Reeves SUPERMAN movie used the tag line, “You will believe that a man can fly!”, in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS, you will believe that there could be such people as these, that they could hang out together, like each other and even have these kinds of problems, trying to help each other through them.
The new artist is very good, although I do miss the older artist a bit. I think I will get used to the new guy. IN any case, the art is just fine. Bendis’ writing is funny, insightful and sounds real, as usual. He really has “an ear” for dialogue. He is kind of the “Elmore Leonard” of comics (developing precisely those kind of chops on the pure crime books he did some years ago).
And as per usual in almost every Bendis book I have ever read, he makes me laugh. There is always at least one line (usually a lot more), that has me laugh out loud. Never mind all the others that have me smiling. Who doesn’t need more of that these days?
An entertaining read and like all of Bendis’ stuff, very re-readable! Rating: 4 / 5
Although the artist has switched, the transition was seamless and the storyline is great as ever. Rating: 4 / 5
This might be the volume that let me let ultimate spiderman sunset in my collection. I’m still not happy to see Bagley leave but the current artist is just too choppy and blocky to replace the smooth style of Bagley. Story wise this was very much a couple filler issues just there to kill some time before Venom returns. Rating: 2 / 5
As far as my taste in Marvel goes the characters alone in the TPB had me ready to buy it the second that it came out. For anyone who is a fan of the teens of the original MU (Spider-man, Human Torch, Iceman) you should buy this based on their inclusion alone. HOWEVER, the story itself is a little mishmashed. The story begins as a typical day in the life of Peter Parker. We are at school at Midtown High, with Mary Jane, Liz Allen, Kenny,and former X-man Kitty Pryde. Then, out of nowhere, Johnny “Human Torch” Storm, and Bobby “Iceman” Drake just happen to appear for various reasons on the same exact day (and HOW exactly is it that the general population doesn’t no Parker is Spider-man?) All in all it is a good trade. The goal of the first arc is to introduce Firestar, which is done interestingly and differently then the main Marvel Universe. The Omega Red story is kind of a throwaway, but the real gem is the Shocker story, giving us insight on the goofball that Spidey beats on on a regular basis. A good buy. Rating: 4 / 5