- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Marvel Comics; illustrated edition edition (6 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0785108777
- ISBN-13: 978-0785108771
- Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 16.4 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 608,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
the start of this book is based on the events of the september 11th tragedy. The scene of the devestaion after the towers fell are an acurate picture of real events. By reading this you can imagine how the hero's felt after seeing this and not being able to make any change to the outcome of the madness. Even the Super-villans shed a tear of the outcome of this, as even though they spend a majority of their time plotting to take over the world, not even they themselves would stoop to a level of terrorism of this magnitude. Overall the book was a very heartfelt story of the tradgedy through their eyes and ours. The story is told tastefully and is well worth buying.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are 2 sections to this book, a reponse to the 9/11 tragedy and the continuation of the storey begun in the previous volume.
The 9/11 storey is not and never was part of the overall storey and arguabley should not really be included here as such, but on the other hand this is also a collection of the monthly spiderman comics and as such it appears where it does.
For me, the main reason why the 9/11 storey does not work is because of the depiction of well known super-villians being affected in the same way as the heroes and everyone else. Regardless of your fealings on the depiction itself, as a piece of writing it's flawed because it is entirely inconsistant with the characters of the villians themselves, as documented by volume apon volume of tales of them attempting and doing numerous despicable things. Had the villains not been included then I may have felt different about it, certainly Spidey's though processes on approaching the scene and reaction to it felt in keeping with character.
The bit of the book that is part of the original overall storey arc is fabulous and it does not matter how bad you may think the first section is, it cannot be bad enough to cancel out the quality of the second half.
The 9/11 storey is not and never was part of the overall storey and arguabley should not really be included here as such, but on the other hand this is also a collection of the monthly spiderman comics and as such it appears where it does.
For me, the main reason why the 9/11 storey does not work is because of the depiction of well known super-villians being affected in the same way as the heroes and everyone else. Regardless of your fealings on the depiction itself, as a piece of writing it's flawed because it is entirely inconsistant with the characters of the villians themselves, as documented by volume apon volume of tales of them attempting and doing numerous despicable things. Had the villains not been included then I may have felt different about it, certainly Spidey's though processes on approaching the scene and reaction to it felt in keeping with character.
The bit of the book that is part of the original overall storey arc is fabulous and it does not matter how bad you may think the first section is, it cannot be bad enough to cancel out the quality of the second half.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The latter part of this graphic novel is fine; the usual great JMS storytelling and pleasant John Romita artwork. However, I do have some issues with the first part of the story, which some may see as a heart-rending retelling of the tragedy of 9/11, but I find it doesn't gel for at least two reasons. Firstly, 9/11 was a real and awful tragedy and there were not Superheroes on the scene to help clear away rubble and rescue survivors after the devastating destruction of the towers. Now, I know this is obviously JMS pouring out his own grief and horror over this terrible event, but in doing so he gives Peter Parker the voice of a writer rather than the natural voice of a devastated young man. He takes away some of the reality of the situation by offering up a sermon rather than a real human reaction. Secondly, and most annoyingly, he has the likes of Magneto and Doctor Doom shedding tears over this disaster and helping out too. I mean...no, no, no, no, no! That is just not consistent with Marvel lore. Doctor Doom, in particular, is from Latveria and sees New York - the home of his dreaded enemy - Reed Richards - if not the whole of the USA, as a place that he despises. He wouldn't be adverse to trying to blow the whole place up himself. In fact, not only is Doctor Doom shedding those tears and helping clear away that rubble, but he is doing it in range of the Fantastic Four, a situation that would normally create a blood-lust in him and a wish to crush his mortal enemies. The problem with this then, is not one of JMS wishing to offer up his own feelings with regard to 9/11, but that he was so affected by it that he chose to emasculate some of our greatest villains who had committed equal acts of terrorism in their own time within the pages of various Marvel publications. That just doesn't gel with me and makes this story fail somewhat in it's effect.
So, it's a poor mark for that first section of this book, but I'd give a full five marks to the rest of it if I was able. The chapter dealing with the implications of Aunt May finally finding out that her beloved Peter is actually Spider-Man is a wonderful bit of writing by Mr Straczynski. A bit of a coup on his part, and one that he lives up to. And the following silent chapter, which has no dialogue and no captions whatsoever, and tells the story of a passing day in the lives of Peter, Aunt May and Mary Jane is also a very fine read. And it's these chapters which really moved me, which caused a lump to appear in my throat, and they were testimony to the wonder of the fantasy world that a superhero inhabits, and I reckon you should buy the book just for them.
So, it's a poor mark for that first section of this book, but I'd give a full five marks to the rest of it if I was able. The chapter dealing with the implications of Aunt May finally finding out that her beloved Peter is actually Spider-Man is a wonderful bit of writing by Mr Straczynski. A bit of a coup on his part, and one that he lives up to. And the following silent chapter, which has no dialogue and no captions whatsoever, and tells the story of a passing day in the lives of Peter, Aunt May and Mary Jane is also a very fine read. And it's these chapters which really moved me, which caused a lump to appear in my throat, and they were testimony to the wonder of the fantasy world that a superhero inhabits, and I reckon you should buy the book just for them.
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