Review/Spoilers for Spider-Girl #2

[Swashbuckler]

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No thread for Spider-Girl 2? What is wrong with you people? This issue was excellent and really brought on the twists and turns. The "twitter" thought bubbles worked well in this, as she angsted about what happened to her father. They also turned out to be a link to the next plot.

I think what really got me going this issue was the emotional impact the events will have on Spider-Girl. It gives her a set-up closer to what Peter Parker had when he started. The Fantastic Four were seriously lame in this issue though and I blame them for a lot of what happened. Making Spider-Girl leave the battle against Red Hulk was uncalled for. Their complete neglect of the victims int he building led to her father's death and their horrible treatment of her afterward, basically telling her she wasn't allowed to follow their lead and get revenge on the Red Hulk was crap. I am glad someone from this team is dying.

The art work was crisp and told the story very well. The story ticks, with her almost falling when she's web slinging helped get her emotions across very well. The one thing I didn't like too much was Roxy's story. It was kind of lame and wasn't needed since the emotions were already over flowing from our main character. Unless they plan to make Roxy a side-kick, I could have done with out this.

I'm loving the story so far, and the fact that she doesn't really have powers makes this so much more interesting in my opinion. I'd love to see her meet up with the Black Cat. I hope they give this a chance to bloom and you Spider fans can start appreciating how amazing this new Spider-Girl is.

I give this issue 8.5/10

[Jhudiel]

I liked it, I really did...but I'm not happy with her father's death. I thought we might actually have a happy teenage hero, but I guess not.

[ShaggyB]

No thread for Spider-Girl 2? What is wrong with you people?

lol

well i was working OT and only read Astonishing, Carnage and Osborn last night

come to think of it... i need to open a spoiler thread for that... brb... ok im back. Sounds pretty good. So Rulk is mind controlled??.... hmmm. (I did flip through it and read the last page. :wink:)

[Stephen Tetsu]

I loved the story and the art in the first half of the book but when Clayton Henry's portion of the issue was over, the book really suffered. The fill-in artist seemed to know how to compose a scene but the figure work and faces (especially the eyes) were distracting and detracted from an otherwise fun and solid read. Nevertheless, I am definitely interested in where this story goes from here.

[CMBMOOL]

Dang,

Let me first say that I haven't got the issue yet, but based upon the spoilers I've seen. I must say I never expected that to happen, especially within the second issue of the new Marvel series.

I mean Wow, no words can describe how I truly feel about it. I mean I know I don't have the issue at hand, but if I was Spider-girl, or at least her writer, I would partly blame the FF on this one as well like the original poster has stated in their bad protray in this issue. :frown:

I guess that sort of ends the whole "Sue Storm as Anya mentor thing," huh ?

Especially given if she is stated to die in the next issue of the Fantastic four. :frown:

I mean wow, and now they're having her face off against Kraven's daughter, so soon after Grim Hunt, along with Onslaught and Arcade in seperate minis. :frown:

I can not see this ending well if she's going to survive all that in several months, don't you ? :frown:

[Werehunter]

Read it and loved it.

As for the FF in this issue, there's no way to tell just how much blame they should have. We, like Anya, had a very limited viewpoint of what happened. To me it reads that the event actually happened last issue and we just didn't realize it was that bad until this one. Which means we have no clue how it actually happened since Anya wasn't there when it happened.

As for how the FF treated Anya during the fight, I see nothing wrong with it. They don't know her relationship with Gil and she was seriously underpowered against the Red Hulk. Telling her to get the civilians out of the building is exactly what they should have done considering what they knew. It seems that at the end Sue might have put two and two together but by then she still had to find and contain the Red Hulk.

[protege]

Not sure how i feel about making Anya an orphan, but seriously, those "Twitter" bubbles have me "Twitter -pated." They've got to go. Too distracting.

[Skaddix]

really what would she do to rulk anyway, she has no powers and is not a super genius, honestly thunderclap and good game if this fight is realistic.

[Sighphi]

LOL! Did her father say something about power and responsibility before he died? Cause that would be too funny.

I'll skim this tomorrow.

[CSM101]

i'm a little disappointed that they decided to go the "someone knows your secret identity" route so early in the series, but we'll see how it plays out

[andybmcd]

I'll admit my cynical side won out with this issue. It's like Tobin decided to a bunch of Spider-man defining moments to Anya all in one issue. We have Dad (Uncle Ben) death, "Spider-Girl No More" complete with her even throwing the costume in the trash and she happens to be good friends with one of the FF. It's doesn't read that badly, but it feels a bit too forced. I do like the handle that Tobin has on Anya and it's one of the best-written teen characters in a while, but a lot of the plot developments are just...too similar.

C+/B- for this.

[Apathy Lad]

What ever happened to happy superheroes?!

[Sighphi]

How was she able to escape from the Red Hulk?
She is just a normal girl while he is a Hulk!
Even a mind controlled Hulk should be powerful enough to take down a normal person.

[ShaggyB]

How was she able to escape from the Red Hulk?
She is just a normal girl while he is a Hulk!
Even a mind controlled Hulk should be powerful enough to take down a normal person.

she ran and dodged.... then he becan to recover from mind control

[Swashbuckler]

She did get one punch in. She punched him in the eye!

[RJ Whakamol]

She did get one punch in. She punched him in the eye!

Did he blink?

[sirvk]

I knew her father would die back when they announced this series. I'll pick it up some time soon.

[Gymer]

NNNOOOO!!!! Why'd they have to kill off Anya cool dad?:mad: I still liked the issue though, for the most part.

[jdviant]

I'll miss her dad. The AF story and her original series weren't amazing by any means, but I always liked her relationship with him. He was a good, loving, hard-working father, an excellent role-model and very easy to identify with and relate too.

[Jer]

I'll admit my cynical side won out with this issue. It's like Tobin decided to a bunch of Spider-man defining moments to Anya all in one issue. We have Dad (Uncle Ben) death, "Spider-Girl No More" complete with her even throwing the costume in the trash and she happens to be good friends with one of the FF. It's doesn't read that badly, but it feels a bit too forced. I do like the handle that Tobin has on Anya and it's one of the best-written teen characters in a while, but a lot of the plot developments are just...too similar.

C+/B- for this.

It didn't feel force at all. Peter became Spider-man due to Uncle Ben's death. Anya is/was Spider-girl due to Spider-man being her inspiration. Due to her dad dying she didn't feel like being Spider-girl anymore which is a completely natural reaction to mourning over a loved one.

Peter gave up being Spiderman because he was tired of being badmouthed in the press, wanting a normal life and because he thought he wasn't really needed as Spiderman.

and when you get right down to it ... it's not similar at all.

[Venom Melendez]

I wonder if Ross will feel any regret over it or if he will even go and apologise to Anya.


He can't give Bruce any lip any more, that's for sure.

[nj06]

I still haven't read either issues of the series but I definitely look forward to doing so.

I'm glad to see that Marvel is really pushing their teen characters like Spider-Girl, and as a Latino myself, I'm glad to see one in the lead role.

I would love for Marvel to do a mini or something involving Spider-Girl, X-23, and Lyra. I would love to see the three of them working together because they all seem so different (at least to me).

With that said, what do you think of Spider-Girl's look? I really do like the black and silver, but I still don't know if I like it more then her original one. I would love to see some sort of combination of the two.

[truebelieverreviews]

This book exceeded my expectations on all levels. I enjoyed the Arana series as concepts, but still never felt attached to Anya as a character. Tobin has accomplished that for me in 2 issues, which is the most important thing here.

I also really love the cover. Beautiful artwork and it really tells you exactly what's going on inside the issue.

[sirvk]

Three times I've been to the comic store, picked this up then put it back on the shelf.

I liked issue 1, but it was nothing great and I can't justify spending money on Spider-Girl every month. I think I'll tradewait if its any good, or just forget the whole thing.

I might do the same with Avengers from now on, too.

[Scavenger]

So...Marvel's new fun series...harkening back to traditional comics where it's not doom and gloom, featuring a girl protagnosit, praised for not being a sex pot, a comic aimed at bringing in new audience, and maybe even the elusive girl market.........

Is going with her dad is murdered and she's being stalked as it's first story?

Really?

This is why we can't have nice things.

[Combustible Pumpkins]

Good issue, I'm surprised Tobin used the Red Hulk for this though, I'm wondering if the guy in the end deliberately killed her father. That would up the ante a little.

I'm definitely still interested in this series, I'm happy the plot is moving forward quickly, but that's to be expected I guess if this series is suppose to survive. I'm still hoping Anya gets her powers back.

[coveredinbees]

I liked it and I'll get the next one. I might even this issue twice because mine feel apart a little. I really wish Tobin used thought bubbles.
I loved her swinging around the city. The was art was dynamic and exciting.

[CMBMOOL]

Given the responses to the issue in question, Newsarama.com had an intereview with Paul Tobin, the series writer, about issue #2 of Spider-girl...

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/spoiler-sport-paul-tobin-spider-girl-110107.html

[Scavenger]

Given the responses to the issue in question, Newsarama.com had an intereview with Paul Tobin, the series writer, about issue #2 of Spider-girl...

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/spoiler-sport-paul-tobin-spider-girl-110107.html

Nice to have confirmation that Marvel's brain trust of Alonso...well..Alonso...wanted emo weepy instead of cheerful.

[Mister Mets]

So...Marvel's new fun series...harkening back to traditional comics where it's not doom and gloom, featuring a girl protagnosit, praised for not being a sex pot, a comic aimed at bringing in new audience, and maybe even the elusive girl market.........

Is going with her dad is murdered and she's being stalked as it's first story?

Really?

This is why we can't have nice things.See Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Robin, Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter.

The superhero narrative often involves the loss of one or both parents.

[stephen wacker]

Nice to have confirmation that Marvel's brain trust of Alonso...well..Alonso...wanted emo weepy instead of cheerful.

You should read the article for what actually happened.

SW

[CMBMOOL]

You should read the article for what actually happened.

SW

He's right you know as Tobin does give us an in-depth explaination on why things happened the way they did.

[Mister Mets]

Considering the coverage the issue has gotten in places like Newsarama and CBR, it's hard to argue that Tobin and company made the wrong decision here.

They needed something that can get attention for a mid-level, if not lower, title. If the book survives for seven issues, it will largely be due to this one development.

[CMBMOOL]

Considering the coverage the issue has gotten in places like Newsarama and CBR, it's hard to argue that Tobin and company made the wrong decision here.

They needed something that can get attention for a mid-level, if not lower, title. If the book survives for seven issues, it will largely be due to this one development.

I have to agree with you there Mets it was a risky gamble that worked and got people talking, but whether or not it was good or bad is hard to tell. :frown: