Ressurection of What Spider-Man Comic Have You Read Lately? -- Possible Spoilers

[Chris S.]

I just finished up Lee/Ditko's Amazing Spider-man #34-37. There's only #38 left in the Ditko era before I begin the Lee/Romita, Sr. run.



Rereading Lee/Ditko Amazing Spider-man has been a real treat. These guys really got rolling and told some truly legendary tales.

It always amazes me how good the later Lee/Ditko stories were. I feel like the first 10 issues when they established all the villains is often regarded as one of the best runs on the character. However, I feel like from around the mid teens up they really hit their stride. Once the world of Peter Parker had been established they ran with it so well.

And Romita taking over was a stroke of luck. He did an OUTSTANDING job with the supporting cast.

[Chris S.]

Pretty good little mini-series, I think.

One of the best, and I love that cover! I feel like that is something that'd look great up on my wall!

[EuphemismForSex]

Reread OMIT. Can never get over how amazing Rivera's covers and interiors are. They're really the only reason I've ever revisited that story, ever.

I wish they'd give him something Peter Parker related and well written to illustrate, so I can have a definitive Rivera book to actually fully enjoy whenever I want.

[chicainery]

More Lee/Romita classics!

I just finished up the first 50 issues of Amazing Spider-man. I must say that I've enjoyed all the issues quite a lot. Up next (51-60ish) is issues that I have never read, so I'm really looking forward to them.

[JGC]

Just finished the entire Venom Tsunami title, 1-18.

Meh.

[oldschool]

More Lee/Romita classics!

I just finished up the first 50 issues of Amazing Spider-man. I must say that I've enjoyed all the issues quite a lot. Up next (51-60ish) is issues that I have never read, so I'm really looking forward to them.

ASM #51 through roughly 75 or so is one of my favorite runs ever and the clear highpoint of the Romita run; you are in for some great stories, particularly the Doc Ock story in which Spidey is amnesiac and the "Tablet Saga" which was the first story arc that surpassed 3 issues----very ambitious for it's time and it still holds up great today! IMHO, the Lee/Romita run stalled a bit after #75 or so----but what you are about to read is pure gold without a dud moment in the batch. enjoy!

[chicainery]

Just finished the entire Venom Tsunami title, 1-18.

Meh.

I've thought about picking up the trade, since it collects the entire series, but haven't yet. I bought the first few issues back when it was originally released, but didn't really have room for it on my monthly budget.

If my memory is any good, it didn't seem like it was really about the character Venom as much as using the name Venom to sell an unrelated storyline.

[chicainery]

ASM #51 through roughly 75 or so is one of my favorite runs ever and the clear highpoint of the Romita run; you are in for some great stories, particularly the Doc Ock story in which Spidey is amnesiac and the "Tablet Saga" which was the first story arc that surpassed 3 issues----very ambitious for it's time and it still holds up great today! IMHO, the Lee/Romita run stalled a bit after #75 or so----but what you are about to read is pure gold without a dud moment in the batch. enjoy!

Looking at my comic list, I guess I have half of the issues between #50-70, but I'm really looking forward to reading them all in a row, especially after your glowing recommendation.

[Ravin' Ray]

Oh My God.

Amazing Spider-Man #400 is on Marvel Unlimited. You know, the death of Aunt May issue? And I just read it a few minutes ago here in the office.
http://marvel.com/comics/issue/6817/...r-man_1963_400

In fact, Marvel just digitized issues #395-420 today. If you're a subscriber, you can see the list at
https://marvel.com/comics/unlimited?...&totalcount=62

[Scott Taylor]

Looking at my comic list, I guess I have half of the issues between #50-70, but I'm really looking forward to reading them all in a row, especially after your glowing recommendation.

I would highly recommend at least reading the first 99 issues. They really have some great yarns in them. It was a different time, with the Kingpin being one of the biggest Spider-Man villains. I would say the top three villains of the era were Doc Ock, Kingpin and Goblin, in that order. At #100, well it sort of jumps the shark a little with a WTF moment at the end and even though what follows is good, its not quite like the first 99 issues.

[Jim Thompson]

No comics, but I just recently finished re-watching the 1967-69 Spider-Man cartoons. That's really fun stuff!

[Max_Power]

I've recently read both the Carnage and Carnage U.S.A. miniseries. I'm... very disappointed with them.

For starters I had heard lots of good things about them, about how Carnage was enjoyable for once, about how Carnage was brought back in a satisfactory manner (Yeah, some satisfactory manner; the rich, evil dude basically felt sorry for Cletus after snatching the symbiote and decided to save his worthless life, how satisfactory), about how they were superior to Maximum Carnage in every way.

First of all, they are not superior to Maximum Carnage, except in length. Maximum Carnage was bloated beyond belief and really suffered for it. But content wise? Cletus is the same worthless character, Shriek is the same worthless character, the Doppelganger is demoted to family dog and we even get a new symbiote out of this mess (I'm just waiting for the Anti-Venom offspring: Vaccine! Or did that already happen?).

And the stories themselves are about as stupid as Maximum Carnage: Carnage goes on a rampage being his stupid, usual self and can't be beaten by Spidey and some guest stars because he's, oh, so powerful! But don't worry! By using a newly developed symbiote (Scorn) and her uncanny ability to not only bond with living beings but also with machinery (oh yeah. And wait to see the believable, not hand-waving explanation for that one!) Carnage will be foiled!

The only good thing about these miniseries is that they weren't longer. And the art. Can't really hate the art. They also were very decompressed (good for this miniseries in particular) but then, they made me fear about just how long would be Maximum Carnage if it was made with today's standards (About twenty six issues by my estimation, if you were wondering).

I'm honestly beginning to think that the Spider-Man that I love is only in the past (either there or in my nostalgia-filled mind) and that I just should hunt for trades that collect old stories and be done with it. Every comic I have read published in the last decade or so, has been disappointing one way or the other.