Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned by Cody Ziglar

5 reviews

spooderman's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Police brutality, Death, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Ableism

Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, Homophobia, Cursing, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Classism, Bullying, Body shaming, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Murder

indeedithappens's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Body horror, Sexism, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, and Violence

perleerose's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

such a great read, need to get a physical copy just so i can have it on hand
mad credits to cody for the great story and to justin and jim for the gorgeous illustrations, literally obsessed with the color palettes throughout

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Racism and Police brutality

marmat89on's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This comic brought me into the Spider-Verse for the first time.  (Long-time fan of Spider-Man in the form of TV and movies, and Miles Morales introduced me to Spider-Punk this summer.) It was quite an introduction! The colors popped, the animation was pretty detailed – fun subtleties in artwork & dialogue made it a delight. The characters were diverse, with First American and LGBTQ representation, denouncement of fascism, and racist villains. What an interesting parallel universe! I really enjoyed the pacing of the story, the overall arch, and the relationship between the characters, villains included. I look forward to reading more into the Spider-Verse.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Racism and Blood

Great to see First American representation. Hopeful to discover more Captain Anarchy!

mbhcad's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Takes a moment to adjust to certainly, especially since the first issue is pretty inundated with pop-culture-y loose appropriations of punk/anarchist language. however, the characters are really engaging and everything after the first few pages feels very authentic and fun in a way i adore. seeing new characters like a punk daredevil (in this universe latina drummer mattea murdock) is always very exciting and by the end of it, this feels not only committed to but fully and authentically engrossed in  punk ethos.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

some anti-indigenous racism deployed against Captain Anarchy in the last issue