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A review by jagussow
Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Vol. 1: Back to Basics by Nick Spencer
Spider-man has never looked as gorgeous thanks to Ryan Ottley's art. If only they found a writer up to the task of continuing Spider-man's story and who could write something up to the quality of Ryan Ottley's art.
Instead they went with Nick Spencer who hasn't met a superhero he didn't think needed a doppelganger. One of the plot points in this book is a direct criticism of a plot point of Dan Slott's prior run. While it shines an interesting perspective on it, it also feels gauche and cheap.
After this past year of Spider-man highs - Infinity War, Video Game, Spider-verse and Chip Zdarsky's run on Spectacular Spider-man, this is a let down. There's a zippy plot and gorgeous art but there's nothing of substance.
With every iteration of Spider-man, there's usually a clear perspective on what makes him special. He sees a giant alien spaceship and runs towards it, tries to save a man from ruining his life in sake of venegence or tutors a would be criminal in math to help them on a better path. This book doesn't have that and aside from the beautiful art, there's nothing to distinguish this from any generic superhero book.
Instead they went with Nick Spencer who hasn't met a superhero he didn't think needed a doppelganger. One of the plot points in this book is a direct criticism of a plot point of Dan Slott's prior run. While it shines an interesting perspective on it, it also feels gauche and cheap.
After this past year of Spider-man highs - Infinity War, Video Game, Spider-verse and Chip Zdarsky's run on Spectacular Spider-man, this is a let down. There's a zippy plot and gorgeous art but there's nothing of substance.
With every iteration of Spider-man, there's usually a clear perspective on what makes him special. He sees a giant alien spaceship and runs towards it, tries to save a man from ruining his life in sake of venegence or tutors a would be criminal in math to help them on a better path. This book doesn't have that and aside from the beautiful art, there's nothing to distinguish this from any generic superhero book.