Comics Fondle

Slott tries really, really hard. But the earring-wearing Harry Osborn, the weirdly youngish Aunt May (think Ultimate Spider-Man), the endless malarky with the Bugle… Brand New Day is off to a terrible start. Some of the problems stem from the relaunch, which barely deals with the continuity changes (the most interesting things about the comic), […]

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I read “Kraven’s Last Hunt” when I was nine, ten on the outside. I think it might have really messed me up. “Last Hunt” is an awesome (in terms of DeMatteis’s endeavor) look at fear, insanity and innocence. Lots of time, in the first half, are spent inside Kraven’s wacko mind, without it becoming clear […]

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Dan Slott does great Spider-Man. I’m not sure how well this Free Comic Book Day issue sells Spider-Man (or Spider-Man 3), but it’s a great time. Slott mixes in all the things I think of when I think of Spider-Man–the concern for Aunt May, the public distrust, the wacky supervillain. In this one, the supervillain […]

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