Comics Most violent and graphic spiderman comic?

[Davinder1985]

Hey guys im not a hardcore reader of the spider-man comics. I live in the uk and started reading the monthly astonishing spiderman comics from the clone saga. However, recently ive started purchasing other series from amazon , mainly graphic novels, of spiderman that aint easily available here.

I really like spiderman comics that are violent becuase it gives the story a more serious and adult aspect. The most violent novel i read was 'The Other'; spiderman gets his eye ripped out, quite shocking.

So i was wondering if you guys could give me the heads up on any spiderman comics/ graphic novels that are aimed more towards adults; more darker and violent stories.

 

[Citizen_Kaine]

Either a toss up between Kraven's Last Hunt, or Todd McFarlene's Torment

Granted, they don't feature a one eyed Spidey devouring a pseudo vampires head, but their both pretty graphic for a Spidey comic

 

[Donald Thomas]

Aloha,
Here's a request we don't see too often.
Spider-Man vs Wolverine-Spidey gets tricked into killing a female agent
Maximum Carnage-no red blood but a very high body count
Amazing Spider-Man v2 33-35-fights Morlun and gets beat to a near pulp.
I'm sure some others will weigh in but those are some off the top of my head.
Spidey rules

 

[Davinder1985]

Nice one! Thanks guys.

 

[JLBats]

Hey guys im not a hardcore reader of the spider-man comics. I live in the uk and started reading the monthly astonishing spiderman comics from the clone saga. However, recently ive started purchasing other series from amazon , mainly graphic novels, of spiderman that aint easily available here.

I really like spiderman comics that are violent becuase it gives the story a more serious and adult aspect. The most violent novel i read was 'The Other'; spiderman gets his eye ripped out, quite shocking.

So i was wondering if you guys could give me the heads up on any spiderman comics/ graphic novels that are aimed more towards adults; more darker and violent stories.

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[JackSkellington]

If it's violent & graphic Spidey comics, then 'Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Carnage: Mindbomb' will be right up your street. I'm sure anyone who's read either of these will back me up.

 

[Arcturus]

If it's violent & graphic Spidey comics, then 'Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Carnage: Mindbomb' will be right up your street. I'm sure anyone who's read either of these will back me up.

Those are probarbly the most graphic spidey comics around.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Aloha,
Here's a request we don't see too often.
Spider-Man vs Wolverine-Spidey gets tricked into killing a female agent
Maximum Carnage-no red blood but a very high body count
Amazing Spider-Man v2 33-35-fights Morlun and gets beat to a near pulp.
I'm sure some others will weigh in but those are some off the top of my head.
Spidey rules

Excellent Choices! I agree.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

If it's violent & graphic Spidey comics, then 'Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Carnage: Mindbomb' will be right up your street. I'm sure anyone who's read either of these will back me up.

Officially backing you up! More excellent choices.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Either a toss up between Kraven's Last Hunt, or Todd McFarlene's Torment

Granted, they don't feature a one eyed Spidey devouring a pseudo vampires head, but their both pretty graphic for a Spidey comic

Kraven's last Hunt = a true creep-fest! That story makes me uncomfortable to this very day! ( and that's a GOOD thing).

 

[Davinder1985]

If it's violent & graphic Spidey comics, then 'Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Carnage: Mindbomb' will be right up your street. I'm sure anyone who's read either of these will back me up.

Thanks for the suggestions, i'm not familiar with these, so i'll look for them straight away.

I'm definatly going to order Kraven's last hunt. When i first saw it i wasn't that excited about it but after reading some of the reviews, it sounds amazing.

Ive read maximum carnage, thats really good.

 

[Davinder1985]

If it's violent & graphic Spidey comics, then 'Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Carnage: Mindbomb' will be right up your street. I'm sure anyone who's read either of these will back me up.

Ive been doing a bit of research on the above titles. The problem is the don't actually seem to be about spiderman at all, so i'm not to sure if i am going to purchase them. They do however appear to be extremly violent.

Is spiderman actually at all in it though?

 

[Red]

Kraven's Last Hunt

 

[Punisher RULES]

Marvel Knights Spider-Man is a must

 

[JackSkellington]

Marvel Knights Spider-Man is a must

Oh, please! I've seen more voilent & graphic issues of 'Mickey Mouse & Friends'!

 

[Punisher RULES]

Oh, please! I've seen more voilent & graphic issues of 'Mickey Mouse & Friends'!

haha i guess

 

[The Jester]

How can you say Milller's Marvel knights wasn't violent?
The first issue started with a green goblin slugfest and had a civillian set off a pumpkin bomb
The Electro and spider-man fight was awesome. They were blown up in building from electro powering up with all the gasolene around them

And don't forget Venom II actually ripping a imposter spider-man's heart out, and then leaving the host to 80 ft death off the side of a building.
And did he not kill all the guys peter was talking to in the shower room?

 

[Punisher RULES]

How can you say Milller's Marvel knights wasn't violent?
The first issue started with a green goblin slugfest and had a civillian set off a pumpkin bomb
The Electro and spider-man fight was awesome. They were blown up in building from electro powering up with all the gasolene around them

And don't forget Venom II actually ripping a imposter spider-man's heart out, and then leaving the host to 80 ft death off the side of a building.
And did he not kill all the guys peter was talking to in the shower room?

right you are

 

[Davinder1985]

How can you say Milller's Marvel knights wasn't violent?
The first issue started with a green goblin slugfest and had a civillian set off a pumpkin bomb
The Electro and spider-man fight was awesome. They were blown up in building from electro powering up with all the gasolene around them

And don't forget Venom II actually ripping a imposter spider-man's heart out, and then leaving the host to 80 ft death off the side of a building.
And did he not kill all the guys peter was talking to in the shower room?

My god Marvel Knights sounds amazing!! Definatly getting that.

Any more guys? I'm planning on spending a bit of money i saved on a bunch of comics. How about spidermans worst defeat??

 

[Spade]

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Yup...that was almost my entire reply to the thread.

Word to the wise- 'new, edgier' canon material has not been doing well for the core Spider-Man novels for a long time. The target audience (at one point young children, in the time before Quesadageddon) is uninterested because of the same violence that the jaded adult audience wants, and most classic fans have left now that violence has become the Band-Aid for shoddy storytelling. You can have gore, and you can have Spider-Man, but you shouldn't have them at the same time.

How about spidermans worst defeat??

Morlun, the man who was somehow stronger than the Hulk. A close second is Tony Stark making him wear that asinine suit.

 

[bulletbillx]

Try and get a reprint/tpb of the Green Goblin 1 and Gwen Stacy's death.

 

[Davinder1985]

Violence does not necessarily have to be gore. Spider-man is a superhero who fights many deadly enemies, to show the fights in graphic detail and blood in my opinion adds realism to the spider-man world. It shows just how vulnerable spider-man can be, if he gets cut his going to bleed.

In astonishing spider-man 40, the hobgoblin slices spider-man with a huge blade at his chest and back. It is graphically illustrated. Spider-man: the lost years is also quite gritty and violent. Ben reilley gets punched in the face and they show how bruised his face is after. This kind of violence brings him closer to our world, and when you read the comic there is greater tension as you become aware of just how vulnerable spider-man can be.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

spider-man: the end ("the day i got hit by a rolled up newspaper")
the very gory page one, panel one:

AKA "i used to go out on saturday nights... now i just upload red pages onto imageshack..."



oh and hello fellow UK spider-man reader. welcome!

 

[Spade]

Violence does not necessarily have to be gore. Spider-man is a superhero who fights many deadly enemies, to show the fights in graphic detail and blood in my opinion adds realism to the spider-man world. It shows just how vulnerable spider-man can be, if he gets cut his going to bleed.

In astonishing spider-man 40, the hobgoblin slices spider-man with a huge blade at his chest and back. It is graphically illustrated. Spider-man: the lost years is also quite gritty and violent. Ben reilley gets punched in the face and they show how bruised his face is after. This kind of violence brings him closer to our world, and when you read the comic there is greater tension as you become aware of just how vulnerable spider-man can be.

There's a difference between real world realism (like going against the comic code at the time to showcase a story on the dangers of drugs) and going too far. I might be out on a limb, but I'd say it was around McFarlane's run that violence and storyline became less age-ambiguous. I can see some cases where it is needed. When you hit someone hard enough you can leave a bruise, when you get cut there should be a line of blood, etc. But showing violence to advance the plotline not because it enhances it but because the story is self-reliant on said violence is what gets to me, and modern Spidey books have done this the most.

 

[Electro UK]

If it's violent & graphic Spidey comics, then 'Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Carnage: Mindbomb' will be right up your street. I'm sure anyone who's read either of these will back me up.

Was about to suggest the same thing.