Comics The Sensational Spider-Man Thread

[NinjaCarm]

Does anyone read Sensational Spider-Man. How is it. I like Angel Medina's artwork was thinking of picking up where he started.

Should I? Recommendations?

 

[Kraven]

It's probably one of the best Spider-Man titles right now. I'd start with the Feral hardcover and work your way up to the present, or get the back issues if you like. He uses a lot of continuity, which are plusses in his stories. The ending to Feral was kind of lackluster, but his other issues have been really solid. Try picking up #28, the Doc Ock one.

Also, if you go to the other SSM #32 thread, you'll see that the latest issue is getting a lot of praise from people here.

 

[Mr Jide]

^ Like he said, go pick it up.

 

[SpideyInATree]

Agreed here as well. If you're into a writer having a strong grasp of Spider-Man's continuity and just consistently good down to earth Spider-Man stories then this is your book. The continuity in this title is probably the best I've seen in years, which isn't really saying much.

 

[DACrowe]

I like how he writes MJ. I think he writes a good Peter too and the last story was entertaining and Peter/BC working together again makes me happy. Though I thought his Aunt May was a little too "con arist old lady" trickery going on and I hate what he did to Liz Allen to (completely butchered the character).

But a good read and in the Civil War era that is saying a lot. I enjoyed it thusly.

 

[Mr Jide]

Yeah what liz did, tricking Peter and acting like a childish idiot about not telling her he was spider-man was so low. I knda wish'd BC would have slapped her up or something coz Peter wouldn't/didn't anything but walk off, obviously hurt.
Aunt May is awesome though. She completely owned chamelion, great writing.

 

[Kraven]

I like how Aunt May has been written for the last couple of years, as someone who is strong in their own way, and someone who can kind of be funny, as opposed to a helpless old lady.

 

[SpideyInATree]

I like how Aunt May has been written for the last couple of years, as someone who is strong in their own way, and someone who can kind of be funny, as opposed to a helpless old lady.

I like how she's been written as well. Honestly, she should have been written like that in the first place, but then you wouldn't have had that whole "I can't reveal my ID because Aunt May will have a massive heart attack".

But I always find it funny that many fans on this site go on and on about characterization being wrong with Peter Parker but meanwhile for the past five to six years Aunt May has been written HORRIBLY out of character compared to the Stan Lee written Aunt May. Christ...when Peter sneezed she was in the hospital for two issues.

 

[Kevin]

It's about time this thread got started.

 

[Kevin]

I like how she's been written as well. Honestly, she should have been written like that in the first place, but then you wouldn't have had that whole "I can't reveal my ID because Aunt May will have a massive heart attack".

But I always find it funny that many fans on this site go on and on about characterization being wrong with Peter Parker but meanwhile for the past five to six years Aunt May has been written HORRIBLY out of character compared to the Stan Lee written Aunt May. Christ...when Peter sneezed she was in the hospital for two issues.

That's very funny... but slighty true. You know, because Peter was such a fragile boy.

 

[shinlyle]

Agreed here as well. If you're into a writer having a strong grasp of Spider-Man's continuity and just consistently good down to earth Spider-Man stories then this is your book. The continuity in this title is probably the best I've seen in years, which isn't really saying much.

What he said.

This book is the only Spider-title I look forward to reading every month. It's consistently strong, and it boasts a very dynamic art team AND references to that little thing called "continuity"!! Go and get the back issues, and enjoy.

 

[Dangerous]

The first 12 issues were great, it was the best Spider-title back then and from #23 onwards it has reclaimed it's title as the best book.

Don't bother w/ issues 13-22 though, they were kinda crap.
In some cases, the Pat Lee issues, you are looking at some of the crappest individual spider-man issues that have seen print.

 

[Kevin]

God, I hated hudlin.

 

[Kevin]

And Pat Lee's art was really terrible. And that says a lot, being that i like everything.

 

[shinlyle]

Yeah....Hudlin was horrible enough....add into the mix Pat Lee, and you have some of the crappiest issues of Spider-Man ever.


I wonder how they even came up with their ideas?

"Hey, let's put Aunt May and Mary Jane in Iron Man suits and have them travel back in time so they can help Peter accomplish absolutely NOTHING!! Won't that be cool, Pat?"

"Only if I can make everything look uber-crappily and make Mary Jane look like a tranny!"

"Deal!!!"

 

[Dangerous]

That’s probably how it went down.

Goddamn, Pat Lee’s version of ‘people’ were so bad…-

 

[DACrowe]

All 3 artists in The Ohter were mediocre. In fact since JRjr left the art on all Spider-Man books has gone extremly downhill though.

 

[Dangerous]

The Dodsons on MKSM followed after JRJR's exit and they were awesome.
Angel Medina on Sensational is great too.

 

[SpideyInATree]

God, I hated hudlin.

Yes, I'm going to jump on this bandwagon and kick the guy while he's down...

Hudlin blew.

 

[Kevin]

No, I mean I really hate him. It was Months and Months ago when I went as far as saying that he made his Peter seem Black which I did not like. I will not completely get into that again, but that's how he came off to me.

 

[diespinne]

No, I mean I really hate him. It was Months and Months ago when I went as far as saying that he made his Peter seem Black which I did not like. I will not completely get into that again, but that's how he came off to me.

I hate Hudlin too, but... "made his Peter seem Black"?! Uh... what does that mean?

 

[Kevin]

I already said that I am NOT going into that again. All it meant was that's how it felt to me. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[diespinne]

I already said that I am NOT going into that again. All it meant was that's how it felt to me. Nothing more, nothing less.

Well, if you don't want to get into it, you should not have brought it up, because it comes-off as racial stereotyping.

 

[Kevin]

*Sigh* not racist. Prejudice. I'm black.

 

[diespinne]

Cool-- I hated the way Hudlin wrote Peter and pretty much everyone else, but I would hardly call it "black" as opposed to "white" or whatever. He did seem like a different person, though.