[SHORTY POST]
Every once in awhile, my kids bring home those Scholastic Book catalogs from school. You remember, the ones we used to get as kids? Anyway, we are pretty big Spider-Man fans in our house, so I ordered a set of Marvel comics, which included this collection of a few random editions of Spider-Man publications:
Spider-Man: Spider-Verse -- Spider-Men, includes the following five random and (mostly) unrelated editions:
- Spider-Men #4-5, Writer Brian Michael Bendis
- Edge of Spider-Verse #1, Writers David Hine with Fabrice Sapolsky
- Edge of Spider-Verse #5, Writer Gerard Way
- Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special #1, Writer Tom DeFalco
What I didn't realize when I got this gift set was that this particular comic was for older kids. Oops. My bad. A couple of the above titles contain some violent images that bothered my daughter so I decided to do what I probably should have done initially, and read it myself. I haven't read a lot of comic books and graphic novels in my life, but certainly a few. I do enjoy them as quicker reads and the way that you can find yourself quite lost in them.
Of these five, I most enjoyed Spider-Men #4-5 (featuring all of the mainstream Spider-Man characters: Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Aunt May, Mysterio, along with Nick Fury, Thor, Tony Stark, Hawkeye) and Spider-Ham (featuring Peter Porker, Aunt May, Mary Crane, J.Jonah Jackal, and the Swinester Six: Dr. Octopussy, Mysteriape, Eelectro, Green Gobbler, Sandmanatee, and The Buzzard).
Edge of Spider-Verse #1 (featuring 1939 journalist Peter Parker) was so-so and I was just plain bored by Edge of Spider-Verse #5 (Peni Parker and the SP//DR suit).
Final word: I'm not about to go hit up a comic book shop because, while I do enjoy a good superhero read, I'm more intrigued by other forms of literature. However, if one happens to land in my lap, you know I'll read it. In fact, I may go raid some more of the kids' comic books. You know, for research.
