As far as I know those titles are pretty undistinguished... Peter David's bit was in Spectacular. I remember Spectacular 200 seeming somewhat important, but that's probably because a) it had a shiny cover and b) I owned it.
Looking at the databases, it's amazing these books lasted at all -- Web had 5 writers and 6 pencillers in its first 12 issues! I don't understand how you can launch a book without a coherent plan for who's going to make it. And today, I suppose, you wouldn't.
It's pretty sweet to see covers by Charles Vess, though!
Oh, most, although now that the Amazing Spider-Man DVDs have been updated with the annuals, I'm buying. I also have a bunch of the Marvel Masterwork trades that Barnes and Noble releases, and of course pretty much all the recent material.
And yes, Spectacular is pretty undistinguished in the early issues. "Hilariously bad" is more accurate in some parts. Web, weirdly enough, had a more solid launch - possibly because even with the different writers they had a main storyline to launch right away, and not just the objective of, "Write a second Spider-Man title."
Well, while Spidey is fun, most of the time it's hardly cerebral reading. Most of the stuff I'm reading now is Flash Thompson mooning over Sha Shan, the Vietnamese priestessy girl with a not really very Vietnamese name.
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As far as I know those titles are pretty undistinguished... Peter David's bit was in Spectacular. I remember Spectacular 200 seeming somewhat important, but that's probably because a) it had a shiny cover and b) I owned it.
Looking at the databases, it's amazing these books lasted at all -- Web had 5 writers and 6 pencillers in its first 12 issues! I don't understand how you can launch a book without a coherent plan for who's going to make it. And today, I suppose, you wouldn't.
It's pretty sweet to see covers by Charles Vess, though!
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And yes, Spectacular is pretty undistinguished in the early issues. "Hilariously bad" is more accurate in some parts. Web, weirdly enough, had a more solid launch - possibly because even with the different writers they had a main storyline to launch right away, and not just the objective of, "Write a second Spider-Man title."
Charles Vess rocks my, and everyone's, world.
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*very, very impressed*
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I wonder how much I've read. I'm guessing it's about 400 ... I gotta catch up!
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