MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Christos Gage
PENCILS: Mike Hawthorne
INKS: Wade von Grawbadger
COLORS: Jordie Bellaire
LETTERS: VC's Clayton Cowles
EDITOR: Nick Lowe
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Akira Yoshida
COVER: Travis Charest
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Mike Hawthorne with Jordie Bellaire; Marko Djurdjević (Fantastic Four Villain Variant Cover);
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (February 2019)
Rated “T”
Spider-Man created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
The Superior Spider-Man was a Marvel Comics superhero comic book series featuring an alternate version of Spider-Man. Cover dated between January 2013 and June 2014, the series featured Otto Octavius a.k.a. Spider-Man villain “Doctor Octopus” in the role of Spider-Man.
The series returns as Superior Spider-Man. It is written by Christos Gage; drawn by Mike Hawthorne (pencils) and Wade von Grawbadger (inks); colored by Jordie Bellaire; and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Once again, Otto Octavius is in a new body and is a “superior” Spider-Man.
Superior Spider-Man #1 opens in San Francisco, the city that Otto Octavius-The Superior Spider-Man has chosen to protect and to improve. After dealing (successfully) with Stilt-Man, Otto heads to Horizon University where he will adopt his identity as Professor Elliot Tolliver and deliver “a crucial, end-of-term lecture.” Then, it is off to more villain fighting, but Otto/Elliot/Superior is about to discover that someone from his past has joined the faculty of Horizon. That person is ready to reveal the true face of the Superior Spider-Man to the authorities.
I was cynical. I was ready to hate Superior Spider-Man #1. In fact, I only bought this comic book to give to a friend who reads any Spider-Man comic book put in front of him. I am not over-awed by writer Christos Gage's script, but it is good. I am not crazy about the art team of Make Hawthorne and Wade von Grawbadger, but the storytelling is good. Jordie Bellaire delivers her usually solid colors, and Clayton Cowles delivers his solid lettering.
But there is something about this comic book that demands I read one or two more issues. I enjoyed the first issue enough to maybe read more. So I will say to you, dear reader, maybe you should try at least Superior Spider-Man #1.
6 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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