amazing spiderman #1

jakemorries

So whos getting this in april? I never been into spiderman but may try this will it be a good place to start.
I see that there is silly amount of covers variants etc any of u getting any specials covers

Mr_Cosmic

I'm so confused.

fredzilla

fredzilla

Amazing!
http://youtu.be/fd2O_ETXn3w

EarthGBilly

bralinator

jakemorries said:

So whos getting this in april? I never been into superman but may try this will it be a good place to start.
I see that there is silly amount of covers variants etc any of u getting any specials covers

Um, @jakemorries, are you asking about "sliderman", the name in this thread title you created? I have never heard of him.

Or Spider-Man, who is relaunching in April (with the worst cover in recent history imo)

Or Superman, who you also mentioned in your comment. Maybe it's the bane of the internet. One misspelling and context goes right out the window...

jakemorries

Lmao stupid bloody phone sorry everyone I didn't even notice lol
SPIDERMAN not sliderman or superman lol

all changed now

bralinator

LOL

No worries. I have ordered the book, but don't know how long I will stick with it. I was enjoying Superior SM there for a bit.

fredzilla

It's all good! :D

I've ordered it and I think I may have grabbed a variant or two. I've stuck with Spider-Man through Superior Spider-Man and so it will be fun to see the payoff.

Happenstance

I'll be getting it. I tried reading the Superior stuff but wasnt enjoying it at all so it will be nice to get back to reading Spider-Man again. Just a shame that Slott didnt finish with Superior though, I've never particularly liked him on ASM.

Mr_Cosmic

I love Superior Spider-Man and I'll be sticking around for ASM too.

EarthGBilly

Is it bad that I'm waiting for the inevitable Comixology sale on the entire run of Superior Spider-Man to promote this?

matchkitJOHN

EarthGBilly said:

Is it bad that I'm waiting for the inevitable Comixology sale on the entire run of Superior Spider-Man to promote this?

No worse than me getting the entire Waid Daredevil run of 37 issues for $29!

SolitaireRose

I feel like I'm in a minority on-line (however, sales show I'm not), but I LOVE Dan' Slott's Spidey and will keep reading it happily as long as he's writing it. He's the best writer on the character since Peter David.

Chuck_Melville

Peter David himself praised the series at ECCC this weekend.

Hex

SolitaireRose said:

I feel like I'm in a minority on-line (however, sales show I'm not), but I LOVE Dan' Slott's Spidey and will keep reading it happily as long as he's writing it. He's the best writer on the character since Peter David.

I would say even BETTER than Peter David. Slott's Spider-Man is the best the title has been in decades. Spidey is FUN again (all while respecting the continuity). Can't wait for his up coming "Spiderverse" story line. The concept sounds silly, but I know Slott will make it work.

playdohsrepublic

Hex said:

SolitaireRose said:

I feel like I'm in a minority on-line (however, sales show I'm not), but I LOVE Dan' Slott's Spidey and will keep reading it happily as long as he's writing it. He's the best writer on the character since Peter David.

I would say even BETTER than Peter David. Slott's Spider-Man is the best the title has been in decades. Spidey is FUN again (all while respecting the continuity). Can't wait for his up coming "Spiderverse" story line. The concept sounds silly, but I know Slott will make it work.

I completely disagree with this statement. Slott's Spider-man work killed the character for me. Its not fun at all. Its a silly childish saturday morning cartoon, worse than at least one actual Spider-man Saturday morning cartoon. I can't speak to his Superior run, but everything leading up to it was terrible. Even when he was just one of the round robin of writers during the Big Time era I dreaded whenever I saw that one of his stories were up. I was disappointed when he took over ASM full time but consoled myself that it would be a year or 2 at most (Oh how wrong I was). I remember reading the first issue of Spider-Island and thinking that I never wanted to read another issue of Spider-man ever again. My ALL TIME favorite superhero. And I didn't for almost a year. I kept buying it, because I always told myself that as long as I'm buying comics I'd buy ASM, but it wasn't until a Darevdevil crossover made it required reading that I decided to go back and catch up. And it was as terrible as I suspected. He writes everything so two dimensionally it lacks even the depth of Silver Age stories. And ALL of his concepts are "silly" and in the same vein of Spidey cheerleading that's nauseating. I watched my favorite superhero turned into a Gary Sue. It read like the world's worst fan fiction. I'm not even going to get into how limp and lifeless his dialogue is. When #700 came out I couldn't have been happier. I no longer cared what happened and I was just relieved I could finally drop the title guilt-free. Even with ASM restarting I don't feel bad not going back to it as long as Slott is still writing.

On a side note, if Humberto Ramos never drew another Spider-man comic as long as he lived I wouldn't object.

Hex

playdohsrepublic said:

I completely disagree with this statement. Slott's Spider-man work killed the character for me... My ALL TIME favorite superhero.
Even with ASM restarting I don't feel bad not going back to it as long as Slott is still writing.

Bummer. Sorry you feel that way (we'll agree to disagree). Obviously Marvel can't please everyone, too bad the current run isn't your cup-o-tea.

I can understand how you feel, when JMS was brutalizing Parker (and raping the memory of Gwen Stacy) I wanted to slit my wrists and couldn't wait for him to leave the book. Spider-Man was a drag for what felt like years. As a loyal fan (and a stupid Marvel Zombie sucker), I stuck it out, praying for it all to lighten up. The current tone of the book has all the elements that I was looking for.
I think your right... it kind of does feel like fan fiction. It feels like the book is being written by someone that loves Spider-Man, for readers that also love Spider-Man. Which is kind of funny since he also killed Spidey and replaced him with one of his greatest villains?

Matt

playdohsrepublic said:

Hex said:

SolitaireRose said:

I feel like I'm in a minority on-line (however, sales show I'm not), but I LOVE Dan' Slott's Spidey and will keep reading it happily as long as he's writing it. He's the best writer on the character since Peter David.

I would say even BETTER than Peter David. Slott's Spider-Man is the best the title has been in decades. Spidey is FUN again (all while respecting the continuity). Can't wait for his up coming "Spiderverse" story line. The concept sounds silly, but I know Slott will make it work.

I completely disagree with this statement. Slott's Spider-man work killed the character for me. Its not fun at all. Its a silly childish saturday morning cartoon, worse than at least one actual Spider-man Saturday morning cartoon. I can't speak to his Superior run, but everything leading up to it was terrible. Even when he was just one of the round robin of writers during the Big Time era I dreaded whenever I saw that one of his stories were up. I was disappointed when he took over ASM full time but consoled myself that it would be a year or 2 at most (Oh how wrong I was). I remember reading the first issue of Spider-Island and thinking that I never wanted to read another issue of Spider-man ever again. My ALL TIME favorite superhero. And I didn't for almost a year. I kept buying it, because I always told myself that as long as I'm buying comics I'd buy ASM, but it wasn't until a Darevdevil crossover made it required reading that I decided to go back and catch up. And it was as terrible as I suspected. He writes everything so two dimensionally it lacks even the depth of Silver Age stories. And ALL of his concepts are "silly" and in the same vein of Spidey cheerleading that's nauseating. I watched my favorite superhero turned into a Gary Sue. It read like the world's worst fan fiction. I'm not even going to get into how limp and lifeless his dialogue is. When #700 came out I couldn't have been happier. I no longer cared what happened and I was just relieved I could finally drop the title guilt-free. Even with ASM restarting I don't feel bad not going back to it as long as Slott is still writing.

On a side note, if Humberto Ramos never drew another Spider-man comic as long as he lived I wouldn't object.

I'll agree with Ramos' drawings...its a taste I don't have.

I haven't read any of Slott's run, so I can't really comment. I will say, having read an overview of his run, there's nothing that's really caught my attention as something I wanted to read.

M

playdohsrepublic

Hex said:

playdohsrepublic said:

I completely disagree with this statement. Slott's Spider-man work killed the character for me... My ALL TIME favorite superhero.
Even with ASM restarting I don't feel bad not going back to it as long as Slott is still writing.

Bummer. Sorry you feel that way (we'll agree to disagree). Obviously Marvel can't please everyone, too bad the current run isn't your cup-o-tea.

I can understand how you feel, when JMS was brutalizing Parker (and raping the memory of Gwen Stacy) I wanted to slit my wrists and couldn't wait for him to leave the book. Spider-Man was a drag for what felt like years. As a loyal fan (and a stupid Marvel Zombie sucker), I stuck it out, praying for it all to lighten up. The current tone of the book has all the elements that I was looking for.
I think your right... it kind of does feel like fan fiction. It feels like the book is being written by someone that loves Spider-Man, for readers that also love Spider-Man. Which is kind of funny since he also killed Spidey and replaced him with one of his greatest villains?

We can at least agree on the last half to 2/3rds of JMS's run. Even though I hated how it was achieved I was glad for Brand New Day and its an era that I actually mostly enjoyed. It had a good balance of fun and of pathos and drama. I just feel like Slott's solo run is a swing way too far in the other direction. I can't take it seriously.

matchkitJOHN

When I got back into comics in 2003 I was not enjoying Amazing. The best Spidey for me was Spidey in New Avengers. He got to be more of the joker in that environment. I kept buying the book and it was a slog! I really only enjoyed the Civil War issues. Then OMD sent me away and I have been accumulating the trades of the BND era from cons to read later. Thank you Fearless Readers! Nostalgia got me to pickup the run-up to AMS #700 and have not been disappointed since. I'll pick-up the first issue.

Nick

playdohsrepublic said:

I completely disagree with this statement. Slott's Spider-man work killed the character for me. Its not fun at all. Its a silly childish saturday morning cartoon, worse than at least one actual Spider-man Saturday morning cartoon. I can't speak to his Superior run, but everything leading up to it was terrible. Even when he was just one of the round robin of writers during the Big Time era I dreaded whenever I saw that one of his stories were up. I was disappointed when he took over ASM full time but consoled myself that it would be a year or 2 at most (Oh how wrong I was). I remember reading the first issue of Spider-Island and thinking that I never wanted to read another issue of Spider-man ever again. My ALL TIME favorite superhero. And I didn't for almost a year. I kept buying it, because I always told myself that as long as I'm buying comics I'd buy ASM, but it wasn't until a Darevdevil crossover made it required reading that I decided to go back and catch up. And it was as terrible as I suspected. He writes everything so two dimensionally it lacks even the depth of Silver Age stories. And ALL of his concepts are "silly" and in the same vein of Spidey cheerleading that's nauseating. I watched my favorite superhero turned into a Gary Sue. It read like the world's worst fan fiction. I'm not even going to get into how limp and lifeless his dialogue is. When #700 came out I couldn't have been happier. I no longer cared what happened and I was just relieved I could finally drop the title guilt-free. Even with ASM restarting I don't feel bad not going back to it as long as Slott is still writing.

On a side note, if Humberto Ramos never drew another Spider-man comic as long as he lived I wouldn't object.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you...AREN'T a fan of Slott? I think his stuff is good, not great, but enjoyable. Personally I don't think his stuff is so bad I would abandon my favorite character ever as you wanted to, but different strokes and all of that.

I guess for me I'd rather my Spider-Man be a little more silly than have him gaining his power from Spider-Gods or whatever that was, but heck at least they were trying something different!

Nick

Matt said:

I'll agree with Ramos' drawings...its a taste I don't have.

I haven't read any of Slott's run, so I can't really comment. I will say, having read an overview of his run, there's nothing that's really caught my attention as something I wanted to read.

M

This isn't meant to be mean at all @Matt, but have you ever tried reading the books you glance over via Wikipedia? I'm wondering if there have been any you read through Wikipedia and thought you wouldn't like, actually read them and enjoyed them? Sure there are main storybeats on Wikipedia, but isn't the fun of a comic art too? I guess I think it's a waste to just read the summary of all the comics you think you may want to read and never actually read them. I could put on Wikipedia that Dark Knight Returns was "a story about old Batman," but the art (for me) is the best part of that book. I was just curious, I don't want you to miss out on the experience of reading the books too!

Matt

Nick said:

Matt said:

I'll agree with Ramos' drawings...its a taste I don't have.

I haven't read any of Slott's run, so I can't really comment. I will say, having read an overview of his run, there's nothing that's really caught my attention as something I wanted to read.

M

This isn't meant to be mean at all @Matt, but have you ever tried reading the books you glance over via Wikipedia? I'm wondering if there have been any you read through Wikipedia and thought you wouldn't like, actually read them and enjoyed them? Sure there are main storybeats on Wikipedia, but isn't the fun of a comic art too? I guess I think it's a waste to just read the summary of all the comics you think you may want to read and never actually read them. I could put on Wikipedia that Dark Knight Returns was "a story about old Batman," but the art (for me) is the best part of that book. I was just curious, I don't want you to miss out on the experience of reading the books too!

Actually, yes I have read summaries & then checked out the actual books. Its how I got into reading the original GI Joe series & Tranformers series from Marvel. The stories seemed interesting enough for me to read them.

Same with storylines like Millennium, Avengers Forever, & Operation: Galatic Storm, to name a few.

I also use the forums as a gauge, not just Wikipedia. I look in on threads about shows like Arrow & M:AoS and about various series (recently wondering about the appeal of She-Hulk...the art doesn't grab me.) So, if something doesn't seem interesting, I just avoid it. No sense checking out something that doesn't even sound interesting.

If you think about it, is using Wikipedia that different from you & I talking about it in a LCB shop? You're not showing me the art, just telling me about the story. I'd say using something like Wikipedia is better, as its not influenced by a reviewers opinion. Wikipedia lacks any subjective influence, so I can make my opinion off of an objective review.

Ramos' style is less appealing to me then Kelley Jones'...and THAT says something.

M

Hex

playdohsrepublic said:

I just feel like Slott's solo run is a swing way too far in the other direction. I can't take it seriously.

I would agree with that sentiment. I guess after so much angst, the extreme swing in the other direction really appeals to me. Don't worry it won't last forever, but I sure am going to enjoy it while it does. Maybe by the time the tone of the series changes again, I'll be ready for it.

shroud68

I was so against Superior Spidermanbut I was so wrong. The past year or so was well planned and better executed. I always felt that Doctor Octopus was the better choice for Peter's nemesis and this run justified that for me. And quite frankly Slott's take on Spiderman in the build up to Superior was much better than the over exposed and inconsistent Bendis' characterization. I am of old enough school to say Spiderman is not an Avenger and he should not be banging Carol Danvers.