Spider-Man Noir Premiere (Spiderman)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780785139447 (0785139443)
Publish date: June 10th 2009
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Noir,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comix,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Marvel,
Spider Man
Series: Marvel Noir
It’s 1932 and corruption rules the streets of New York City. From the mayor to the police force, everyone’s got their hands deep in the pockets of organized crime. Following the murder of popular socialist Ben Parker, his widow May takes up where he finished off – criticizing those in power and ur...
Transports the familiar Spider-Man mythos to Depression-era America. It can be very, very dark (Uncle Ben's fate being the prime example. Peter and Aunt May have become passionate social crusaders, which is nice to see. An interesting take, but nothing terribly exciting.
This was pretty cool, but not nearly as awesome as Luke Cage and Iron Man. Spider-Man did work in the noir setting quite well, despite my prior beliefs. The second half of this is much better than the first...
If you're a purist, you should probably walk away from this Spidey retelling immediately. Maybe you should even flee screaming, because otherwise, you may finish with the desire to form a torch mob and march on the publisher.BUT! If you like reimaginings of familiar tales and characters, go grab a c...
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