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Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man
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by J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney
Sales Rank: 20742
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Discount: 32 %
List Price: $17.99
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 168 pages
Published by: Marvel Comics; Direct Ed edition May 2, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0785122370
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0785122371
Book Dimensions:
10 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
Weighs: 9.9 ounces
Book Description
Life couldn't be more complicated - or more dangerous - for Peter Parker. After rushing to the aftermath of the Stamford Massacre to offer aid to its victims, Peter travels with Tony Stark to Washington, D.C., and the White House - where the enactment of the Super Hero Registration Act appears imminent. As the Marvel Universe braces for the implications of legislation that will forever change the societal status of super heroes, Peter is forced to make an important personal decision - maybe the most important decision of his life. As Civil War tears apart the super hero community, will Spidey stay true to that decision? Collects Amazing Spider-Man #532-538.
Reader Reviews
Marvel's Civil War series has almost single-handedly revived my interest in some of the characters I followed when I was a kid. I was more of a DC than a Marvel fan when small, but I spent my time with the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, and the others. But as the years went by I mainly just kept up with the X-Men but no others. While the Marvel heroes were always more complex and tortured than the DC characters, they had undergone less revision than had such DC greats as Batman and Superman. But when Marvel finally got around to shaking their world up they pulled no punches. Everything you thought you knew about the Marvel universe was about to change. Talking with others about this series, the first question that pops up with anyone who wants to read the books is: Where do I start? Apart from a couple that should be read first, there is really not much of an answer to that one. The various books cross and criss-cross each other to such a degree that you can almost start anywhere. The only two that I think definitely fall into the "Me First!" category are THE ROAD TO CIVIL WAR and then CIVIL WAR. But after that almost any order is OK. This is the first one that I read after CIVIL WAR and it does strike me as perhaps a bit more at the heart of the story than most of the others. Peter Parker's unmasking himself at a Washington, D.C. press conference is one of the most important events in the larger narrative as well as his response to all that goes wrong afterwards. It also casts Tony Stark in a somewhat poorer light than some of the other volumes. For instance, learning that he gets feedback from the Spider-Man suit he has given Peter makes him look like he believes he has the right to intrude into the lives of others. I enjoyed the story overall, but especially involves the dilemmas facing Peter as he almost instantly regrets his decision to side with Tony. They do a great job of presenting his growing doubts as to the correctness of doing what they are doing in fighting those who resist registration. And it has a heck of a cliffhanger ending. One thing I like about the various Marvel comics involved in this event is the way they almost conduct a dialogue with one another. No one comic presents the definitive point of view on the events involved. One will present the deep background that another sees only a portion of. Sometimes they will simply refuse to repeat the events covered more fully by another comic (they tell you which issues tell the missing bits). I will add that if you are a Spider-Man fan but don't want to get involved with the rest of the Marvel Universe, this may not be a very satisfactory read. This is not much of a standalone story; it is fully integrated into the rest of the other books in the Civil War series. Even if you want to plunge into the Civil War books, you can't get to the end of it all at this point. Not all of the comics have been collected into volumes yet. Many key issues have not been collected, including the biggest event in the whole series, though I won't mention that on the off chance someone has not heard. If one finds this series of stories compelling I recommend going for the heroes one most enjoys. Not all of the books are at the heart of the story. The Wolverine, for instance, isn't a major part. Nor is the Young Avengers and the Runaways volume (I'm a huge Runaways fan so that was the appeal for me). But I would recommend that if you read more than a couple of books in the series then to make this one of them. It will be on a short list of the best books dealing with the Civil War.
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