Note:
Book actually released in 2012.
Collects
Amazing
Spider-Man
Nos. 666-673, Amazing
Spider-Man: Infested,
Spider-Island:
Deadly Foes,
and
Venom
Nos. 6-9, and the Infested
back-up stories from Amazing
Spider-Man
Nos.659, 660, 662-665 (cover dates June, 2011- January, 2012).
Writers:
Dan Slott (ASM), Rick Remender, Christos Gage, and Fred Van Lente.
Artists:
Stefano Casselli, Humberto Ramos, Giuseppe Camuncolli, and others.
I
really, really cannot stand Humberto Ramos' artwork. It just
grates my nerves, with his fat, squared fingers and buck teeth on
everybody. This story arc as a whole was okay, and I would have liked
it better if Ramos wasn't the artist on the bulk of it. Dan Slott can
only do much when saddled with deadweight like Ramos.
I
did not, and will not, buy the Spider-Island Companion hardcover,
which collects all of the sidebar and crossover issues. While I'm
sure that it will flesh out many of the seemingly minor guest
appearances in the main arc, I refuse to support these types of
things any more. I often have buyers remorse and dump them on eBay
anyways, so I will save myself some time and money.
The
Remender penned Venom issues were interesting, and I am
curious about this run. I simply cannot afford to keep up with all of
these titles any more. I would gladly read (and review them) if
someone wants to loan them to me. Ha! I stopped counting my backlog
at 200 books a few months ago, and need to whittle that down before I
start gobbling up everything under the sun again.
The
OCD zone- Way to go, Marvel! After 27 Premiere Edition Hardcovers
collecting the last 121 issues of Amazing Spider-Man in a
consistent format, Marvel ups and changes formats to the oversized
hardcover for this arc. The dimensions of a Premiere Hardcover are 7.2 X 10.5
inches, while this oversized hardcover's dimensions are 8 X 11.2
inches. Now my bookshelves will be forever marred by this unfortunate
deviation, since they went right back to the Premiere
Hardcover format with the next book in the run. A pox upon you,
Marvel!
The
nice thing about the oversized hardcover format is that, over the
years, Marvel has managed to perfect it so that they lay reasonably
flat, even with glued binding. Not all OHCs have glued binding, but
this one does. This also has a nice paper stock.
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recent good work on their hardcovers. Don't do it for me, do it for
the children. Won't somebody please think of the children??
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