(This review may contain spoilers).
I watched the slightly older films of Spider-Man and I have to say, I was intrigued by a superhero whose ‘real’ life was that of a teenager. I’ve always been fascinated by the masked heroes – it’s the air of mystery.
I’ve never before been that interested in superhero comic books. When I saw this collection advertised, though, it was after I was getting interested in the films… so getting to know the original characters was too good an opportunity to pass up. So I signed up to get these books delivered to me.
It was really interesting to see these focal points to Peter Parker’s character. I liked seeing his origin as Spider-Man and I also found it interesting that he originally seemed unwilling to work with the other superheroes.
It was also fairly interesting to see glimpses of the other superheroes in the second comic contained in this book. I liked seeing Peter’s reactions to them. Some of his quips were amusing and I particularly liked the first Birthday comic – particularly the first scene. Then again, the last scene in the final Birthday comic was pretty emotional.
Although I didn’t know a lot of the characters who appeared in the comics, I found them really easy and quick to read. It was also good to see the thought processes behind the creation of Spider-Man. It was interesting that he was originally going to be scrapped.
I actually have Hawkeye’s issue to read, but it has to be fairly low on my list of to-read books, what with First-Reads giveaways and NetGalley.
Ink of Blood 