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The art was stiff and overly muddy and dark too. Glad I got this one from the library and didn't pay for it. Oct 02, Peter Derk rated it really liked it. Well, I managed to clear a room of four women talking about this. So that's a sign regarding how fanboyish I just might be and how much I enjoyed this one. I give this book eight women out of the room of eight, I guess.
Are we going here? Why don't women like comics?
This is being general, cutting a wide swath. I know there are many lady comic book fans, many of whom are a lot more rabid than I am. So the weakness of what I'm saying is the lack of scientific, large-scale proof. So if you'd like to disagree with the assertion here, feel free, but understand that what we'll be talking about is my personal experience. I'm a fan of comics, and I've never dated anyone who has been a fan of comics.
I've never had a close female friend who brought up a comic book to me that I'd not read or heard about. I've never talked to a woman at a gathering and found that we both love comics. In fact, let's just put some emphasis right there. If you set up a male friend on a date with someone you knew, and when you asked how it went he said, "Well, I talked about Spider-Man for a while I think that cringe reaction is what I'm getting at here.
Now, maybe I just don't have interactions with the ladies who are huge comic fans.
They don't seem to be in my circles of friends and acquaintances. Not even my Google Plus circles of friends. I got really excited about categorizing my circles, you guys. May have gone overboard in terms of specificity. It could be me. This wouldn't be the first theory of why I'm less popular with women. Not to mention that making sweeping statements about the differences between men and women is traditionally not a shortcut to popularity with the opposite sex. I guess what I'm getting at here is not really a statement about women not liking comics.
But I can't ask the question before saying that I think women don't like comics. So I'll say it, but mostly in service of asking the question. If you DO like comics, let me know. I hope you don't feel attacked.
I don't mean to sideline anybody here. It's just an actual question I have. If you don't like comics, just tell me what it is about them that turns you off. I'm not going to argue with you. It's not my goal to convince you to like something. I'm just genuinely curious. And it's okay to not like comics in a general way. You don't have to be actively hating them or anything. If you're a reader who just doesn't really pick them up, well, I'm curious about that too. If you disagree with the entire premise, that's cool too. View all 3 comments. Jan 16, Mike rated it really liked it Shelves: The previous five trades form the "cohesive" lead-in story, The Gauntlet.
I have read three of the five, and they didn't seem to tie together particularly much: Spider-Man faced an all star assortment of villains, but the relation of the encounters and the manipulations behind them was sparse and somewhat flimsy seemingly due to trying to keep it mostly my This trade collects material from Web of Spider-Man 7 and Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Man faced an all star assortment of villains, but the relation of the encounters and the manipulations behind them was sparse and somewhat flimsy seemingly due to trying to keep it mostly mysterious foreshadowing.
Still, the individual stories themselves were good and left me interested in the pay-off, this trade's titular "The Grim Hunt" story. We open with some side stories containing background about the Kravinoff's, then into the main event pitting the combined hunters against the Spiders: DeMatteis Kraven's Last Hunt. Kraven is a favorite character of mine and I went into this hesitant about how his legacy would be treated. For the most part I was pleasantly surprised. The Grim Hunt isn't the next coming of Kraven's Last Hunt, but it has the right atmosphere and is a solid, tense read.
If like me you're not caught up on the Spider-Man universe of the time there will be a lot of unfamiliar supporting characters, but it isn't too hard to pick up on the important stuff. Honestly reading The Gauntlet trades before isn't necessary at all.
Although again they are pretty good on their own. Hunting the Hunter tries a little too hard to capture DeMatteis' previous magic with the character, but is decent.
"The Gauntlet" and "Grim Hunt" are – storylines published by Marvel Comics. Despite . Grim Hunt. Spider-Man: Grim Hunt (collects The Amazing Spider-Man # and Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #7 and Grim Hunt: Prologue. Several years ago, one of Spider-Man's greatest enemies, Kraven the Hunter, stalked his last prey, dying with a violent, misbegotten honor. Now, two women.
Overall a better than expected revisit to the more primal and mystical side of Spidey's mythos. Jan 01, Doug rated it it was ok. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So I kind of got an understanding of what Alan Moore and Grant Morrison to some extent are talking about when they say that the comic book medium is killing itself off by regurgitating old ideas with this story.
I don't want to get too spoiler heavy, though I'll probably mark this review as a spoiler filled review to be on the safe side, but wow, this is easily my least favorite story-arc of the Webhead era of Spider-Man. Characters acting out of, well, character? Inconsistent art due to So I kind of got an understanding of what Alan Moore and Grant Morrison to some extent are talking about when they say that the comic book medium is killing itself off by regurgitating old ideas with this story.
Inconsistent art due to multiple artists, sometimes within the same issue? Above all, really lazy storytelling. I love Spider-Man, he's easily my favorite comic book character and I'm really forgiving when it comes to reading his work, I'll love stuff that most readers would think is terrible, like the infamous Clone Saga.
This was a fresh opportunity for them to do something really interesting with the Kravinoff's and instead, they, well, regurgitated old ideas and in the process, lessened the impact of an older story. Is that story still out there and you can read it still and enjoy it? Sure, but that's kind of besides the point.
Not to mention, having dipped my toes into Dan Slott's standalone Spidey Spider Island, which was GREAT , I know that some of the major events that take place on this book, don't even last all that long, which even further lessens the impact of this story. Then the major event that happens in this arc, seems to have happened just to, well, have happened. I hope it was done with the future in mind, the pieces for Slott's run are seemingly being put into place at this point of the Webheads run on the book and I'm sure if Slott was to have something planned for, that character, it would be something interesting.
I hope it was not for nothing. Oct 04, Marko rated it liked it. Kraven's Last Hunt was one of the most memorable pieces of Spidey history when it came out. Spidey was shot and buried and Kraven the Hunter wanted to take his place in an attempt to prove that he was better than Spidey. After he had done that to his own satisfaction, he ended his own life by sucking on a gun barrel. Let a few years pass no one really knows how many, given the strange slow ageing factor of superheroes and Kraven's pretty insane wife and crazy daughter come up with a wacky plan Kraven's Last Hunt was one of the most memorable pieces of Spidey history when it came out.
They have captured Madame Web apparently kind of a Spider-themed wise woman and force her to cooperate with her in order to track down all Spiders one by one. Much death and misery follows and even Spider-Man's clone, Kaine, gets mixed up in the story. In the death and misery department, the story is the equal to the Last Hunt in many ways, but the motivations of the various characters seem to fluctuate a bit too much, making the story uneven.
Some more editing might have evened out the worst problems. Still, very much worth a read if you have missed Kraven all these years. Some parts of it were reminiscent of a future storyline called "Spider-Verse," in that "The Grim Hunt" depicts a team of people hunting down all of the spider-themed superheroes. Kaine comes back to help Peter, and as a fan of the 's "Clone Saga," I loved seeing him in action.
Kaine actually gets quite a bit of exposure in this volume because every issue of "Amazing Spider-Man" in this collection had the main story, then a back-up story. The back-up story was about an encounter that Kaine and Kraven had in the past. Having read a lot of what comes after this in future Spider-Man stories, this story does have implications that will effect the status quo of Spider-Man's world for a long time to come.
Nov 30, Khairul Hezry rated it did not like it Shelves: I'm officially dropping Spider-Man. The Gauntlet sounded good but execution was shoddy with some stories just okay at best. And the Gauntlet storyline was supposed to lead to this, the Grim Hunt. What is the Grim Hunt? They brought back Kraven the Hunter who shot his head off about 30 years ago after successfully or so he thought killing our friendly neighbourhood wall-crawler.
It's all about the return of Kraven. Overall the Brand New Day stories have been mos Okay, that's it. Overall the Brand New Day stories have been mostly good with a few clunkers, this being one of the clunkers. I'm not going to continue reading Spidey because I heard the next big storyline is how Marvel retconned the One More Day retcon. I'm outta here Marvel. Fans de los autores y de los personajes. May 18, John rated it liked it. If they hadn't built up to this for nearly 75 issues, if I actually gave a crap about the other "spiders", I would have given this four stars.
But as the culmination of the gauntlet arc and threads laid down since Brand New Daybegan, it was I did enjoy Ezekiel and the more mystical totemic aspects of Peter's powers being involved, and proof that the writers have actually read J Mike's run and didn't stop reading spidey in the late 90s although writing a Kraven's Last Hunt follow up is If they hadn't built up to this for nearly 75 issues, if I actually gave a crap about the other "spiders", I would have given this four stars. I did enjoy Ezekiel and the more mystical totemic aspects of Peter's powers being involved, and proof that the writers have actually read J Mike's run and didn't stop reading spidey in the late 90s although writing a Kraven's Last Hunt follow up is about as 90s as it gets.
Also, another dark set of issues,with more to come. Looking forward to a bit of fun after One Moment in Time. Jul 16, Shannon Appelcline rated it it was amazing Shelves: Van Lente's backstory on Ms. And that whole bunch of introduction at the start of this book actually kept me from reading it for a bit, as it looked like the meat was missing. Fortunately, the actual Grim Hunt story is quite good, with a great payoff for the exceedingly long Gauntlet Van Lente's backstory on Ms.
Fortunately, the actual Grim Hunt story is quite good, with a great payoff for the exceedingly long Gauntlet story. Aug 31, Reanne rated it really liked it. This was definitely pretty grim for a Spider-man story, but I liked it pretty well anyway. It was cool seeing all the different spider-people, even though I didn't know who most of them were.
It was definitely not necessary to read the Gauntlet stories that precede this. The art was pretty good, too. Not my favorite comic artwork I've seen, but the quality was pretty good aside from a few parts where it was a little unclear , and it mostly fit the mood of the story. This makes me want to find o This was definitely pretty grim for a Spider-man story, but I liked it pretty well anyway. This makes me want to find out a little bit more about Kaine and the other spider-people.
Aug 24, Thomas rated it really liked it. I felt some of the stories in "The Gauntlet" series that led up to this were far stronger and did more for the classic villains they brought back then this did for the Kravens. I also felt things go too convoluted and long with each issue being 40 pages or more and having a flashback story running at the same time. It was nice to see a bunch of "spiders" all working together and there is some critical character moments in the final issue as things get wrapped up.
Jul 03, Paul Hasbrouck rated it it was ok Shelves: Spider-Man goes after the cause of all his misery-The Kraven Family and a old foe is back yawn! A poor and a waste of time story. Aug 05, Chris rated it really liked it Shelves: I really loved the inclusion of the 'hunting spiders' theme because, even though it turned out to be a trick against spider-man, I do feel that he is in tune with the spider totem when it comes to the mysticism of the marvel universe.
However I hate the use of clones as plot devices and this collection lost a star for that reason. May 19, Geonessary rated it really liked it. Art was better than its been for most of The Gauntlet, so that was nice. I don't see why there were 5 volumes leading up to this. Yeah it was intense at times and a cool story, but the majority of "The Gauntlet" didn't play in to this. There were essentially two short scenes that seemed to tie in to it. Overall a really good read and finale to that story. Aug 22, Eric Mikols rated it liked it Shelves: Kraven was best left dead but I'm willing to work with the end setup of this story.
The rest of it was a bit more violent and dark than I like in my Spider-Man. Which is odd, because I really liked the Lizard story in the previous volume. Jun 28, Sam rated it did not like it. So far, I've liked or loved every Spider-Man I've read. But this one, not so much. I don't care about Kaine, or Kraven, or any of the Kraven family. Ready to get back to the focus being on Peter Parker. The storyline received generally positive reviews. The story features many old Spider-Man villains: The Gauntlet is basically the over-arching theme of the Spidey stores starting in November.
It's built of individual stories bring back Spidey's classic enemies. So it's not some part story, where you're going to see "The Gauntlet Part 7" and "Part 8" and so on. What it is is sort of a branding for the level of conflict building in Spider-Man's life. The classic villains returning one after the other, but they're not necessarily working together.
There's not some secret mastermind behind it all, bringing them all together. The fact that it's so relentless and that these battles and fights build throughout several months is going to have a cost for Peter Parker, and perhaps someone is going to take advantage of that. The story is collected in individual volumes:. This occurs when Spider-Man is fighting a female version of the Stilt-Man. In The Amazing Spider-Man through , titled "Power to the People", Electro 's powers are deteriorating and he has been left in ruin by the stock market.
Seeing that Dexter Bennett has secured a bailout from the federal government to save the Daily Bugle , he starts a public and social media movement to turn the people of New York against Dexter Bennett and the New York Stock Exchange for their greed. Because of this, Electro is believed to be a hero to the people of New York and, when Spider-Man tries to fight him, they turn against him. Electro has been offered a very expensive cure for his declining health by the Mad Thinker , but is unable to pay for it.
To get the money for the cure, he makes a deal with Dexter Bennett in exchange for calling off the campaign against him.
The Mad Thinker attempts to cure Electro, turning him into an artificial electrical thunderbolt, but Spider-Man intervenes. Electro uses this power to betray Bennett. Spider-Man eventually defeats him, but not before Bennett is crippled by falling debris and the Daily Bugle is destroyed.
Electro is then shown in the epilogue running into Sasha Kravinoff and the Chameleon in his new jail cell. Someone manages to steal three top secret files about the three murders. Spider-Man traces the murderer to Governor's Island, where he finds Keemia. The Sandman is revealed to be on the island and he proclaims himself as Keemia's father. In the very next issue, a few of the copies of Sandman, after confronting Spider-Man, confess that they are the actual killer of the mother and two others.
Sandman, shocked that his own duplicates could free themselves from his control, begins battling his other duplicates. Spider-Man then obliterates Sandman with a fan, and gets back to Manhattan with Keemia. Keemia is then taken into foster care against her and Peter's will. However, Aleksei no longer has his Rhino suit and is living with his new wife, Oksana. Meanwhile, Peter begins working full-time at the Front Line and on his first story the new Rhino attacks Aleksei. Spider-Man fights the new Rhino to protect Aleksei and is defeated.
He later meets up with Aleksei, who managed to get away and convinces him not to put his Rhino suit back on. In The Amazing Spider-Man through , titled "Mysterioso", the issues reveal that the Maggia is on the brink of destruction due to the loss of Silvermane during his gang's shoot-out against Owl 's gang, Bruno Karnelli's bad leadership, and fighting with Mister Negative , as well as Hammerhead siding with him.
The Maggia hires Mysterio to help them get out of their problems, but he accepts only to serve his purposes. In a fight between the Maggia, Mister Negative, and Spider-Man, most of the Maggia die and Mysterio loses all of the money he gained through this endeavor. Afterwards, Mysterio is approached by Chameleon disguised as Jean DeWolff who tells Mysterio that he has some friends that are "dying to meet him. In The Amazing Spider-Man , titled "It is the Life", Spider-Man discovers that Morbius was behind the theft of his blood and was using to it to try to find a cure for the zombie virus that has infected Jack Russell.
Spider-Man volunteers to give him more blood. It shows Flash Thompson dealing with the five stages of grief for losing his legs [55] during the Iraq War. He wants revenge on the person who turned him into a monster, and he is told that J. Jonah Jameson did this to him. The mob starts pulling up fake claims that Jameson had created the new Vulture and the media gets a hold of it. Spider-Man finds out and arrives at City Hall just in time to save Jameson. The Vulture manages to escape when Spider-Man runs out of web fluid.
The Vulture learns the truth about Jameson and the mob and attacks the gangsters. Meanwhile, Peter decides to edit a photo to prove Jameson's innocence. However, Jameson reveals that the photo is a fake and fires Peter in public, who ends up running out of City Hall. Peter wonders how things could get worse for him as the Vulture flies overhead. Aleksei, the original Rhino, and his wife try to go into hiding in protective custody , but the new Rhino attacks the vehicle taking them to a safehouse and Oksana is killed.
Aleksei is so enraged by this he redons his old Rhino suit and fights the new Rhino. Spider-Man tries to stop all of this from happening, but he fails. In the end, the old Rhino kills the new Rhino. Sasha Kravinoff hires her to steal Mac Gargan 's original Scorpion costume from the Hood , who plans to award it to the low-level crook that impresses him after receiving the Scorpion costume from Norman Osborn.
The Scorpion stings Spider-Man and he temporarily loses his powers. Meanwhile, Michelle Gonzalez arrives to the ensuing fight to stop the man she was defending in court to ruin his second chance.
Losing interest in this series but I'll continue and get to Slotts run. If they hadn't built up to this for nearly 75 issues, if I actually gave a crap about the other "spiders", I would have given this four stars. View all 12 comments. So I'll say it, but mostly in service of asking the question. The main villain, "The Hood", didn't seem all that powerful or interesting, and Spidey didn't seem to have much to do.
Peter saves her, then changes into Spider-Man now that his powers are back. He saves Scorpion from the Hood and she manages to deliver the suit. When Peter gets back to his and Michelle's apartment, the two agree to a truce. Captain Universe instead tries to kill the Juggernaut and Spider-Man gets involved trying to save the Juggernaut's life.