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The Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 4: Necessary Evil (2014)

by Dan Slott(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0785184732 (ISBN13: 9780785184737)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Marvel Comics

series

The Superior Spider-Man (Marvel NOW!)

review 1: The Otto as Spider-Man story continues and this time it's got the Spider-Man of 2099 along for the ride! Marvel has really been laying on the time travel/alternate reality stories lately, and it may have finally caught up with them. Or, at least, Spider-Man. The future is starting to break down and if Spider-Man 2099 doesn't do something about it, he will be erased from existence! Of course the only way to stop this is to travel back to the present, but things don't go to smoothly between him and Otto and it's time to fight, fight, fight! Later, Otto has his hands full dealing with his ex-girlfriend, Stunner, who wants to kill Spider-man because she thinks he is responsible for the death of the man she loves: Otto Octavius! (What, irony in a Spider-Man comic? Who would bel... moreieve it!)This series continues to impress me. I'm really enjoying it. I had not read Spider-Man for a long time because I just didn't like what was happening with the character, but this series has got me back into it big time. The writing and the art are all top notch. And I like how there is multiple subplots going on, but they don't get forgotten or stale out. We keep seeing the workings of the Green Goblin, we keep getting reminded of Charlie following the money trail. It's great to see a book with a lot going on being handled so well. I would say this book is definitely a must read for both Spidey fans, and Marvel fans.
review 2: Has anyone time traveled in a fictional story, EVER, and then returned to say, "That was, all in all, a good idea"?No.Time travel, we're lead to believe, never works out. Shit's disappearing, we decide to make evil robots that are not only killing us but designed to look like demon skeletons for good measure. The best outcome is that you come home horribly scarred because, sure, you did manage to avoid having sex with your own mom, but will you ever look at her the same after encountering her as a lustful teenager who is constantly trying to get your pants off? That's just not something you bounce back from.Hm. I'd never thought of it before, but 'Back To The Future' would have had a very different tone if Marty McFly were Martina McFly and her dad was trying to get all over her in the past. Just saying.And by the way, Back to the Future IV, Marty goes back in time, is a decent father to Biff Tannen, changing the bully's life around and turning him into a decent human being who becomes an insurance adjuster and a regular MVP in rec league softball.Am I the only person who, when offered the chance to time travel, will grab the nearest piece of furniture and use it to smash whatever weird time car or time door or whatever, whatever ridiculous way it's structured, am I the only one who would smash the goddamn thing to bits without ever stepping through? Seriously. At this point, I would think that EVERY comic book super hero would, upon seeing a time machine or even anything that looks kind of like it might be a time machine, smash it to absolute dust. Take my advice. As someone who has read a lot of comics and is not overly attracted to either of his parents. If you see a time machine, run at it, scream NOOOOOOOOO, and smash the shit out of it. Yes, some science nerd will be pissed. But what's he gonna do? Tell the police you wrecked his TIME MACHINE!? I think not. less

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