Blogs Tagged “Alien Costume Saga”
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Spider-view: “Treasures” (Alien Costume Saga: Epilogue)Louise Simonson provides one final glance into the "Alien Costume Saga" as she wraps up some plot points from her previous stories
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Spider-view: “‘Til Death Do Us Part” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 32)This inaugural issue ends the "Alien Costume Saga" on a high note, a fantastic "final" conflict between Spidey and the symbiote
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Spider-view: “The Spectacular Spider-Kid” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 31)A nice palate cleanser, this single story juggles certain elements neatly while fumbling some characterization
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Spider-view: “Breakin’!” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 30)A long-running subplot culiminates in fascinating fashion in this celebratory 100th issue of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man
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Spider-view: “Trade Secret” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 29)This standalone narrative wobbles in places, an interesting concept weighed down by mediocre execution
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Spider-view: “Spider on the Spot” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 28)As Milgrom builds towards issue 100, he follows a shaky path in a rather unbalanced penultimate issue
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Spider-view: “'Tis Better to Give” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 27)Marvel Team-Up comes to a bittersweet ending with a Spidey/X-Men pairing that successfully builds upon the past
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Spider-view: “The Scorpion Takes a Bride” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 26)Stan Lee's brief return to Spidey-dom is a celebratory blend of old and new
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Spider-view: “The Incandescent Man” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 25)Some crammed backstory and a forced moral hinder an issue that would otherwise spell an entertaining team-up
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Spider-view: “True Confessions” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 24)Al Milgrom's latest issue is a step backward for the writer, an unbalanced menagerie of events and faces
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Spider-view: “The Challenge of Hobgoblin” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 23)Tom DeFalco unleashes the Hobgoblin and deepens the mystery of one of Spidey's zaniest story arcs
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Spider-view: “Hermit-Age” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 22)Al Milgrom paints a relaxing standalone issue buoyed by subplots which compensate for a weak main narrative
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Spider-view: “All My Pasts Remembered” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 21)Tom DeFalco explores Mary Jane Watson's past in a genuinely engaging and deep issue
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Spider-view: “A Child Shall Lead Them” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 20)A fun, frantic Human Torch/Spidey team-up isn't burnt too badly by a less impactful Thor/Spidey pairing
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Spider-view: “The Final Answer” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 19/Cloak and Dagger, Part 7)With the alien costume seemingly gone, Al Mlgrom wraps up another plotline in an issue that reads better that some of his past work
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Spider-view: “The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man’s New Costume” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 18)Tom DeFalco reveals the alien costume's true nature in an issue filled with wit and wonder
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Spider-view: “Memory Lane” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 17)A fun standalone issue hones in on the hitherto unknown childhood years of one Aunt May
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Spider-view: “Hero Worship” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 16)This Marvel Team-Up issue tells a winning story about herosim without coming across as heavy-handed or preachy
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Spider-view: “The Collected Spider-Man” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 15)A frantic team-up tale holds only a small candle to a well-developed, surprisingly relatable backup narrative
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Spider-view: “Beware the Claws of Puma” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 14)New villains and new revelations await our stalwart hero as Tom DeFalco ratchets up the stakes
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Spider-view: “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘em Down at the Morgue After They’ve Seen N.Y.C.?” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 13/Cloak and Dagger, Part 6)Largely freed from the constraints of recent continuity, Al Milgrom crafts an engaging two-parter that sees his storytelling abilities at the forefront
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Spider-view: “Hometown Boy” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 12)A supervillain character study gets surprisingly deep in this one-off Spidey/Iron Man issue
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Spider-view: “My Sword I Lay Down” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 11)This standalone issue raises and explores some engaging questions, yet only scratches the surface in answering them
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Spider-view: “A Hot Time in the Old Morgue Tonight” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 10)Tension flits through this issue, some of it decently inserted, some of it misplaced, as Milgrom wrestles with the Spidey/Cat dyanmic of the series
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Spider-view: “Even a Ghost Can Fear the Night” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 9)Interwoven subplots take a back seat to a one-off filler issue that ends up being more fun than it appears at first glance
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Spider-view: “And the Answer Is…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 8)Al Milgrom's chronology might still be broken, but he works to make up for it with the addition of a great new villain
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Spider-view: “With Great Power…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 7)Spidey's most famous mantra powerfully hangs over him in this DeFalco/Leonardi issue
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Spider-view: “Foiled!” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 6)Good and poor characterizations abound in this David Michelinie two-parter, creating an unbalanced but entertaining tale
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Spider-view: “If It Wasn’t for Bad Luck…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 5)A well-told Spider-Man/Black Cat tale is hampered only by chronological inconsistencies
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Spider-view: “By Myself Betrayed” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 4)Tom DeFalco gives Peter, and readers, ideas to mull over even as a supposedly impactful revelation falls flat
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Spider-view: “Where, Oh, Where has My Spider-Man Gone?” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 3)This Secret Wars tie-in tells a fun tale about the Black Cat but suffers from some chronological and character issues
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Spider-view: “Blind Justice” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 2)"How" Christopher Priest crafts this team-up between Spidey and Daredevil ends up far outweighing "Why"
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Spider-View: “Homecoming” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 1)Our first look into the "Alien Costume Saga" displays promise for an entertaining premise