Blogs Tagged “Marvel Team-Up”

• (Strand)om Stories: Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection Review—Nathan, 08.30.2023
  This volume starts strong before struggling through a messy middle, concluding powerfully as it focuses on a cyborg assassin who was once a man
• (Strand)om Stories: Iron Fist Epic Collection: The Fury of Iron Fist Review—Nathan, 07.11.2021
  This tome is more significant than it appears, introducing a powerful hero in some genuinely gripping narratives
• Spider-view: “'Tis Better to Give” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 27)—Nathan, 01.01.2021
  Marvel Team-Up comes to a bittersweet ending with a Spidey/X-Men pairing that successfully builds upon the past
• (Strand)om Stories: Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection Review—Nathan, 12.30.2020
  An entire collection focused on John Jameson's alter ego can be wonky at times but is ultimately more satisfying than disappointing
• Spider-view: “The Incandescent Man” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 25)—Nathan, 12.21.2020
  Some crammed backstory and a forced moral hinder an issue that would otherwise spell an entertaining team-up
• Spider-view: “A Child Shall Lead Them” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 20)—Nathan, 12.07.2020
  A fun, frantic Human Torch/Spidey team-up isn't burnt too badly by a less impactful Thor/Spidey pairing
• Spider-view: “Hero Worship” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 16)—Nathan, 11.27.2020
  This Marvel Team-Up issue tells a winning story about herosim without coming across as heavy-handed or preachy
• Spider-view: “The Collected Spider-Man” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 15)—Nathan, 11.10.2020
  A frantic team-up tale holds only a small candle to a well-developed, surprisingly relatable backup narrative
• Spider-view: “Hometown Boy” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 12)—Nathan, 10.23.2020
  A supervillain character study gets surprisingly deep in this one-off Spidey/Iron Man issue
• Spider-view: “My Sword I Lay Down” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 11)—Nathan, 10.18.2020
  This standalone issue raises and explores some engaging questions, yet only scratches the surface in answering them
• Spider-view: “Foiled!” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 6)—Nathan, 09.08.2020
  Good and poor characterizations abound in this David Michelinie two-parter, creating an unbalanced but entertaining tale
• Spider-view: “Blind Justice” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 2)—Nathan, 07.28.2020
  "How" Christopher Priest crafts this team-up between Spidey and Daredevil ends up far outweighing "Why"
• Spider-view: “The Hunters and the Hunted” (Cloak and Dagger, Part 5)—Nathan, 06.22.2020
  Founded on familiarity, this Marvel Team-Up annual nonetheless dovetails nicely with Cloak and Dagger's limited series