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Amazing Spider-Girl Vol. 1: Whatever Happened to the Daughter of Spider-Man? (v. 1)

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Spiderman, Batman all brought down to scale for little boys. Yet, nothing for little girls but, princesses. Well, when your little girl is not into princesses not cool. This is a great comic - but for older 9+. I have chosen to read and relay the story in a different context for my 4 year old. Retailers get a clue and market Alicia from Diego and Super Girl heroes for Pre-k! You are missing out on a market.

I grew up with comics and I wanted to get my daughter's involved with my passion. My girls now love spider girl comics.

Spider-Girl is one of the best thought heroines of the new batch imagined by marvel authors.

It has the power to enrapture new audiences (especially, but not exclusively, young female teenagers), but also the old guard (such as myself). Combining the old characters that grew older like Peter Parker or Felicia Hardy with an entire new generation, it brings credibility to the story arch, a sense of continuity and a great adaptation to modern audiences.

Heroes get involved in reality shows; data, empathy and crunching numbers is frequently more important than punching criminals. Even foes are smarter and acting more cautiously (and usually through henchman). Welcome to the XXI century!

This first volume of the new Spider-Girl series, compiles the six first issues plus the promotional number zero. It has a great summary of the former series showing the main events that previously occurred through the entries on May's journal.

In this sequence of stories, the main theme is responsibility. But you will also find school politics, criminal power struggles, nobleness of hearts (even in those that consider themselves lost) and lots of funny one liner's!

Very good job by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz.

I hate Marvel Comics. Let me explain. I was a Marvel kid growing up. I hate what Marvel has become in the 21st Century. I've been so turned off my Marvel's treatment of their characters that I was unwilling to even give Spider-Girl a shot...even though two of my favorite creative talents (Frenz and DeFalco) are in charge of the stories and despite numerous recommendations. I finally decided to give it a try. I picked up this volume thinking it was the very beginning of the adventures of the daughter of Spider-Man. Soon I realized I had missed 100+ previous issues! It didn't matter! Frenz and DeFalco did a masterful job introducing me to their character. I didn't feel like I had missed a thing but I'm certainly looking forward to tracking down all those previous comics I missed! Sorry it took me so long!

After 100 single issues, Marvel decides to finally cancel Spider-girl, because she reached the height that no other Marvel female with a solo title has reach.

However a few months later she return under a new name, The Amazing Spider-girl. Along side her creators, Former Amazing Spider-man team Tom Defalco and Ron Frenz, we see new adventures for the daughter of Spider-man.

Like all Spider-man tales, we first see our heroine once again quiting her superhero business in order to gain a much better effort in her life. However, when threats like the Hobgoblin comes in an tries to attack Spider-girl's friends, it the only reason she needs to return to costume once more.

For anyone who loves a good old fashion old school Storyline with a bit of a modern-day twist or two, then this is the book for you.