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Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six

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I have been waiting to read this book for a while. I wondered what was going to happen in this book, and I was waiting to see what questions from the first book were going to be answered. I definitely was not disappointed. The book answers some questions while raising others. Adam Troy-Castro is one of the best writers for the Spider-Man novels. He has the ability to mix strong action scenes with wonderful humor. There are several movie and television references in the book. I leave those up to you readers to discover. This book is a whirlwind of emotions. You experience humorous moments (when Mary-Jane kicks the tar out of the Chameleon) to moments of anxiety and despair. Adam Troy-Castro is really able to show the inner strength of Spider-Man and delves into his psyche. He also gives us some insight towards the end of why Jonah might obsess over Spider-Man. This was a fantastic book and I highly recommend it to any Spidey fan.

Finally we receive the second installment in the Sinster Six Trilogy. This novel furthers the story begun in THe Gathering of the Sinister Six. As might be expected, there are many fight scenes between Spidey and his enemies. Especially good to read is the day-long series of battles orchestrated by the Six to occupy Spidey and SAFE while a peculiar theft is committed.

Castro gives us an excellent read. He manages to capture the spirit of the comic book universe quite well, as good as any of the other Marvel Novel contributors.

Especially interesting is the search Peter Parker undertakes to verify the possibility of his having a long-lost older sister. The reader is led to believe that she is in league with the Six (being, in fact, their sixth member) via association with the man who killed Peter's parents and psychologically dominates her. This so-called Gentleman is a nice addition to the rogues' gallery of Spidey foes.

I really enjoyed this book, and for any Spider-man fan it should not disappoint. There is my standard complaint that the events in the novels do not affect the course of action in the comic books, but there will always be such discrepancies. Happy reading!

It was a very good book. After the first one, I had some questions, but the 2'nd one answered them, for the most part. An overall great book!

A mysterious figure known only as The Gentleman gathers together Doc Ock, Mysterio, The Vulture, Electro and The Chameleon to form the Sinister Six. The sixth member is Pity, The Gentleman's mentally troubled, but no less lethal, henchperson. The true plan is for four of the Six to keep Spidey busy, while the other two conduct a robbery of a sort.

As entertaining as Revenge of the Sinister Six is (and boy do they get their revenge on poor Spidey), the book is hampered by some flaws. One, it is overwritten and reads as rather talky at times. Two, there are numerous errors sprinkled throughout the BP paperback edition, the proofing was quite poor. Three, there are several pop culture injokes that detract from the story, rather than enhance it.

Those problems aside, fans of Spider-Man will no doubt enjoy the two hundred page slugfest that is the Sinister Six's Day of Terror.

From www.DeCandido.Net

Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six by Adam-Troy Castro Quite simply, the best Spider-Man novel ever written. Adam wrote "The Stalking of John Doe" in Untold Tales of Spider-Man, which is one of the ten best Spidey stories ever, and he doesn't disappoint with his first novel-length tale, which is the best use of Mysterio I've ever seen (certainly better than Kevin Smith's overrated twaddle in the Daredevil comic). Adam does right what every Spidey comic lately has done wrong. The rest of this trilogy will be published in 2001 by BP Books, and you should definitely keep an eye out for it. I can't recommend this book strongly enough.

First of all: if you are a spidey fan, GET THIS BOOK! It is part 2 of 3-part series by Adam-Troy Castro. #1 is 'Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six' and I'm not sure what #3 is called...

But, anyway! This is a great book! Castro really explains Spidey well from his corny jokes to his stressful day in this book. There can really funny parts in this book, like when MJ is beating up Chamealon or when Spidey is fighting Doc Ock and he is saying that Doc Ock's sayings are getting old... Also, there can be sad parts, like in one of the last chapters in the book, when he finally "rescues" the hostages at the Daily Bugle.

So, I recommend this book to every Spidey fan that's out there! GET THIS BOOK! It's great, it's awesome....

That's all I have to say, so....

C YA!

This book has not been published, is not available anywhere, and may never see print. What is the other reviewer talking about?!?

Truly, an amazing book. The author is a genius at developing every character and leaving no one out. In this book, I truly enjoyed his portrayal of Electro and Pity's relationship. As you know, none of my reviews are very long, so I'll end there. Amazing!

This was a great book The author did a great job of describing the characters and setting. The vision you get when you read it is great and the fighting makes you feel like your right next to Spider-Man fighting along with him. This is a great book for anyone. But would mosly be liked by Spidey fans and comic lovers. And...thats it!:-)

I believe that Mr. Castro has brought to paper one of the better tales of our world-famous wallcrawler. And to boot Parker has his hands full with family issues, major ones that he didn't even know existed, until now. Toss in Parker's deadliest and most methodical miscreants, (okay except for Venom), and you have a sure winner.