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Great beginning

ByDarbyon October 1, 2016

I grew up with the amazing Spider-Man cartoon in the 90's and have read a few spidey comics in the past. This was a great book and kept me interested. I'm now starting volume 2.

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A poor start to a brand new day

Bysubsidingboom92on September 11, 2014

Let's ignore the fact that I absolutely despise One More Day and everything it did to Spider-Man's progress as a character. Just for a moment. No, I can't, this automatically loses some points already.

While a few of the story ideas in this volume are a bit cool, several explanations for how OMD did things like bringing Harry back are not explained soon enough. That or the explanations are really stupid, and could easily have happened without OMD.
Steve McNiven draws the first three issues, but for some reason, they are weaker than anything I've ever seen him do. It's messy and unnecessarily cluttered.

It should be noted that the paperback edition includes the FCBD Swing Shift issue, and has the correct covers before each issue. For some godforsaken reason, the Kindle edition doesn't have the FCBD issue, and all the issues in the volume are preceded by the cover to issue 551, making it very difficult to keep track of your progress.

The one positive is Salvador Larocca draws the last three issues, so they are of course gorgeously done. And Jonah gets some comeuppance for being a cheapskate bastard all these years.
If you buy this book, be ready for disappointment.

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A poor start to a brand new day

Bysubsidingboom92on September 11, 2014

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Average at best

ByAlexon December 24, 2014

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I was iffy about the whole "One More Day" shtick that Marvel was trying to pull, but I still wanted to give this a try. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. If you're a Spidey fan, give this a shot.

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Great beginning

ByDarbyon October 1, 2016

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I grew up with the amazing Spider-Man cartoon in the 90's and have read a few spidey comics in the past. This was a great book and kept me interested. I'm now starting volume 2.

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It's OK

ByRobert Aon May 15, 2010

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This is a good book for the Spider-Man fans. I wouldn't consider it great. The storytelling can get sloppy at times. I like the art but it's not my favorite style. The people tend to look kind of rubbery in the face. But the action shots work well. I like the fact that this storyline is trying to take Spidey back to the roots with the dynamics that Stan Lee started years ago. I'd like to see them tighten up the writing though.