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Title: Spider-Man: Blue by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale ISBN: 0-7851-1062-3 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Blue is right...
Comment: Being a fan of the Loeb/Sale team (I was swtiched on after Long Halloween), I was naturally excited to find out they were doing their own take on Spidey. After all, they had done a great job with Superman and Batman, so the Marvel icon should be a great read too right? Well...
The artwork was amazing, as usual, Tim Sale adds his own flavor in creating a very 60's pop art feel to Spidey Blue. Sale has always delivered top-notch American artistry to his comics. Loeb's exposition is smartly written, but then the book lacks that universal appeal that would grab readers almost immediately. Inasmuch as the aim is to bring out Pete's blues over Gwen's death, Loeb fails to focus on the actual death for any first-time reader to understand what happened. It would have been interesting to see how Jeph Loeb would approach this milestone moment of Marvel Comics. In the end, it made me feel pretty blue...
Rating: 3
Summary: Emotional without the Emotions
Comment: I, for one, cannot understand what is going on with Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. After being a part of some of the best stories to ever be written and illustrated, their work has become stale with no magic to them. It seems that this is mainly seen when they came to work for Marvel projects. It's not caused by the fact that the characters are not colorful or interesting, it's more along the lines of what premises of these characters life Loeb wants to delve upon. This started with Daredevil: Yellow and continues with Spider-Man: Blue.
The story begins with a Peter Parker talking to a handheld recorder and recalling the past, mainly his life with Gwen Stacy. Though this story is a sure tear-jerker, but it has been played over and over by many books out there and I have to admit, some were even better than this latest offering. I cannot think of what this latest addition provides for the Spider-Man mythos. We know that Peter loved Gwen. OK, now what? Nothing. I truly wanted to feel more with this book. I wanted it to touch me and make me think of how bad it can be to lose a person you love, but Loeb doesn't deal with that much. All he and Sale are interested in is showcasing as much of Spidey's rogue's gallery as possible. Something that might have worked successfully in Batman's books, but not here and not with the focus he had in mind.
I have to admit though, Sale's art is really great. I think he captured the essence of characters really well. He draws a beautiful Gwen and an attractive Mary Jane, but you still cannot beat the magic of John Romita. I'm impressed that he doesn't have that ghastly long faces that he had with his Batman characters. Sale worked his magic to its best and carried the story further.
When the book was coming, Loeb swore that the Blue was the premise and not a color theme that Marvel was working on when DD: Yellow came out. With the same team working on the upcoming Hulk: Gray, it makes you think who was speaking the truth here.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best single volume Spidey stories ever!
Comment: Jeph Loeb crafts a brilliant retelling of a story originally created by Stan Lee, when he was at his storytelling best. Peter Parker, the classic beautiful loser, has two stunningly beautiful women infatuated with him, and he must somehow make a decision that won't cause him to lose any friends. In this deceptively simple story, Peter Parker struggles with many difficult questions. Is there only one true love? Is it possible to love more than once?
After seeing Tim Sale's recreation of the Batman villains (in The Long Halloween), I was eager to see what he did with the second greatest rogues gallery in comics, and I loved his versions of the Green Goblin, the Lizard, the Vulture, Kraven and others, as well as his glamorous representations of Gwen and MJ. It was a brilliant homage to the definative Spider-Man artist, John Romita Sr.
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Title: Daredevil: Yellow by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale ISBN: 0785109692 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Batman: Hush Vol. 2 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams ISBN: 1401200842 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Batman : Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale ISBN: 1563898683 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Superman for All Seasons by Jeph Loeb ISBN: 1563895285 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: New X-Men Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus by Grant Morrison, Chris Bachalo, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 0785111190 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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