Spider-Man Noir GN-TPB
The year is 1933, and New York City is not-so-secretly run by corrupt politicians, crooked cops, big businesses and suave gangland bosses like New York’s worst, the Goblin. But when a fateful spider-bite gives the young rabble-rouser Peter Parker the power to fight the mobster who killed his Uncle Ben, will even that be enough?
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Spiderman Noir, Good story, bad book,
Hello and please forgive any spelling mistakes as i am terribly dyslexic!
I have read this spiderman noir book and i must say that i did enjoy it. I thought it was a very interesting idea to set something in a different time period. Comic books in many ways are like modern day shakespeare. They are timeless tales that can be set anywhere, any time, any location and the core of the thing always remains.
I love gangster and noir anyway so to see spiderman in this time was a great joy. I loved how the characters translated and how it touched on the issues of the time, which in many ways relate to our own predicaments right now in 2011. I thought the characters worked and although i did want to see a bit more of a final duel i was impressed in how they taylored the villains into freaks and gansters.
I did however leave this book wanting more. i think they could have expanded on the story even more so. I think the characters could have been given a bit more leeway and i did want more form them, especially the goblin and his history. However this was in some ways good as it made me go out and by the “face without eyes” book which was even better than this one. Spider-Man Noir: Eyes without a Face
HOWEVER my main problem with this product is that round about chapter TWO which is about 25 pages in the book started to fall apart, literally!!! The pages started to fall out like i was tearing them from a notebook. i got a replacment book TODAY and the same thing happened. I would therefore advise that if anyway is thinking of buying this paperback book to check those pages carefully or even email the seller before you buy to make sure you don’t suffer the same sting i did. It is not the fault of Amazon however, its the books that are dodgey so please beware. I’m not saying they all are but certainly the ones i have had. Its like it comes apart at the spine like its not fixed in properly.
All in all, good story but bad book!
Harry Dyer
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|Excellent,
While initially you may think that Spider-man is not suited to the noir style, his character has been altered just enough to make him a believable protagonist. The story is very well written and the artwork really matches the style of the storytelling. This is a darker universe with a less sympathetic hero and it is interesting to see well known marvel characters re-purposed, yet familiar at the same time. My only disappointment was that the story was fairly short, as I managed to finish it within an evening, but none of the story elements felt “rushed” – all the main character introductions and back-story were dealt with in the first “issue” leaving room for the story to develop over the course of the 4 issue run.
As for the physical book itself, it was slightly smaller than I expected (the book is approximately A5), although I’m not sure if there is a size difference between the paperback and hardback editions – I imagine there would be. It really doesn’t matter though; either way your getting a quality graphic novel, one of the best I’ve ever read anyway. I don’t know when the second book “eyes without a face” is released, but I would still recommend reading this now rather than waiting to buy both together – because the story is fairly self-contained and doesn’t necessarily scream “sequel”, so you don’t need to worry about any cliffhanger endings.
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|Great readaptation,
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As a whole, I really enjoyed Spiderman Noir. I felt that the re imagining of the character worked pretty well as it remained loyal to the mian aspects that make the character great. Furthermore, I enjoyed the depiction of Norman Osborn and felt the character blended in brilliantly with the Noir 30’s background. In my opinion, this re imaging of the Goblin is superior to the Ultimate version as again it seemed to remain more loyal to the original text. The Other character that I particualrly liked was the new version of the Black Cat. Again, like Osborn the re imagined version fit the character and the time like a glove.
My only complaint with Spiderman Noir was the end as unlike the rest of the series, I did not think that it remained loyal to the original source material as to what the character would have done in that situation. Apart from that though , I thoroughly enjoyable read and I definitely suggest it to anyone that likes the Marvel universe and film noir. I hope that these mini series will spawn into full time books as I believe that this is the best work that Marvel is producing at the moment as well as the book having so much more potential if allowed to continue.
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