Comic Book Review: Spider-Man #3 - Marvel Comics (2016)

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Sara Pichelli

Miles Morales is having a tough time keeping his grades up and being Spider-Man at the same time.  His mother is concerned and brings in her mother to help straighten out young Miles.  Only Miles' father knows the Spider-Man secret so he does not share the same level of concern and is not happy with Grandma's methods.  We also get a cameo from Ms. Marvel and we find out more of how Black Cat feels about the new Spider-Man swinging around town.

Issue number three continues to paint the picture that Miles Morales is a teenager having a tough time dealing with being an adolescent and a superhero at the same time.  Most of this book is devoted to this notion.  I'm hoping Black Cat gets things going pretty quick as I'm looking forward to Spider-Man facing a foe rather than just being a teen and reading attempts at teen talk(does anyone really say totes in seriousness?).

Sara Pichelli is a wonderful artist.  There wasn't much action in this book but there were plenty of emotions and she was able to have the characters show that emotion through their faces and body language.

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Comic Book Review: Spider-Man #2 - Marvel Comics (2016)

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Sara Pichelli
Colors by Justin Ponsor

Spider-Man comes face to face with Spider-Man.  Miles Morales and Peter Parker have a talk about Miles' being Spider-Man and what he needs to watch out for after and even during a battle.  The Demon known as Blackheart left the battle after a venom shot from Morales' Spider-Man but returns in this issue to get revenge on the younger Spidey.

I am enjoying this series so far.  It comes out that under the costume, Spider-Man is a person of "color."  I liked that Miles Morales had a "why should that matter" type of attitude.  I also liked the tease of the next possible villain towards the end of the book.

Sara Pichelli and Justin Ponsor team up to put together some wonderful artwork.  Spider-Man is #2 looks fantastic and every page flows well.  It had to be fun drawing the Avengers, Blackheart and all those Spider-Man action shots.

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Comic Book Review: Spider-Man #1 - Marvel Comics (2016)

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Sara Pichelli
Color by Justin Ponsor

Miles Morales is having a tough time at school and home it's because the guy is Spider-Man.  There are plenty of bad guys to deal with, but in this first issue, Spider-Man, and the rest of the Marvel Universe more than have their hands full.  I included the picture of the Skottie Young cover as the is the issue I received.

This book was a pleasant surprise for me.  I really enjoy Miles Morales as Spider-Man as he has much of the same youthful charm as a young Peter Parker.  The great thing is, we don't need to re-hash old stories as Miles is still young and Peter's story has been told and told and told again inside the comic pages.  Don't fret though true-believers, Peter is still involved in the Spider-Man world.

Brian Michael Bendis is the go-to guy for Marvel if you need a successful well written story.  It's pretty hard not to enjoy his work.  Bendis has been with Marvel a long time and created Miles Morales.

Sara Pichelli's art looks great and panel to panel the flow was wonderful.  She captures facial expressions incredibly well and is excellent with the action shots.  There is plenty of everything you could want from a Spider-Man book in this issue.

With all that said, I felt like Justin Ponsor was an absolute superstar in this book.  Colorists do not, for the most part, get enough credit for what they do in a comic book.  Every page looked amazing, or maybe the word is spectacular(either way, a description fitting for ol' Web-Head).  The colors make this book such a pleasure to look at.

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