Origin of a Spider
By The Angry Comic Book Critic
This is it ladies and gentlemen the triumphant return of the Angry Comic Book Critic. It's been a while since I've written a review but what better way to return to the business than with the character that made me the comic nerd I am today I'm talking about of course The One, The Only, The Amazing, The Sensational SPIDER-MAN. Today were going to see his humble beginnings from awkward teenager to guy who marries a smoking hot babe and makes a deal with the devil to save save the life of a decrepit old bat you know what I'm talking about ("wink" "wink") now I thought I'd try to do this with some more modernized standards if just to help with comedic effect.
So lets check out the cover of this bad boy that if I was fortunate enough to own in mint I'd probably own a very nice car. Okay we have Spider-man swinging heroically through the city shouting how all the world will "Marvel" at Spider-man and how they laugh at his alter ego Peter Parker all while carrying some random ass man.......and it took his family 539 issues to become targets of super-villains and the mafia. Okay either villains back then had the IQ of a walnut or they just didn't give a shit if someone foiled the crimes. Well now that that's out of the way lets see what this infamous tale has in store for us. It all begins with Flash Thompson and some other kids talking about how they need one more person for the dance....why is anyone's guess. So someone suggest Peter Parker who I have to say is almost in the same class of nerd as a Trekie fan boy. Learn conformity kids it makes you popular side effects may include but are not limited to alienating your friends and becoming a tool. Now lets continue so while trying to get some girls to go with him to the infamous experiment peter comes across a girl named sally. Who is sally you may ask? Beats me cause after this issue they never mention her again. So what was the point of that exactly? To stall for time while they pulled a story out of their ass you know business as usual in the comic industry. We all know the story from here Pete gets his Spider powers uses them for financial gain and because of his prideful ways the universe pimp slaps him back to the real world by having a burglar he failed to stop kill his Uncle Ben....wow the universe is an asshole. So Spider-man hunts the guy down and corners him at an Acme warehouse wait a minute......DEAR GOD HE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO WILE E. COYOTE'S SECRET WEAPONS STASH!!!! wait why should I be worried those weapons are about as reliable as a broken clock is at telling time. Spider-man stops him and he reflects on what it means to be responsible the end. Now the Artwork is classic Ditko work and works very well considering the time period came you know if I ever got the chance to meet Steve Ditko I would love to ask him to draw some Spidey villains that where after his time like Venom and The Hobgoblin. How does this book hold up for today not very well honestly it's a good enough story but compared by even today lowest rated books it's still sub-par but as a period piece it's second to none in the hearts of fans.
I'm the Angry Comic Book Critic and this one gets the stamp of Approval.
AMAZING FANTASY #15
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