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COMICS ANONYMOUS GOES TO THE MOVIES: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 by G-Man

Amazing Spider-Man 2

A mere two years since the first movie, we see the return of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker with the release of Amazing Spider-Man 2 and there were high hopes after some impressive early footage in the trailers……but then not every movie lives up to the trailer-hype. (SPOILERS)

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #698 by G-Man

The much-hyped final arc from Dan Slott kicks off here in among the writers warning that any online spoilers ahead of its release would result in instant un-friending FOREVER.

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SPIDER-MEN #1-5 by G-Man

Brian Michael Bendis tackles a crossover between the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe in this 5-issue release – and as fan of Spidey from both universes I was hyped.

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DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #2 by G-Man

A mere week after the release of issue #1 (reviewed here) the second issue of Marvel’s latest release sees things pick up where we left off – Deadpool killing the Marvel Universe.

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COMICS ANONYMOUS GO TO THE MOVIES: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by G-Man

Spider-fan, Spider-fan, watches whatever a Spider-fan can and grabbing the Independence Day release in 2012 is The Amazing Spider-Man – a reboot which brings the much loved Marvel character into the 21st century.  Although, ten years after Sam Raimi brought the character to our cinemas and a mere five years after Spider-Man 3 brought his directing run to an end – did the big screen really need a new Spidey so soon?? (Spoilers ahead)

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SPIDER-MAN 2099: GENESIS TPB by G-Man

Back in 1992 (20 years ago – SCARY STUFF!!), Peter David took our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man from his humble origins and set him down in New York in the year 2099.  I don’t remember reading the single issues until much later….maybe 97 or 98…..but back in 92, Marvel UK had its “Exploits of Spider-Man” hit the stands with a mix of Amazing Spider-Man, Web of Spider-man and Spectacular Spider-man reprints; as well as some Spidey Classics and in issue #6 in 1993 the inclusion of the 2099 tales.

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