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THE ULTIMATE COMIC BOOK CASH INVESTMENT

Advantages: Groovy, modern styling
Disadvantages: Would make the traditionalists cringe

One of the criticisms that many people might have of super hero comic books is that they are extremely old-fashioned. Batman, Spiderman and the like have been around since the 1950s or 60s, without changing all that much, and the whole super hero concept ...

LostWitness 28.01.2002 · Read full review
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Review of The Ultimate Spiderman - Stan Lee

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Spider-Man For A New Generation

Advantages: Compelling reading and storylines
Disadvantages: The purists will hate it no matter what you say

...is a geek. There’s no other way of saying it properly with stating the fact: Parker is a geek. But then again, I’m sure we all were at some point (I know I still am). And perhaps, it is that quality that makes Peter Parker the most human c ...

elvisdo 17.04.2003 · Read full review
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Ultimate Spider-man

Advantages: Great story, Reasitic(ish) and emotional character backgrounds, Great art
Disadvantages: Crossovers with other Ultimate marvel titles can cause a newbie to get confused

...Personally I wasn\'t much into comics, I wanted to be but lack of knowledge of titles to buy and money meant I couldn\'t access this form of entertainment, until my school library had a few volumes out, I took them out and couldn\'t get enough of it. The ...

Elbalug 20.06.2007 · Read full review
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ONE EYE, BIG CLAWS - AND A LOT OF ATTITUDE

Advantages: Vibrant, modern artwork and storytelling
Disadvantages: Convoluted history to keep up with

You may have seen the movie a few years ago, but long before Hollywood got their teeth into the franchise, Marvel Comics were producing some fine comics featuring this band of mutated superheroes. Few Marvel characters have been as successful as the X Men ...

LostWitness 17.03.2002 · Read full review
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Good evening Mr McCoy

Advantages: Great stories, great villains, great satire
Disadvantages: Sometimes struck an uneasy balance between adventure and personal probs, Cyclops was always very intense

Comics, the literature of the young, the art of the masses - a truly splendid institution. Let me make it absolutely clear right from the off that it ain't the most recent versions of the X Men comic on Marvel that I'm thinking of here (the one with ...

dave27 26.05.2001 · Read full review
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Review of X-Men - Stan Lee

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