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Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 1 - Electro & Sandman |  | Authors: Dan Slott, Fred Van Lente, Mark Waid
Publisher: Marvel
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 283237
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0785142649
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780785142645
ASIN: 0785142649
Publication Date: March 3, 2010
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They're Hunting Spiders...THE GAUNTLET begins here! The event that redefines Spider-Man's classic arch-enemies, one by one, starts with one of his deadliest - Electro! Destitute and desperate, conned out of his life's meaning and worth, Max Dillon becomes the voice of the common man against the brutal injustice of a system overloaded by greed. With Spider-Man already looking over his shoulder, Mark Waid and Paul Azaceta bring you the story of a hero with everything to lose against a man with nothing left to gain. Prepare for death's short, sharp shock. Prepare for Electro! Collects Amazing Spider-Man #612-616, Dark Reign: The List - Amazing Spider-Man, and Web of Spider-Man 2 (Electro story).
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 Spoiler free review February 27, 2010
J. L. Henry (chicago IL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Spidey enters the gauntlet in this first hardcover. The book starts off with the Dark Reign: the list one shot. Which I thought was the second best one behind only Daredevils's. It doesn't really add anything too the gauntlet storyline but it is a nice inclusion. Next is a short story adding too Electro's origin and after that 3 issues for the Electro storyline take place. I really like the story by Mark Waid, not as big a fan of the art by Paul Avaceta but I adjusted too it and started to enjoy it by the end. It's very stylized and people I have talked too seem to either love it or hate it. Next is another short story called "the other woman" Good writing by Joe Kelly here but I hated the art here. Now is when the book really gets going with Fres Van Lente's Sandman story. I really enjoyed this, especially since sandman was one of my favorite classic villains. Javier Pulido's art is similar to Avaceta's art is the earlier story but seems to be a little more mainstream and enjoyable to me. After this there is a small bit of extras, just the variant covers to the issues which are fun to look at but don't add much to the book.
I give this 4 stars for the great writing though if I had liked the art better it would have easily been 5.
Glad they are bringin back Spidey's original villains I just hope to get a great Doc Ock story even though there isn't anything representing him on the cover.
ASM #612-#616 plus a Dark Reign one-shot: Osborn, Electro and Sandman April 16, 2010
K. W. Schreiter (Conshohocken, PA)
This collects issues #612-#616 of Marvel Comics' "Amazing Spider-Man" comic book series and the "Dark Reign" one-shot originally published in Summer 2009. The Dan Slott/Adam Kubert one-shot opens this volume, showing Front Line staffer and superhero Peter Parker/Spider-Man's attempts to expose the nationally adored Norman Osborn. "The Gauntlet" is a series of loosely connected encounters with classic Spider-Man villains, starting with Electro in the Mark Waid/Paul Azaceta #612-614 story arc. Electro makes a populist appeal to New Yorkers against "fatcat" DB publisher and government "bailout" recipient Dexter Bennett, and a Marvel landmark disappears. Fred Van Lente and Javier Pulido provide a touching Sandman story in #616-617. The artwork in the Azaceta and Pulido issues has been compared to that of a Vertigo series: I enjoyed it. Happily, this collection is a definite improvement from recent weak offerings in this series.
"Spider-Sleuth, Spider-Sleuth, sleuthing whatever a... spider...can..." May 12, 2010
H. Bala (Carson - hey, we have an IKEA store! - CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man, it continues to be a perplexing, topsy-turvy world. Highly profiled crminals being embraced by the public renders him all non-plussed. And then this other thing which probably has cyclical properties: There are brief moments when Spider-Man basks in the thanks of a grateful city. But, sure as rain, it's not too long before the wallcrawler again reverts to being regarded a public menace. The wheel spins around again, in this run of stories.
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE GAUNTLET Vol. 1: ELECTRO & SANDMAN collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #612-616, DARK REIGN: THE LIST: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and the "Gauntlet Origins: Electro" story from WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #2. The trade opens up with Dan Slott & Adam Kubert's one-shot, DARK REIGN: THE LIST: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Norman Osborn, a megalomaniac thru and thru and currently at the helm of the Marvel universe, has made a list of people he'd like to snuff out or at least take care of. And at last he's set his eyes on Spider-Man. I really like this story, although in no way does it provide final resolution to Dark Reign. Well, maybe one nail in the coffin for old Normie.
Next up is Fred Van Lente & Barry Kitson's "Gauntlet Origins: Electro," in which we see how pathetic and yet lethal Max Dillon is. This origin, a tale rife with abject humiliation and little man complex, leads into the "Power to the People!" arc, and it's Mark Waid's turn again at the rotation. "Power to the People!" launches the Gauntlet banner. The Gauntlet isn't intended as a single tightly-woven story arc. The Gauntlet is more a mission statement. What we're about to get is a series of stories, the common thread of which is that Spidey's classic villains resurface one at a time and take a crack at Spidey. There isn't a sinister master plan behind all this (as far as we know, although what's up with the Kraven family and the abductions of Madame Web and Mattie Franklin? Huh? Huh?). Anywho, Electro gets first licks at the wallcrawler.
In this time of recession Dexter Bennett, new owner of the Daily Bugle (now called the DB!), has just finagled a government bailout for his company, and, brother, New York's blue-collar masses are cheesed and in the mood to picket. The down-and-out Electro, whose powers have been disastrously fluctuating, swoops in and becomes the voice of the people, raging against corporate injustice and such. But Electro is a well-publicized super-villain, Spidey reasons and Spidey assumes it shouldn't take long before New Yorkers come to their senses. But it ain't so, Spidey. The public is more gullible and desperate than you think. In bracing Electro, Spidey learns that he has no support from his fellow New Yorkers. He, in fact, gets yelled at and stuff thrown at him.
I've a couple of beef with this arc. First, there's no sizzle to this story, and maybe someone should've tricked Mark Waid into believing that he's writing this story for Boom! Studios, and then maybe he wouldn't have phoned it in. I couldn't care less about the bailout and the resulting civic unrest and that Electro steps in to take advantage of the sitch and builds a groundswell following. And then there's the fact that Electro just doesn't do anything for me. Max Dillon isn't my idea of a dynamic foil for Spidey. I did like Paul Azaceta's artwork, which looks like a hybrid of Mignola and Giffen. It lends a different and quirky look to this series.
Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura's oddball "The Other Woman" (from ASM #612) concerns Spidey and the Black Cat's always tenuous relationship. Personally, it's hard for me to get invested in this "romance" because I just don't see this lasting for too long. Felicia Hardy just ain't the sticking around type. Still, having her around is always a breath of fresh air. And it's nice to see Peter again consistently getting some. But, sorry, I'm not feelin' JM Ken Nimura's cartoony manga style.
Then Fred Van Lente spins a warped but affecting Sandman story in ASM #615-616. Set in a climate so wintry that even Spidey has to put on a scarf, a knit cap, and, er, legwarmers while on patrol, this two-parter finds police forensics expert Carlie Cooper implicated when key evidence involving three murder cases vanishes. No worries, though. Spider-Sleuth is on the case, even if he does find himself trapped in a little girl's deluded fairy tale. Flint Marko seems to be suffering from some sort of split personality disorder here, but he still comes off as sympathetic. Javier Pulido is the artist, and his style is also quirky and takes getting used to.
I've liked most of the issues put out since Brand New Day, but these past couple of stories... I dunno... Of this bunch, I like the bookends, meaning DARK REIGN: THE LIST: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - because it's always good times whenever Peter tweaks the Goblin's nose - and the Sandman two-parter which reveals a softer side to Flint Marko. This Gauntlet arc reminds me somewhat of Knightfall, where Batman endures hell after hell, taking on bad guy after bad guy, until Bane finally gets to him. I'm curious to see how burnt out Spidey will get as wave after wave of his classic enemies pop up. It makes me want to keep on reading, despite the recent disappointments.
 ASM Still Strikes Out! EPICALLY! May 1, 2010
M. Grant (Detroit, Michigan)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Marvel is trying so hard to make Amazing Spider-Man relevant and a fan favorite again since the train wreck that was Brand New Day and it all amounts to - EPIC FAIL.
With the latest event The Gauntlet, the writers are sending Spider-Man against his classic villains all while updating and fleshing out their characters for 2010. Of course at the same time Peter Parker and Aunt May seem more and more in character with 1970.
Reading The Gauntlet I was reminded of the stellar story that DC released with Batman:Hush. Same general premise...hero going up against classic villains with added emotional depth. The problem is...The Gauntlet just ends up being boring...and silly once you see how out of character Peter Parker is portrayed.
Again...I'd have to encourage fans to avoid this latest misfire from the current ASM crew and instead check out some of Marvel's Essential Amazing Spider-Man! Great stories with an in-character Peter Parker!
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