Spider-Man's Tangled Web - Volume 1

by Garth Ennis, Peter Milligan, John McCrea

The neighborhood isn't so friendly anymore. Spider-Man has been operating in New York City for years; shunned or reviled, he has touched most of its eight million citizens. And each of them has a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785108033
• ISBN13: 9780785108030
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great creators bring a fresh look at Spider-Man's world

Marvel Comics have been resurrecting the sales and popularity of their flagship character, Spider-Man, in the past year. It seems so obvious, but a big part of the character's resurgence has been due to the quality of writers and artists employed on the various monthly books. Tangled Web falls outside the "ongoing continuity" of the two main "core" titles, Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker, telling self-contained stories that focus on Spider-Man's world, as opposed to the lead character himself. The first volume of Tangled Web stories make up this book and within the pages you'll find the single best comic book produced this year. That story is the one-issue "Severance Package", a tale of the New York underworld. The Kingpin of Crime summons one of his hitmen, who has failed to carry out an order due to Spider-Man's interference. This story is the essence of Tangled Web: the people on the edges of the Spider-Man story, some never seen before, others (such as the Rhino, featured in the third story in this collection) who have been, at best, second-rate supporting characters, but in these stories become interesting characters in their own right. Fans of crime fiction should buy this book - it ranks alongside other current gritty mainstream comics such as Powers and 100 Bullets.