ASM 100- Surprising Storyline

[Mac Man]

Well, I finally sat down to read my copies of ASM 100 and 101 after having picked it up about a month or two ago. Anyhow, I've always loved the cover of 100, but after reading it, just didn't get into the story like I did some of the previous offerings (i.e. the preceding issues which were fantastic) as well as those two years later (the 120s were simply... amazing- pardon the pun). While I really liked some of the cheese factor from some of the other stuff, these just felt a little too contrived. I just felt ASM 50 did a better job of conveying Spidey's frustration while making a more entertaining storyline for presenting his attempt at quitting the "job." ASM 100 was more of a crazed cameo appearance session of his rogues gallery.

 

Not a bad comic on the whole, but for me the redeeming aspect of this book will be the fine cover work done by Jazzy John.

[ft88]

The extra arms plotline falls under the category of "so bad, its good." Trust me, that storyline will grow on you, especially the cool Morbius origin. First time I read it I thought to myself "Gimmie a break".

 

It doesn't help that the next issue Peter Parker (and Gwen) go to Antartica to visit Kazar with Spidey in a Superman/Clark Kent 50's moment of secret identity B.S. Then the Flash Viet Nam and Gibbon story craptacular and then the reprint issues of 116-118. At least the party gets saved by a Hulk appearance in 119 but I always thought the 103-118 were pretty weak.

 

100-102 are stellar by comparrison.

[joe_collector]

Yeah, that Flash Viet Nam storyline was pure , but I guess we need to view it through the POV of the times.

[piper]

There was a definite improvement in the stories starting with 119! I know that there have been some complaints about all the clone stories, but still feel that the first clone storyline was amazing (pun intended).