THE SLINGERS RETURN Part 1
Ben Reilly, A.K.A. The Scarlet Spider, is a perfect clone of The Amazing Spider-Man... but with none of the responsibility! And now, someone's encroaching on his turf in Vegas - the new Hornet! But who is he working for, and what will his former Slingers teammates - Dusk, Prodigy, and Ricochet - have to say about it?! PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES!
Rated T+
I'm really enjoying The Slingers Return and I hope a Prodigy appearance is coming soon. Read Full Review
Dusk's reunion with Ricochet is one of the best parts of the issue, but the highlight may have been the subversion of the heroic beat-down. Read Full Review
This is a fast moving issue. You get many Characters thrown at you from the nineties. I didn't know many of them but it did not inhibit my enjoyment of the book. Will Sliney is a very capable artist, but his art falls a little short when it comes to conveying movement. It is still gorgeous to look at work though. Read Full Review
As I already said, this book is alright. Even though its over, I definitely recommend the last Spider-Man 2099 run in terms of David and Sliney Spider-projects. I dont strongly recommend it, but its a bit of fun if you need some more Spider-Man periphery. Read Full Review
In a world littered with too many Spider-People comics, this one stakes a claim on relevance. Peter David and company take advantage of the Legacy bump, even if it's not the easiest story to jump into. Read Full Review
Ben scores a second-act win against the Hornet and his boss, Silas Thorne. The Slingers can't tell if Ben is good or evil. Peter David's script delivers satisfying developments on the main Ben storyline, but all the sub-plots are growing like unchecked weeds. Will Sliney's art remains great at impressive static shots and bad at conveying motion.
This is the third issue that's featured his fancy SketchUp model of a big rooftop HVAC unit. Is this some kind of crazy subliminal ad telling me to buy a gigantic industrial air conditioner?
On a corporate marketing level, it's hugely disingenuous to put this issue in a Legacy cover and pretend it's any sort of a jumping-on point.
As one of the few people following the Legacy initiative at Marvel I'm buying the first Legacy issue of all books. This might be good issue for regular readers but it did anything at all to catch a new reader up to date, I was lost in the deep end here confused about who anyone was, what was going on and why I should care.
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