DISCOVER THE HORROR MAN-THING HIDES WITHIN, IF YOU DARE!
MAN-THING's supernatural abilities have been pirated thanks to HARROWER, a zealot intent on clearing humanity off the board so a new species can get a shot at the top. The world burns and fear is the accelerant! Meanwhile, SPIDER-MAN races across New York desperate to avert disaster and find the one man that just might be able to get through to Man-Thing...his former colleague CURT CONNORS, A.K.A. THE LIZARD! But deep within the Man-Thing's psyche, it's Spider-Man that discovers something he never expected: a devilish secret, and a doctor seeking redemption. Part 2 of 3!
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Failla and Jung do an excellent job with the art in the issue. The tone of the story and its action are perfectly melded with the style of the art. Read Full Review
An enjoyable installment in this Marvel Universe-spanning Man-Thing tale, and a really solid book overall. Definitely worth picking up! Read Full Review
Amazing Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 gives a dynamic to protagonist Ted Sallis to work with in order to complete his character arc. Read Full Review
Man adventure with action, twists, horror, and great character moments. Read Full Review
The story gets supernatural by the end, further expanding the mythos behind the Man-Thing in new and interesting ways. I'm very curious how this story will wrap up with the X-Men in the next chapter. Man-Thing is frequently compared to Swamp Thing over at DC, but it's less regarded, perhaps because the character hasn't had a breakout story to really put it on the map. This could very well be that story. Read Full Review
The Amazing Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 isn't bad but it's not great. It does its best to provide a deep dive into Ted Sallis, the man within Man-Thing, and it's okay. It's not that compelling, but how his personal crisis is resolved feels sincere. The art and colors are good, and the characterization of the characters is fine too. Overall, the comic is okay. Read Full Review
. Artist Marco Failla does good work with the many characters and settings seen throughout but in the end it's mostly a middling narrative that might only appeal to super fans. Read Full Review
Amazing Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 continues in the style established in the previous issue. While it features more actual Man-Thing content, and that's much appreciated, the driving purpose is still to give the author a crack at writing as many high-profile Marvel characters as possible. He does it well, and the artists support him capably, but the obvious contrivance of the plot makes it hard to engage with. Read Full Review
Curse of the Man-Thing: Spider-Man manages to begrudgingly move the story along while managing to capture none of the fun inherent to either character. Read Full Review
This isn't... bad. It falls into mediocre territory. There are some good ideas here, like Spider-Man teaching Ted Sallis about responsibility. The dialogue can be very iffy sometimes. Some of the banter is terrible, especially with the Avengers at the beginning.
Motivational chats with Curt Connors and Spider-Man convince Ted Sallis/Man-Thing to take some action. Unfortunately, doing so involves a very hinky magical retcon of the character's origin; I don't like that. Meanwhile, the Avengers and the Order of the Web are clobbering bugs all over New York and trying (unsuccessfully) to seem relevant. There's the germ of a workable story in here -- setting aside the retcon issue -- but the storytelling, in words and art, is terribly weak. This is the sort of bottom-shelf execution you'd expect from an out-of-continuity MCU cash-in comic.
I did not like him at all, I love Spider but I am not going to overrate him just because Spiderman is an incredible character, this number was atrocious.
Wow is that what the kids are calling dialogue these days? RIP.