Superior Spider-Man #4
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| Writer | Dan Slott |
| Artist | Mark Bagley |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
Superior Spider-Man's greatest foe has always been Peter Parker's own memories. With Anna Maria's life at stake, Otto seeks to not only be the Superior Spider-Man but the ONLY SPIDER-MAN.
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Nerd Initiative - Michael Rothman
Feb 14, 2024This will be short, Superior Spider-Man #4 might be one of the best comics Ive ever read. It's easily one of the best Spidey stories and just hits home on why we love him so much. Read Full Review
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9.0
ComicBook.com - Adam Barnhardt
Feb 14, 2024When Superior Spider-Man works, it works exceedingly well and luckily for fans of the story, Superior Spider-Man #4 is one of those times. Read Full Review
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6.0
AIPT - David Brooke
Feb 14, 2024Did we need an entire issue devoted to a fight scene honoring Doc Ock and Spider-Man's history? Probably not, and while it's drawn to perfection, it also feels like an unnecessary issue as we wait for Supernova- an underwritten character, to say the least- to be defeated already. Superior Spider-Man #4 honors the past and works as it calls back to key elements but falls flat as a comic that could have brought much more joy. Read Full Review
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9.5
This issue was full of cheesy & campy writing, nostalgia-baiting and fan-service.
And I loved all of it.
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8.5
This is slightly more serious than previous issues, but it's still pretty corny—in an easily forgivable way. There's not a lot of real depth to the Pete/Otto conflict or its resolution. Paradoxically, though, it delivers the illusion of depth by casting a wide net and doing lots of satisfying continuity work.
One big plus is that Mark Bagley really ate his Wheaties for this issue, juggling a whole truckload of characters and polishing up every design. It's visually impressive.
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8.0
while I was a bit annoyed that Peter Parker keeps on losing and needs help, but the ending made up for it. also, Mark Bagley is the definitive Spider-man artist in my opinion.
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8.0
Fun read, still better a better Spider-Man run than ASM.
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7.5
I like Superior in general, but this issue fell a little too far at the sloppy/indulgent end of the spectrum. The story logic in the last few pages didn't quite click for me. The art is great and the book is very readable, although this run still hasn't really firmly established its reason for existing. I would guess that we're here to either rehabilitate or kill off Otto; of the two options, rehabilitation seems like the more interesting.
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