Spider-Man: Breakout #1
Quick Review

 

What happened here?  Following the dramatic kick-off story in New Avengers, I was expecting a real roller-coaster ride in this mini-series.  I was expecting a seat of the pants, interesting villain-a-page romp through the baddest of the bad within the Marvel Universe.  Instead, the creative team opted to take a great set-up and lacerate it with needless added back story and, what proved to be, very little action.

 

I'm a bit overly disappointed because they had such a perfect set-up to work with?  Take one part Oz (the prison show not the fairy tale story), throw in one part Arkham Asylum-style breakout and add a dash of Spidey stressed to his limits and you would have had an exceedingly fun tale.  Instead, the writers chose to focus on the U-Foes.  The U-Foes??  Yes, the U-Foes and a gang cobbled together by Crossfire.  That says a lot right there

 

How would I sum up this kick-off issue?  Take the bad years of the Avengers, sprinkle on some sub-par Hulk foes and add a dash of average art and you have the making of Spider-Man: Breakout #1.  Make mine Marvel, but please make mine better than this.  I hope they prove me wrong with issue #2, but for now I'm left feeling "what a disappointment"... 

 

Official word from Marvel ...

 

SPIDER-MAN: BREAKOUT #1

COVER BY: Mike Deodato | WRITER: Tony Bedard
PENCILS: Manuel Garcia | INKS: Raul Fernandez Fonts

 

THE STORY: The New Avengers riot hits here! The jailbreak of the century causes more havoc in the Marvel U as a flood of the most dangerous villains on the planet pour into the streets of New York City! And caught between two warring cliques of escaped convicts is everyone's favorite Web-slinger!

 

32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99

PRICE: $2.99 ... IN STORES: 04-20-2005

 

July 5th, 2005