Amazing Spider-man - Red Goblin 1 (Amazing Spider-man, 1)

This volume concludes Dan Sport's run on Amazing Spider-man. It contains all the issues from volume 8 and 9 except for Annual 42 which means you are better off probably buying both those volumes instead.Now onto the content. The premise is great, Norman Osborn merges with the Carnage symbiote and takes on Spidey. Slott shows his knowledge on the Spider-verse, delivering tons of awesome fanservice which is sure to please long time readers.However, the dialogue felt very poor. Characters say stuff that they normally shouldn't. For example, Flash Thompson is now a Vet but he still talks like he is in high school. Norman Osborn's threats felt like it was meant for a 15 year old Peter Parker. Being a comic book, poor dialogue messes with characterisation and in turns ruins the story no matter how great the idea is.I would recommend this issue for anyone looking to finish Slott's run. But if you were a casual reader and was atteacted that Carnage merged with Green Goblin. All I can say is avoid this. In fact, Slott's post Secret War Spidey stories have decreased in quality. So buy everything from Brand New Day up till the stuff from post Superior Spider-Man and before Worldwide. Everything else is just not worth your money.

I would say this book was at least as good as Venom, Inc. I was a little disappointed, only because I didn't think that it lived up to the high bar set by Superior Spider-Man or Big Time.I think you're supposed to read Spider-Man Worldwide first, but I'm not sure.

A continuation of the Spider-Man lore, losses and gains. Enjoyable

Great, and fun story. Had some real thrills and consequences (not sure how long they’ll stick though).

Don’t start here - back up to at least Superior vol 1 if you are a newcomer to Slott’s work on Spider-Man and read it all.Thank you, Mr. Slott — it was a great run (and I’ve been reading Spidey comics for well over forty years).

Not New but use

Incredible book. Phew. Red Goblin. Wow spooky villain! 👍🏻

Excellent story telling ofone of the greatest hero villain rivalries.

An unmissable, fantastic Spider-Man story by Dan Slott, featuring Norman Osborn bonded with the Carnage Symbiote to create the evil Red Goblin. Any Spider-Man fan wouldn’t want to miss out on this, the art is fantastic and the story is thrilling to the end. Worth every penny. (5/5)

Perfect condition and looking forward to reading this!

Fünf Sterne heißt bei GR: It was amazing - wie in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN !Taschentücher raus! Mit Spideys Kampf gegen den Red Goblin (=Green Goblin + Carnage) endet der 10-jährige Run von Dan Slott, und er hat uns ein episches, fantatisches Finale beschert. Zehn Jahre, viele jüngere Leser werden gar keinen anderen Spider-Man kennen als den von Dan Slott. Ich gestehe, ich musste mich erst ein wenig an ihn gewöhnen, aber dann hat er mich zunehmend überzeugt und nach diesem Finale muss ich sagen: Schade, dass Dan Slott Spider-Man verlässt. Er hat Spidey amazing gemacht und Nick Spencer riesen Fußstapfen hinterlassen.Den Red Goblin-Arc habe ich schon in den einzelnen Heften gelesen, aber ich habe den Kauf des Oversized Hardcover=Bandes nicht bereut: In diesem Format sind Artwork und Story noch einmal angemessen repräsentiert.(Amazon fügt dem Titel den Zusatz "Vol. 1"hinzu, das ist natürlich Unsinn; eine Fortsetzung gibt es nicht)

Nur ein Dan Slott kann Ideen wie diese in den Sand setzten. Ein schwaches Finale einer bestenfalls durchschnittlichen Ära an Spider-man.

What a fantastic Spider-Man story. This will go down as an All time great classic. Book is very good quality with good binding and pages that aren't too thin.My one gripe is I didn't find some of the art to appealing but that's a personal taste.