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Summary: Craig Shaw Gardner -- Greatest Writer Of All Time?
Review: Call it a personal foible, but I have a strong preference for novels -- especially media novels -- written by authors with three names, or at least two names and an initial. Thus, I'm more likely to purchase a STAR WARS novel by Roger MacBride Allen than by Timothy Zahn, and I steer clear of Marvel novels by folks like Diane Duane and Peter David, and direct my dollars instead to books by authors such as Dean Wesley Smith and Adam-Troy Castro. Three names just has more class! (Collaborations between two-name and three-name writers -- such as CARNAGE IN NEW YORK -- drive me crazy!) At any rate, Craig Shaw Gardner's WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE easily meets my first criterion (three names!) and also delivers a whole bunch of pages of good reading!Fans of Spider-Man supporting characters J. Jonah Jameson (two names and an initial!) and Mary-Jane Watson-Parker (four!) will be pleased to know that both get plenty of screen time in this taut crime thriller, as a Donald Trumpish development mogul tries to manipulate public opinion against Spider-Man and in support of his political candidate confederate! Naturally, J. Jonah Jameson signs on for the program, having forgotten his disastrous support of Winston Cherryh (back in the Frank Miller Daredevil)! Mary-Jane doesn't, though, because she knows that she's married to Spider-Man! Pretty soon, a complex web of intrigue has sprung up, and it takes master super hero Spidey to untangle it! One question: What's with this John Garcia guy? His name has popped up in several Marvel novels, but he's always a different character! Are they running out of names or something? But don't let that minor point sway you -- this is one fine book! I bought both editions -- the paperback to lend and the hardback for my personal, permanent library.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: Good story but one of the worst Spider-Man novels that I have read. I don't know what was going through the authors mind. He had a good story but the book lagged "puzazs!" The book dragged and the story jumped around between charactors every paragraph. I was truly dissapointed with this one.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: Good story but one of the worst Spider-Man novels that I have read. I don't know what was going through the authors mind. He had a good story but the book lagged "puzazs!" The book dragged and the story jumped around between charactors every paragraph. I was truly dissapointed with this one.
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Summary: Craig Shaw Gardner -- Greatest Writer Of All Time?
Review: I did not like this novel as much as other Spider-Man novels largely because it deals with a story that we've seen so much of lately. Spider-Man is framed for a murder he did not commit and then he has to go to great lengths to clear his name. How many times as Spidey been accused of murder before only to find that he was innocent after all. You think people would finally get the message that Spidey is one of the good guys after all. I also did not like the fact that Spidey's wife, Mary Jane had so little to doin the story.
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Summary: Too Slow Moving
Review: I did not like this novel as much as other Spider-Man novels largely because it deals with a story that we've seen so much of lately. Spider-Man is framed for a murder he did not commit and then he has to go to great lengths to clear his name. How many times as Spidey been accused of murder before only to find that he was innocent after all. You think people would finally get the message that Spidey is one of the good guys after all. I also did not like the fact that Spidey's wife, Mary Jane had so little to doin the story.
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Summary: COOL
Review: I like the action-adventure in it
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Summary: Dont bother
Review: I picked up this book with very high hopes. Since almost every other Spider-Man novel i've read were great, my expectations were to high for Wanted Dead or Alive. The plot is pretty lame at times, even darn right confusing. The Rhino shouldnt have even been brought into the story at all, since he served almost no pourpose to keep the action going, well, whatever little action you actually get to read. This is a poor excuse for a Spider-Man novel, it's collecting dust in my closet right now.
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Summary: Terrific!
Review: It's a terrific story written by a terrific author with terrific actio
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Summary: A good read for hardcore AND beginner Spidey fans.
Review: My sister picked this book up for me about a week back, and I was interested to check into it, it being my first Spider-man novel. And boy, I was pleasently surprised. There is only so much one can do, with taking a comic-book character, and bringing it into a 300 page book. But Gardner really did a nice job of taking the usual characteristics of Spider-man, and adding some interesting new ideas. This book has a solid plot, revolving around a mayoral candidate's tie-ins with a big crime-boss. When the mayoral candidate's infamous campaign manager Michael Luce is violently sleign in a dark alley in the company of Spider-man, Spider-man is quickly thrown into the hat of suspects for his murder. Meanwhile, the man behind it all has also hired Spider-man foes Electro and Rhino to add some extra trouble to the mix. All-in-all, the book has it's minor flaws. Namely Rhino's entire spot in the book. He is kind of just 'there.' He never really ends up having any relevence, or even a big part, in the book. But the book evolves the plot from cover to cover, and offers a very nice ending. Any hardcore Spidey fans will enjoy this interesting tale of Spidey on the run from some underground wrong-doings, and any 'beginner' fans are sure to enjoy it as well.
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Summary: Even heroes have bad days!
Review: Sorry I'm a paperback reader, I enjoy the price and convenience of the size of the books. After Spider-man is framed for murder and everyone is hunting for his head, it was good to see that even a super hero can use a little help from friends and loved ones once and awhile. This Spider-man book was well written, fast-paced and enjoyable. A must read for Spider-man fans!
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