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Spider-Man: Wanted Dead or Alive

Spider-Man: Wanted Dead or Alive

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Rating: 3 stars
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.

Rating: 3 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 1 stars
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.

Rating: 4 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terrific!
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!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: First non-comic spidey i ever read and it's great!
Review: Well i have always read the comics and i am a big fan of spidey, and i was wondering how well a book could do and i was shocked to find it's better then a comic. you are not limited to the art they choose because you have your mind to make them come alive, and the story telling does just that , the writer knows spider-man very well and writes a story worthy of him, and any fan will jump on this book (i have read it a few times i liked it so much).

so if your a fan of spidery then do get this book.


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