Recent Reads: The AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Omnibus by Straczynski and Romita Jr

[@GemMintCollectibles]

I said Time Cop... I mean The One. Close enough.

[@Lastsonkal]

This is one of the more controversial runs of Spider-Man. I kinda of liked the Spider totem idea, but this was also an era in comics where they played with the idea that these were all special people. Like Peter was destined to be Spider-Man and not just there where an accident happened. That last arc with Gwen's kids isn't that great, think it's cuz everyone sees her as the perfect girl. But if you think about it, Gwen Stacy never really had much character to begin with. To me, Gwen Stacy has always been more an idea and less an actual person. There are a lot of "What?" moments in that arc. Can't say I care for it, but it's still interesting to see what JMS was trying to do. And I like that the spider totem stuff and Morlun did stuck around and used again in Spider-Verse.

[@soberchimera61]

Sins Past was post-John Romita Jr. though, and Joe Quesada forced JMS to write that story.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

soberchimera61 why though! That's not cool!

[@cannafarmer]

Love these reviews man cuz we like similar stuff. Never been disappointed by anything you've liked and youve saves me some bread not buying stuff others liked in their reviews but I woulda hated. Good look in out 💎

[@GemMintCollectibles]

my man

[@hankmoody4610]

Traitor! 😂 Man, JR jr was at the top of his game (although I hated him too when I was a kid). Writing was great, superb characterization and finally a mature and true to the character's history Peter Parker. And married. MJ was finally a realistic and interesting character and Aunt May was also great.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

he did do MJ good...thats for sure

[@TheYoungWolfI]

Great recent reads and review man. Probably won't pick this up, but it's all your Spider-Man videos like these that made me recently pick up the Amazing Spider-Man omnibuses by Michelinie and McFarlane and the sequel by Michelinie and Larsen. Thanks for all you awesome omnibus videos!

[@freddiealonsonido]

That's crazy about Gwen and Peter not... I knew about those kids but that Pete didn't even with Gwen might be the most insane detail about that arc.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

yea super weird

[@InfinityNexusReviews]

I loved JRJRs stuff in this, but art's subjective so each to their own. This had one of my favourite moments in comics, it's just such a little thing, barely noticeable, but it's where Peter and Ezekiel are talking about Morlun and they're eating pizza and they're having this double conversation where the other side of it is where they're talking about why New York pizza dough is so great. I have no idea why, but that really tickled me, and it's stuck with me since it was first release as a comic. Also you need to change the font on your thumbnails for Pick of the Week, it looks like Dick of the Week 😂😂😂

[@GemMintCollectibles]

lol

[@BowmansWorld]

Loved this run, definitely thinking of picking up this omni.

[@graphicautist]

The art is the main reason I’m passing on this and I’m happy you agree with me. Great review, as always!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Hopped from your every Spidey Omnibus to this one to find out your thoughts on it! This is one of, if not my favorite runs, and by JMS, JRJr, team and Campbell covers...That was around the Raimi Spidey 2 film era , also had started the Loeb Spider-Man Blue run, and the Spectacular Spider-Man run with artist Humberto Ramos. You summed up the SPOILERS main arcs (Totem, Ezekiel, Pete/MJ, special issue, Aunt May, Morlun) nicely on that one! SPOILERS END. Read mostly TPBs one and two and singles of collection three (?) and mix and more. Plan to complete some more of the singles for the cover arts and likely rest of TPBs. Also had picked up Death of Gwen Stacy TPB collection and TPB collection Revenge(?) of Green Goblin (will pull it later) As for that infamous (to me) arc involving (SPOILERS) a well known character and some twins, how DARE they do that to the memory of the character!!! That does not count as canon to me. I'd say it's an out of canon side story. Probably rest of this comment belongs on the complete Spidey Omnibus video. I enjoy Spidey guesting on Bendis and Maleev's Daredevil run. Will check if you have omnibuses of DD. Also I can see your criticism of JRJr's art. I like and enjoy his art. He did Frank Miller's Daredevil of course. I like that Strange showed up. He's in the neighborhood. Picked up some observations and criticisms of yours that rang true. Yeah I'd pick up that Omnibus minus Sins Past. So maybe just trades and Campbell singles esp 50/500!

[@johnlindsay7301]

Hey Gem, I’m surprised you didn’t like this. This was my introduction to Spider-Man in comic form. And I loved it. Still do. I agree that last arc is weak. But I loved JRJR’s art in this. I think it’s his best work. And I loved the Peter Parker-Aunt May/MJ dynamic. All great stuff. Still, everyone’s got their own take and that’s cool. I’ve got vol. 2 arriving in the next couple days and I actually haven’t read past Skin Deep (the first arc in the vol. 2). So I’m really looking forward to finishing this out. Thanks for the review. Peace

[@ashleyn1979]

Great Vid man! Been watching all your vids trying to get a feel for it. I was wanting to know I want to buy an Omnibus or 2 to start but then I realized you review some out of print ones. Would you be able to reccommend or do a vid on all the inprint Omnibuses that you reccommend? Honestly there are sooooo many I like X-men, Avengers, Spider-Man, Aquaman, DeadPool, Infinity Stuff. I really dont know where to start buying. Im a fan of nice art and more modern stories. not into the original stories as the art was not to my liking. Will definately work on buying those later on to see the 1st appearances of charactars.

[@ashleyn1979]

interesting you dont like John's art. I reckon its pretty cool!

[@rabbittmuffinable]

Should I go for this. Run and. The upcoming vol 2? Or. The. Ultimate. Spiderman and death of spidey? 🤔

[@siluxkhan6544]

You should watch Batman VS Ninja turtles & do a review on that. it is awesome. That cover looks amazing

[@johnnieriot13]

I really liked the first couple of trades of this. I wish it was Ezekiel that was the spider god being and Parker got the powers by accident and it just so happens that it is the same powers of the spider totem thing. Liked they implied in the first trade “coming home”

[@thebestofthebest5724]

JMS run is fucking amazing... Till you get to Sins of Past

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

He didn't even want to write that story the way it was. Quesada is the one who rewrote Norman to be the father, JMS had intended it to be Peter. That arc would've been hit or miss, but we'll never know now. But it wouldn't have been the disgusting character assassination that it is. The rest of his run until then was near perfect.

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

I got this book for my birthday, but it is going to be a while before I get to it (just started reading TASMV4). The first JMS issue is what got me back into reading Spider-Man as I dropped the series right before the Clone Saga stuff happened. Of course, I would eventually end up dropping the series again the moment One More Day happened, though I thought the quality went down hill around the time of Civil War. As for the Gwen story, I think it's dumb and creepy, but the hate for it was overrated. It was far better than just bringing in clones.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

lol SEND IN THE CLONES!

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

Oh, there is one thing though I forgot to mention about the book that I do not like, and it is how it does not resemble the other Spider-Man Omnis I have. No letter pages (which seems to be missing from all 90s+ books for some reason), no table of contents that lists each issue and their release date, and the covers don't actually have the logos on them. I don't understand why it looks so different.

[@eddiethealbatross5734]

Fun run, hope they continue these omnis into the spidey brain trust stuff and then the dan slott era.

[@rangga4902]

Please make a video where to reading Morbius and recommended Morbius comics

[@srabanraha]

What is the thick b&w Batman book in the book shelve behind the narrator?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

batman arkham saga origin omnibus

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

Interesting... so you like the Clone Saga better than the JMS run. Well I'll respect your opinion, but that was quite surprising. Cuz the Clone Saga is what turned people off and made them quit the book and the JMS run is what brought them on. I think its the best place to start reading Spider-Man if you know a bit about that character, except of course if you start reading from the beginning. JMS fixed a lot of the mess that was created by Howard Mackie and JRJR's art is great as always. He's my third favorite artist on the title besides Todd McFarlane and Romita Sr. The personal, emotional stories redefined Peter and was one of the few arcs to tell a progressing story with character progression for all the main characters building towards a new status quo which was then ruined by Joe Quesada and One More Day. Also, he was the only writer besides J.M. DeMatteis in the early 90's and Brian Michael Bendis in Ultimate Spider-Man to give Aunt May an actual character. That 9/11 issue was beautiful.

[@MayasMotivation]

Is this a good standalone omnibus to get or is there a prequel book?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

you can read this without reading anything else

[@MayasMotivation]

Gem Mint Collectibles Nice! Thx, for the review. Considered buying it. 👍

[@StillOnly25c]

Can you review Spider-man by Roger Stern

[@GemMintCollectibles]

yes i need to read that. I know i have read the hobgoblin arch.

[@StillOnly25c]

@@GemMintCollectibles I thought it was a great run on Spidey

[@teditube1971]

Upvote 420 yo!

[@steventylerrocks8382]

I like the issues he made with John Romita Jr. The rest, not so much.

[@philayling4398]

NICE REVIEW ill have to check it out !!!!!!

[@Polygonite]

Great video Gem. What's your favorite run of Spider-Man?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i like the stuff that got me into comics as a kid...like maximum carnage and clone saga

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

Never read the Clone Saga (will eventually pick up the Omnis for it) as they came out just after I stopped reading Spider-Man. My favorite era though is right now a toss up between Stan Lee's run and Roger Stern's run. I'm probably going to aim more towards Stern's since Hobgoblin is my favorite Spidey villain.

[@bryanwilson2165]

Kaiju no Kami don’t wait too long on Clone Saga if you want the omnis cuz vol 2 is OOP, so the books out in the wild are it

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

I really don't have a say in that though as I'm on a limited budget since I don't get paid during summers and I'm not making enough yet off of ad revenue since KZbin keeps reducing the amount I make on ads.

[@ZaireXIII]

The Spider-Man 9/11 issue is the only worthwhile issue. Having read and bought it when it came out...that was a gut puncher. The entire Gwen Stacy "revelation" was such crass garbage that I stopped reading Spider-Man for years after and went back to the better runs. Untold Tales of Spider-Man was thankfully a great counterpoint to all that.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i really need to read my untold tales

[@CVNTGETENOUGH]

You still doing CGC Spotlights?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

yea i have one i need to shoot...Tales of Suspense 39, first Iron Man

[@AgnusDeiSoldier]

I read the Coming home part and couldn't get it 💎💪

[@donaldriley9724]

I have always thought that JR JR's art is completely wrong for Spider-man. I don't like it ever, but if it does have it's place it would be in a grittier book like punisher or Daredevil, not Spider-man.

[@LuisHernandez-zc2ci]

Great review

[@Zak_15904]

Can you make Batman golden age omnibus vol 6

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

Batman fights bad guys, the end. :-p No seriously, that's pretty much every Golden Age comic ever. There's no character development or anything in the GA.

[@iamthomasjudge]

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork lol, so true

[@Zak_15904]

Kaiju no Kami obviously, the books are based in the 1940s. What would you expect from there, it was just the beginning!

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

Oh I totally understand that, it doesn't make them any less boring for me.

[@Zak_15904]

Kaiju no Kami they are referred to the golden age for a reason

[@Starburst7641]

Yea Im going to avoid this one, thanks for the review Mint.

[@tmxcomics]

Leave Dr. Strange in a Dr. Strange book? This didn't age well lol I love this run, though. I recently reread it and inenjoyed it. The part where MJ/May/Pete reconnect is very touching, more so than the last decade of spidey books and movies. BUT that Gwen story is by far the worst Spidey story of allllllll times

[@popculturemassacre7150]

I finished this Omni a week or so ago, wished it would have been a bit better but I didn’t hate it. Quick and easy so didn’t feel like too much of a chore. I agree the art was very poor except the final arc. I’m the odd one out since I kind of enjoyed the Sins Past arc. I could understand a more experienced Spidey reader would roll their eyes at it. I kind of like the twist of it. The sexual innuendos in the book were funny. The only other big run of Spidey I’ve read was the Michelinie Mcfarlane run, which was A+. I’d agree not the Omni I’d recommend for a first timer. But I think it’s a must buy for the Spidey collector.

[@rocketskates21]

New Teen Titans review?

[@hankmoody4610]

Let's start a petition to erase Sins Past from continuity!! 😂

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

JMS wanted to use One More Day to erase Sins Past. Sadly, Quesada refused.

[@hankmoody4610]

@Zarius Thanks, I will look it up.

[@acebobbomb]

How about you become the next Spider-Man, Gembo????????!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maxkernfeld7928]

Relax, Mr. Reaper.

[@acebobbomb]

Max Kernfeld how about I subscribe to your channel, mate????!!!!!!

[@d_numb]

Жаль, что в России мало таких омнибусов. Ребят пожалуйста поставьте на видео русские субтитры.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

это отстой

[@d_numb]

@@GemMintCollectibles в каком смысле?

[@MagicTheKrakening]

Lol pete!

[@SlummingItWithScotty]

I’m not a fan of Romita Jr either! I prefer highly stylized artists like Humberto Ramos.

[@blacksail3911]

I never liked this run