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Title: Mary Jane by Judith O'Brien, Mike Mayhew ISBN: 0-7851-1308-8 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: not that bad
Comment: So maybe the writing is not mindblowing, but I did enjoy this book while reading it. I finished it in two days and don`t regret buying it at all, though that`s partially because probably no one will buy it since the amount of female comic book fans out there is very slim, and I kind of feel sorry for the author because of that.
I will get the bad out of the way before I give this book some of the praise it`s starved for. Admittedly the writing style is kind of primitive. O`Brien is not very good at "small talk" writing as I guess you could call it, and what I mean by that is the writing of less significant scenes that serve as transitions between the exciting parts. The important parts, however, are written fine. There are even a few very funny parts and smart descriptions.
There are some parts of the story that are a little too predictable if you`re too familiar with the original story, especially if you`re like me and have read Ultimate Spider-Man, the comic that this is based on, and seen the movie which is based mostly on Ultimate. But there are plenty of original storylines to help the unpredicatbility as well.
One thing I did like about this book was the cleverness in the adaptation. All of the characters that have always been in this story are here: Peter, Mary Jane, Uncle Ben and Aunt May, Harry and Norman Osborn, and Flash Thompson. The way Flash`s character was handled in this version was very amusing and hilarious. But I especially like the way the author did Peter. Peter Parker in this book is very quiet and awkward at school but is a nice and funny guy if you catch him in his spare time at home. This is exactly what Peter should be like. O`Brien also puts an interesting twist on things by having her Peter Parker swear a lot and do certain rebellious things after he goes through his spider-bite changes.
This book also has very nice illustrations throughout the whole book, and for the nice cover art and everything this is really not a bad price for the book you`re getting.
Overall, I thought this story was just cute. Don`t look too far into it and what it says about females and it`s just a nice story about two high school kids and what they`re going through.
Rating: 5
Summary: Exelent.
Comment: This book is so good. I don't regret one single penny I spent.
it keeps you wanting more. Mary jane and Peter have a total huge conection. If you don't read it then you will never feel so good. Its on Task And teens can relate. Theres not alot of spiderman but there is alot of Peter. just look your self and check it out.
Rating: 1
Summary: embarrassingly bad
Comment: my mom got me this book because i loved the spider-man movie with kirsten dunst, but this book reads like one of my grandmother's old romance novels. the writer doesn't seem to know anything about grrrl power or teenagers and the way we talk. mary jane is not a strong role model and even uses her body instead of her brain to get what she wants. shame on the author!
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Title: Spider-Man: Blue by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale ISBN: 0785110623 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom (Ultimate Spider-Man) by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley ISBN: 0785110941 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Wagner, Phil Hester ISBN: 0785108076 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ultimate Spider-Man: Double Trouble by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley ISBN: 0785108793 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Ultimate Spider-man Vol. 2 by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Ralph Macchio ISBN: 0785110615 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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