It's only been a couple of weeks or so since I accidentally came across Spider-Man Life Story in a collected trade paperback edition which examined the life and times of peter Parker in real time rather than "Marvel time" where the clock ticks much, much more slowly.
Seeing Peter grow old and his friends, allies and enemies around him do the same was an interesting way to to see how a super-heroes life might really have been. We're not all young forever though in the mainstream comic I suspect Peter Parker always will be.
Of course when publishers get hold of something worthwhile printing there'll always be room for sequels..of sorts anyway. Like the original story I only stumbled on this comic by accident once more when it was advertised in the new releases e-mail that The Forbidden Planet send me every week. This Annual is indeed a tie in to the main feature and the main protagonist is not our hero but his enemy J. Jonah Jameson.
This tale takes us back to the early days with Jameson deciding to hire scientists to take out Spidey and after the second time with The Scorpion falling ill and wanting to talk it's Jonah who ends up in the slammer as the real menace to society. From there inside gaol we see a different and quite intriguing side to the whole Spider-Man epic through the eyes of an obsessed man.
I mentioned in my previous review I'd like to see more of these and it was pointed out that Marvel are currently doing a series based on the real time lives of the Fantastic Four. As soon as that is collected I'll be grabbing a copy. In the mean time do pick up a copy of this comic it's a good read.
Rating: 5 Stars (Highly Recommended)
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