- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Marvel (May 18 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785115951
- ISBN-13: 978-0785115953
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.5 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #521,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Cerebro detects Paul Patterson, a student attending Peter Parker's school who's developed mutant powers, it sets Wolverine and Spider-Man on the same path. But with competing agendas, will they work together? Will they be at odds? Hard to say... but the title doesn't say "Super Friends," gang! Plus: Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Strange, Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk, and more! Collects Marvel Team-Up #1-6.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Robert Kirkman delivers again solid stories, even when simply working for hire: Quite the good book!,
By Adriano1977 (Langen (Hessen), Deutschland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marvel Team-Up - Volume 1: The Golden Child (Paperback)
Robert Kirkman is, along with Erik Larsen, the best contemporary superhero writer. His work is deeply set in the most classic tradition, but has a very modern feel in both themes and execution. Besides, it lacks the humourless seriousness of other contemporaries hell bent on either trying to modernise by upping the ante in terms of sex and violence, our deconstructing the living s**t out of the genre. That all has been already done to the death and has never beaten Watchmen, nor gone beyond being mostly self-referential. These broad generalisations being made, the comic you have at hand is splendidly plotted, reviving and refreshing the old Spider-Man team-up concept, bringing in (or back?) some tongue in cheek humour that gets just oh time to help you take it all too seriously (but without deconstructing the genre and the fun for you), telling a boatload of superhero encounters simply based on the sheer concentration of these heroes in and around New York a well as the tight interactions they have developed over the years. So the discovery of a new powerful mutant in the school Peter Parker teaches at brings Wolverine in, draws a dimensionally displayed Doctor Doom to him, with the Fantastic Four hot on his heels. All this while developing a sub-plot featuring a very powerful alien waitingin the wings, plotting to save his ill beloved... And so on, never fermenting, but still giving you slower moments, character interaction and description. Kirkman seriously excels at this game, the only minor gripe I have being Scott Kolins' artwork, competent but not always consistent and at the same level of the excellent writing. This might not be a world changing book, but it's a very good start for the series and a book very, very much above the average. Enjoy!
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad, but nothing special either,
By N. Durham "Big Evil" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Marvel Team-Up - Volume 1: The Golden Child (Paperback)
Robert Kirkman, better known as the creator of the brilliant and riveting Walking Dead for Image Comics, gets to weave some super hero shenanigans with his re-booted Marvel Team-Up. The first storyarc finds Spider-Man and Wolverine teaming up and taking on a murderous, mutant teen with some interesting abilities, and as the book goes on we get to see Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Strange team up, along with Iron Man and the Hulk to boot. Kirkman's dialogue is sometimes witty, but his stories are nothing we haven't seen a thousand times before. His use of an evil, alternate reality Iron Man is pretty nifty though, and the interplay between Spidey and Wolverine is nicely handled as well. Scott Kolins' artwork is solid throughout as well, albeit a bit too cartoony at spots. All in all, Marvel Team-Up: The Golden Child is a nice ode to the original series from the 70's, and it's worth a look for those craving safe and harmless super hero action.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just like the old MTU, with better artwork,
By DJ Joe Sixpack - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Marvel Team-Up - Volume 1: The Golden Child (Paperback)
This glitzy team-up series is a worthy successor to the original 1970s version... It has a lot of the same elements -- quick action, somewhat thin plots, supervillans you don't really care that much about but look forward to seeing defeated (Titannus, the mutant kid named Paul) and lots and lots of Marvel superdudes, with Spiderman as the focal point. So far so good. The artwork by Scott Kolins is nice -- realistic, but not filled with fetishistic, super-exaggerated body-builder muscles... The introduction of an evil, alternate-reality Iron Man is fun... he's the bad guy that gives this book its bite. In short, this isn't a like a great work of art or anything, but it was a fun read. I kinda wish I hadn't spent the money on it, but I enjoyed reading it... Above-average wham-bam superhero stuff.
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