The first in a three-part series chronicling the adventures of Spider-Man follows the superhero as he matches wits with his archnemesis, Venom, and battles one of his deadliest foes, the Hobgoblin. By the author of Spock's World.
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That a full-color Spider-Man trading card will be bound into the first edition of this mediocre kick-off volume to the Marvel Comics Novels series clarifies just who is considered the target readership for the new line of books based on popular Marvel superheroes. Unfortunately, teens may be put off by Duane's (Spock's World) soap-operatic take on the characters, while nostalgia-crazed baby boomers are likely to find the pacing slow, at least until late in the story. The plot concerns how Spider-Man matches wits with archenemies Venom and Hobgoblin and uses an unnamed alien creature (who has a fondness for eating radioactive material) to try to keep Hobgoblin from destroying New York. The assorted characters' complex histories, drawn from decades' worth of Spider-Man comics, are recapped in chunks of prose that are as stale as Duane's handling of the acting career of Spider-Man's wife, Mary Jane Parker (whose forays into auditions don't reflect the reality of the New York acting scene), or, for that matter, of the requisite juvenile humor (Mary Jane wrinkling her nose at Spider-Man's sweat-soaked suit and suggesting that he create a "summerweight" one). Even so, with his comic books selling at the rate of 200 million a year Spidey clearly has enough fans to make this flawed but still mildly diverting first book in a promised Spider-Man trilogy a big success. Illustrations.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Something is stealing radioactive waste in New York, the homeless are being killed, and the navy has lost a mysterious cargo. Who better to deal with these harrowing happenings than Spider-Man? Well, the Feds and the NYPD, maybe--but Peter Parker (aka, in the appropriate tights, Spider-Man) somehow gets mixed up in it. As Peter worries about the price of film, and his girlfriend MJ auditions for acting jobs, the menaces multiply until Spider-Man, with some unlikely help, succeeds in saving the city (sorry to give that away) despite the usual misconceptions and opposition. Duane has a nice light touch with her comic-book superhero protagonist, managing to invest some intrinsically pretty unbelievable occurrences with a patina of authenticity. Great literature it ain't, but it's fun, which, after all, is what it's supposed to be. Dennis Winters
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Format:Hardcover
By the time you get to this review you'll more than likely have read others on this book alredy. You may have noticest some complain the action sequences a to bland, and ya, OK, I have read better firght sences, but I have read alot wrost as well. Over all it is a good book with a strong story line (strongest in the trilogy in my opinion). True the action could have been better, and true Peter and Mary Jane could have had more intelligent conversations.
My only real complaint is that Duane toned down Spider-Man's powers (and Venom's powers to for that matter) a little to much. In the comics Spidey can lift up to 10 tons ( about enough to juggle a truck) and venom was about 3 times that striength. In this book Ol' Web-Head is still stronger than the normal man, but not by much. his speed and his reflexes take a toll as well.
The only other thing wrong with it is the lack of orgin on the Mystery Villian (for those of you who hve not read the book yet mystery villian is all the detail that I'll give so that I don't spoil it for you). It was my hope it would be addressed in the other two books, but was sadly, never mentioned again.
The intesting story was enough to keep the book afloat but thease few erorrs where enough to knock one star off the rating. Over all Spider-Man: The Venom Factor is a good book for any true Spider-Fan
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I have been a Spiderman comic collector for some time now. I normally don't read novels based on comic characters because they usually mess up. Not in this case. Duane really knows her spider-man and proves it with this book (first in a trilogy).
By James
Format:Paperback
In the book Spiderman: the Venom Factor, Hobgoblin has stolen an atomic bomb and threatens to set it off in Manhattan if the city fails to pay $1,000,000,000. Spiderman also discovers that an alien lifeform is tearing people to shreads, which Venom notices. Can Spiderman defeat both of them and stop Hobgoblin before everything goes boom?
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A breath-taking thriller with an old-school edge
In the book Spiderman: the Venom Factor, Hobgoblin has stolen an atomic bomb and threatens to set it off in Manhattan if the city fails to pay $1,000,000,000. Read more
Published on April 14 2000 by James
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Spider-Man: The Venom Factor
The book has a pretty decent story but the one thing that kills it is the lame dialogue. It is way out of character, however, being a Spidey fan for awhile, the story was... Read more
Published on Mar 25 2000
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Spidey fans will not be disappointed
This book is a real treat for Spidey fans like myself and it was great. The dialogue gets weak in spots but it is just like the comic book so no real complaints there. Read more
Published on Mar 22 2000 by "doc_ew"
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Da Majishan's Review
Do you like science fiction? Have you read any comics in your life? If so, then Spider-Man: Venom Factor just might be the book for you. Read more
Published on Dec 2 1999 by Mark Malazarte
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fireplace fodder
Let me start off by saying that I'm the type of person who has to finish something once he has started it, so it is rare that I won't finish a book. Read more
Published on July 28 1999 by R. Abraham
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Great Visualization of Spider-Man and his abilities
Diane Duane has captured Spider-man at his greatest. This book is well written and has an outstanding plot. Read more
Published on July 9 1999
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Spidey fans MUST BUY!
This is an awesome book! Diane Duane depicts Spider-man so well, I think she IS Spidey! U MUST buy this book, it is absolutely wonderful! Read more
Published on April 2 1999
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Imaginative and exciting
WOW! This was the best Spiderman book I've ever read in my whole entire life. The plot was one of the best that I have read in a long long time and this book will really bring... Read more
Published on Nov 4 1998
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This book is the bomb
This book is the best Spider Man book I ever read with the new venom like creature,hobgodlin and(the best spider man villain ever!)Venom. Read more
Published on Sep 16 1998
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Great Book!
Reading some Spider-Man comics lead me to read this book, and I wasn't disappointed! I was riveted through reading the entire thing! Read more
Published on Jun 30 1998
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