Spider Man Wanted Dead Or Alive: Amazon.ca: Craig Gardner: Books

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While trying to stop a robbery, Spider-man is blamed for the accidental shooting of an innocent bystander. This makes the web-slinger the perfect target for anti-super hero mayoral candidate Brian Timilty. However, Timilty is secretly the pawn of Tyler Stewart, a wealthy businessman seeking to take over New York's crime syndicates. Wanted by police and forced into hiding, Spider-Man must find a way to clear his name without being shot on sight. And that's when Electro and Rhino--two of his deadliest foes--arrive on the scene to complicate matters.

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3.9 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Story, Aug 3 2003

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Zach (Area 51) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spider Man Wanted Dead Or Alive (Mass Market Paperback)

Good story but one of the worst Spider-Man novels that I have read. I don't know what was going through the authors mind. He had a good story but the book lagged "puzazs!" The book dragged and the story jumped around between charactors every paragraph. I was truly dissapointed with this one.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read for hardcore AND beginner Spidey fans., July 24 2002

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Nicole L. Jennings (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spider Man Wanted Dead Or Alive (Mass Market Paperback)

My sister picked this book up for me about a week back, and I was interested to check into it, it being my first Spider-man novel. And boy, I was pleasently surprised. There is only so much one can do, with taking a comic-book character, and bringing it into a 300 page book. But Gardner really did a nice job of taking the usual characteristics of Spider-man, and adding some interesting new ideas.

This book has a solid plot, revolving around a mayoral candidate's tie-ins with a big crime-boss. When the mayoral candidate's infamous campaign manager Michael Luce is violently sleign in a dark alley in the company of Spider-man, Spider-man is quickly thrown into the hat of suspects for his murder. Meanwhile, the man behind it all has also hired Spider-man foes Electro and Rhino to add some extra trouble to the mix.

All-in-all, the book has it's minor flaws. Namely Rhino's entire spot in the book. He is kind of just 'there.' He never really ends up having any relevence, or even a big part, in the book. But the book evolves the plot from cover to cover, and offers a very nice ending.

Any hardcore Spidey fans will enjoy this interesting tale of Spidey on the run from some underground wrong-doings, and any 'beginner' fans are sure to enjoy it as well.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Dont bother, May 29 2002

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I picked up this book with very high hopes. Since almost every other Spider-Man novel i've read were great, my expectations were to high for Wanted Dead or Alive. The plot is pretty lame at times, even darn right confusing. The Rhino shouldnt have even been brought into the story at all, since he served almost no pourpose to keep the action going, well, whatever little action you actually get to read. This is a poor excuse for a Spider-Man novel, it's collecting dust in my closet right now.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable easy read!
This book was written very well. A person not knowing spider man well could just pick up the book and enjoy it. I finished this book in two days. it's addictive. Read more

Published on May 9 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars First non-comic spidey i ever read and it's great!
Well i have always read the comics and i am a big fan of spidey, and i was wondering how well a book could do and i was shocked to find it's better then a comic. Read more

Published on May 19 2001 by Vernon Clark Mayo