Curse of the Man-Thing: Spider-Man #1

Failla and Jung do an excellent job with the art in the issue. The tone of the story and its action are perfectly melded with the style of the art. Read Full Review

An enjoyable installment in this Marvel Universe-spanning Man-Thing tale, and a really solid book overall. Definitely worth picking up! Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 gives a dynamic to protagonist Ted Sallis to work with in order to complete his character arc. Read Full Review

Man adventure with action, twists, horror, and great character moments. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 isn't bad but it's not great. It does its best to provide a deep dive into Ted Sallis, the man within Man-Thing, and it's okay. It's not that compelling, but how his personal crisis is resolved feels sincere. The art and colors are good, and the characterization of the characters is fine too. Overall, the comic is okay. Read Full Review

The story gets supernatural by the end, further expanding the mythos behind the Man-Thing in new and interesting ways. I'm very curious how this story will wrap up with the X-Men in the next chapter. Man-Thing is frequently compared to Swamp Thing over at DC, but it's less regarded, perhaps because the character hasn't had a breakout story to really put it on the map. This could very well be that story. Read Full Review

. Artist Marco Failla does good work with the many characters and settings seen throughout but in the end it's mostly a middling narrative that might only appeal to super fans. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 continues in the style established in the previous issue. While it features more actual Man-Thing content, and that's much appreciated, the driving purpose is still to give the author a crack at writing as many high-profile Marvel characters as possible. He does it well, and the artists support him capably, but the obvious contrivance of the plot makes it hard to engage with. Read Full Review

Curse of the Man-Thing: Spider-Man manages to begrudgingly move the story along while managing to capture none of the fun inherent to either character. Read Full Review

Psycamorean

May 03, 2021

This isn't... bad. It falls into mediocre territory. There are some good ideas here, like Spider-Man teaching Ted Sallis about responsibility. The dialogue can be very iffy sometimes. Some of the banter is terrible, especially with the Avengers at the beginning.

SenpaifenixJäger

Apr 29, 2021

I did not like him at all, I love Spider but I am not going to overrate him just because Spiderman is an incredible character, this number was atrocious.

CrazyforRAMU

Sep 07, 2021

Motivational chats with Curt Connors and Spider-Man convince Ted Sallis/Man-Thing to take some action. Unfortunately, doing so involves a very hinky magical retcon of the character's origin; I don't like that. Meanwhile, the Avengers and the Order of the Web are clobbering bugs all over New York and trying (unsuccessfully) to seem relevant. There's the germ of a workable story in here -- setting aside the retcon issue -- but the storytelling, in words and art, is terribly weak. This is the sort of bottom-shelf execution you'd expect from an out-of-continuity MCU cash-in comic.

Spacey Medicine

Sep 17, 2021

Wow is that what the kids are calling dialogue these days? RIP.