THE X-MEN & SPIDER-MAN: TIME'S ARROW TRILOGY
The Past by Tom DeFalco & Jason Henderson
The Present by Tom DeFalco & Adam-Troy Castro
The Future by Tom DeFalco & eluki bes shahar

Well I was skeptical if Defalco would translate well in prose.Not only does he work well,but he rocks. This trilogy is one of the most fun reads I have read in a long time. There are tons of inside Marvel continuity jokes,especially in the 2nd book.Who would of thought RazorBack and Irving Forbush would ever make it in a Marvel Novel. The guest appearances don't stop there. We have the New Warriors, Spider-Girl,X-Men 2099, the Two Gun Kid,and I think Peter Porker was even here.
Bishop and Spidey got teamed up and were lost in a bizarre world in the first two books and their chemisty is fun to read. Bishop is one of my least favorite X-People,but Defalco,Henderson,and Castro write one heck of a story.I never thought I would like that guy. One of the highlights of the second novel was Spidey meeting the "Park". Read the book to know who the "Park" is.Great stuff!
The only lacking thing I found was in the third novel. It seemed to loose it's steam that was building over the the two previous novels. Sitll it was great to see Iron Man 2020,and most of all Spider-Girl,aka May Parker. All in all I'm giving this trilogy three and a half Spidey heads out of four. It would of gotten four if it hadn't had lacked in pacing in the third book.

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