Spider-Man/Doctor
Octopus: Out Of Reach: Part Three
Script: Colin Mitchell
Pencils: Keron Grant
Inks: Rob Stull
Story: We carry on from last issue
where Brigham returned to doc Ock and why? Because it made him feel
alive, nuff sed! Err anyway Brigham and Ock rip off a bank after a quick
scuffle with spidey (repetition) and then return to their seedy
waterfront hideout, where Brigham bad mouths docs arms, and one thing
leads to another and Brigham offers to give him a bit of a tune up, only
during the process doc decides he’s prefect as he is and halts the
procedure just as Spiderman barges in to save the day only to be KO’d
by another of Brigham’s machines. On return home Brigham learns that
the country believes him to be a brainwashed slave of doc Ock’s rather
than the true inventor of the vault opening gadget. Infuriated by this
he storms off to a TV station and declares himself more dangerous than a
bomb.
The Good: woooh Brigham has a big
case of the crazy and that’s no joke, have we seen the origins of a
new spidey villain, I really hope so because if that’s the case this
miniseries is really something quite special. It’s about time spidey
had a new decent rogue that isn’t a mystically imbued thingamajig.
The Bad: Today I write this review
from under a pile of corn, yes you heard me right corn from this corny
mini-series’ dialogue. One thing that puzzles me about this series,
which isn’t Brigham’s bizarre feelings for doc Ock, is why “Out Of
Reach” sure for the first issue it made some sense because the vaults
were out of reach, but now what? It doesn’t really have any relevance
which is weird. Also why does peter where swimming trunks in a bath? So
may questions.
Rating: So many questions? 3.5
webheads out of 5
Spider-Man/Doctor
Octopus: Out Of Reach: Part Two
Script: Colin Mitchell
Pencils: Keron Grant
Inks: Rob Stull
Story: Continuing on this roller
coaster movie tie-in we see Brigham desperately trying to win the
respect of doc Ock his kidnapper by creating inventions that will allow
him to defeat spider-man and open the special vault. More conflict
between spidey and Ock ensues in which Brigham is trapped and forced to
use his latest invention to escape only to run back into the arms of doc
Ock who hands him over to Spiderman who in turn returns him to his folks
only for Brigham to run off once more to his new friend doc Ock
The Good: Who would have thought
Brigham would side with doc Ock? Not me and I’m guessing not many of
the kids who this book is obvious aimed at. The art is still it’s
pretty slick self and this time round we get yet another cool looking
cover with a slightly different looking doc Ock.
The Bad: The dialogue continues to
be a bit sketchy and unrealistic in places especially form Brigham who
just sounds so false all the time, however it’s still a pretty fun
book despite the lack of any real characterisation from Brigham, I mean
why did he side with doc?
Rating: still pretty slick. 4 webheads out of 5
Spider-Man/Doctor
Octopus: Out Of Reach: Part One
Script: Colin Mitchell
Pencils: Keron Grant
Inks: A whole army
Story: And here we have the movie
tie in comic aimed at the kids. This issue we see doc Ock attempting to
rob only to be thwarted by the combined efforts of Spiderman and an
impenetrable vault created by the boy genius Brigham Fontaine. We see a
fair few scuffles between spidey and doc Ock and none more so than when
the doc crashes Brigham’s press conference and kidnaps the child
protégée
The Good: For kids I think this
would be a very good issue, the art is nice and all the basic plot
elements of Spiderman are there. For adults this comics doesn’t really
have that much so they would be better suited to the grittier tones of
“negative exposure”. It’s also good to see a pretty cool cover
being put on this movie tie-in which can even rival some of the monthly
books, and don’t even get me started on how much the title kicks ass.
The Bad: The dialogue isn’t
exactly award winning, but I guess it gets the job done.
Rating: One for the kids. 4 webheads
out of 5