It’s usually fair to criticize an event for disrupting a series but, because there’s really nothing going on in Spider-Woman, Civil War II don’t disrupt dick so it’s a non-issue. Things are still the same: Jess has a kid, Porcupine is her assistant/sitter, Ben Urich is hanging around for reasons, and they just kinda bumble around. She fights Tiger Shark, then she’s fighting some Wendigos up north - if anything, Civil War II gives this title some purpose and direction!
Dennis Hopeless writes a charming and readable Spider-Woman in between the generic superheroing though there’s nothing going on here that’s especially gripping. Jess investigating whether Ulysses’ visions are accurate or not led to some cute encounters but her fights with minor villains and Porcupine’s beachside tiff with Sandman were completely throwaway.
Javier Rodriguez’s art is once again the star of the show. It’s so visually striking, imaginative, creative and generally appealing, I loved the book all the more for it. And I was impressed that the fill-in artists, Veronica Fish and Tigh Walker, were able to so closely mimic Rodriguez’s style so as to provide a near-as-dammit artistic continuity for the reader.
Dennis Hopeless’ Spider-Woman remains a perfectly decent comic that would be better if it had a storyline!
Dennis Hopeless writes a charming and readable Spider-Woman in between the generic superheroing though there’s nothing going on here that’s especially gripping. Jess investigating whether Ulysses’ visions are accurate or not led to some cute encounters but her fights with minor villains and Porcupine’s beachside tiff with Sandman were completely throwaway.
Javier Rodriguez’s art is once again the star of the show. It’s so visually striking, imaginative, creative and generally appealing, I loved the book all the more for it. And I was impressed that the fill-in artists, Veronica Fish and Tigh Walker, were able to so closely mimic Rodriguez’s style so as to provide a near-as-dammit artistic continuity for the reader.
Dennis Hopeless’ Spider-Woman remains a perfectly decent comic that would be better if it had a storyline!
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