The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity #3 (Marvel Comics)
Hello there! Padawan J here, the resident Star Wars expert from the ODPH! This week I'm going to be reviewing the 3rd issue of The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity from Marvel Comics!
The Spider-Heroes are undergoing some training to bring them up to snuff! And none other than Norman Osborn is the one leading the training! But is Norman being 100% honest about his training? Or is it all a ruse? Let’s jump into it!
Credit: Marvel Comics // The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity #3 by Jordan Morris & Joe Kelly (Writers), Rafael Perez Granados (Artist), Guru-eFX (Color Artist), VC’s Travis Lanham (Letterer), Giuseppe Camuncoli, Lorenzo Ruggiero & Dean White (Cover Artists)
*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***
The Story
Norman Osborn has taken it upon himself to bring the other members of the Spider Family up to snuff when it comes to handling the villains on NYC. On one hand, it makes sense as they haven’t exactly handled things with flying colors. On the other hand it’s being led by Norman Osborn and I maintain you cannot trust him!
This issue continues the similar formula that’s been established to this point in the prior two issues. Norman presents one of the spider’s with a simulation of one of Spider-Man’s villains and tasks them with having to defeat the simulation. It’s a sequence that works and offers a perspective into actually seeing the improvements they’ll be making over time.
Things deviate from the plan however, as they often do with anyone from the Spider family, when some of them decide to go out one night after their training is done. It’s a great sequence where we get to see the training put to action and show that they are actually learning and getting better at what they do.
The real interesting part of the story takes place back at the school, and is a continuation from what we saw in a previous issue. It takes place at the end of the issue, so I’m not going to spoil it. However I will say that it’s going to be incredibly interesting to see how this plays out in the next issue.
The Artwork
Rafael Perez Granados & Guru-eFX are in charge of the artwork for the issue and they did a spectacular job with it. You see a lot of the familiar look and style from Spider-Man comics that readers seasoned and lapsed will be familiar with, so it makes jumping in a breeze. I really liked the action sequences and how they’re able to use all of the Spider’s effectively and not have it feeling overwhelmed with too much going on. The artwork overall works really well in tandem with the story.
Overall Grade: 7/10
Joe Kelly & Jordan Morris continue the solid run with another issue that ends on a wild twist I didn’t see coming. Together with artwork that is simply stellar, this is an issue that Spider-Man fans will not want to pass up on.
