Gimmicky, Bonkers, Fun!Aesthetically, this was not really my thing: too busy, inconsistent, rushed, sketchy, gimmicky for my taste. The Superior Spider-Man is not primarily about aesthetics, though - it’s primarily about plot… a plot that is completely bonkers, interestingly enough, combining b-movie sensationalism with screwball comedy, sixties-television silliness with John Hughes teen-o-rama. And yet it kinda works.The premise: A reformed Otto Octavius (aka. Doc Ock) has taken over Peter Park...

This is just about the most brilliant idea I've seen in superhero comics in ages. Otto Octavius inhabiting the body of Peter Parker, spouting off his classic arrogance, distaste for all the Neanderthal morons surrounding him and being about as self-serving and brusque as Peter Parker was not? The dissonance from everything we ever knew about Parker is simply divine and wholly entertaining. The insults he hurls at nearly everyone around him are hilarious - like a symphony of comeuppance for the b...

Before reading this book thought that the general premise sounded a bit ropey at best. I haven't read any Spider-Man books and found my way to this one through the current Spider-Man/Deadpool run, which has made me more interested in Spidey. I have read some great reviews of this book on here so decided this would be as good a place as any to start. Having said that I still went into this one skeptically. For those that don't know, Superior Spider-Man is the story of Dr Otto Octavius (Dr Octopus...

Peter Parker is no more!Now, Doctor Octopus will answer the call as The Superior Spider-Man!Now, does the book live up to its title? Yes, indeed, it is superior.Doc Ock's Spider-Man operates in a more menacing yet sophisticated way towards his villains. It's not your typical friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. The book breaks a lot of old-fashioned superhero tropes which makes it an engaging read. 9/10

This was great! Makes you really wonder, is doc oc a better spider-man than Peter Parker? When Peter ever gets his body back he is in for a surprise! Wasn't familiar with him, But I loved the Massacre character! Not sure if he is a regular spider baddy! But this makes me want to check him out.

Prior to this series, a dying Doc Ock managed to switch bodies with Peter Parker so that his mind was transferred to Peter’s body and Peter’s mind was in Ock’s body. Doc Ock’s mind coupled with Peter Parker’s body makes him, in his words, the Superior Spider-man while Peter in Doc Ock’s body is “dead” though his spirit is still hanging around, stupefied at the way events have turned out. Crucially though, Peter was able to give Ock his memories and a measure of his personality so it’s not totall...

An abused trope of sixties TV was body shifting. Remember! Fred Flintstone is now Dino, Dino is Wilma and Barney is the talking garbage disposal. Gilligan’s Island – The Skipper is Mr. Howell, the Professor is Mary Anne and Ginger is Gilligan (this one has some porn potential). My favorite non sitcom body shift was that episode of Star Trek, where Kirk was body shifted (or is it mind shifted? Too late!) with a woman he dumped years before. Cue overwrought scenery chewing performance. Oh, William...

Yes, this was just as good as everyone said it would be. Maybe better.I haven't kept up with Spider-Man, so I have no idea how Doc Ock pulled off his Vulcan mind-meld switcheroo. I mean, I knew he had, I just didn't read about it when it happened.I can't believe what a great job Slott did with this whole concept. Let's kill off Peter...and replace his mind with Otto Octavius'.In what world does that sound like a good idea?! It shouldn't work. Nothing about that sounds remotely good. Nothing.But

This was so good!Ock is in Pete's body and he has to deal with his life like fighting the new Sinister six led by Boomerang but he is more vicious and then there is MJ and girl troubles there and finding ways to be a better Spider-man and all and not falling into the same traps, get a PHD but then again you have the inefficiency of Peter and finally when Massacre, a criminal targets innocent people, Ock has to stop him and take him down and prevent killings but what he does changes Spider-man fo...

Superior Starting Point! This TPB edition collects "Superior Spider-Man" #1-5Creative Team:Writer: Dan SlottIllustrators: Ryan Stegman & Giuseppe Camuncoli VILLAINS MAKE SUPERIOR HEROES There were a lot of buzzing and talking and even death threats due the decision of Dan Slott of changing the mind of Peter Parker with the mind of Dr. Otto Octavius a.k.a. Doctor Octopus.I understand the negative feelings since it was changing the mind of a really popular hero, one of the most popular heroes

Well now, THAT is how you jump start/reboot one of the biggest superheroes out there. Marvel NOW started slow for me, but at this point, it's kicking the crap out of New 52. (Matt Fraction on Hawkeye; Mark Waid on Daredevil; Jonathan Hickman on the New Avengers; Brian Michael Bendis on All New X-Men, Jason Aaron on Wolverine and the X-Men....just wow).Doc Ock's consciousness is in Peter Parker, and Peter is dead. Yes that's right. However, the dead sometimes have a way of haunting people...but I...

3.5 Silver Starswith Golden Sparksas you probably know by now, Spider-man is my favourite superhero.so I always was curious to read the comics, but didn't know where to start. the dive into which comic you should read first is confusing, even though I know everything about him & his backstory, like how he comes to be the Spider-man. (I saw every version of his movie & loved them all!) but still like to read from the beginning of the story in comics. (& find out the differences for myself) & I ne...

Dan Slott does an amazing job of portraying the personality of Otto Octavius in Peter Parker's body. Any time Parker/Spider-man is interacting with other characters, it's a lot of fun to see how confused they are as they try to figure out what happened to Peter. This volume contains five issues. Issues 1-3 are really good, but issues 4 and 5 are really weak. The artist changes for those issues, and the art is not that good. Also, the villain in issues 4 and 5 isn't interesting at all. Despite th...

I hated this idea from the moment I heard it: Doc Ock has transferred his mind into Peter Parker's body, and is continuing to pose as him, and Spider-Man. It sounds like a gimmick, and it's painfully obvious that this will eventually be reverted. I pegged it as an ultimately pointless, shallow attempt to sell more books. I read it anyways. And, um... It's actually really good.I still think that the basic idea started as a cash grab, but Slott has put in the hard work to make it something more. H...

Finally, years later, I sit down and read Superior Spider-man to see if I'll enjoy it as much as I did when reading issue 1 years ago. I fucking do, is the short answer. So Dr. Ock is the new Spider-man. With that it started a million online fanboys crying for hours. However, if you actually read it, not a bad idea. So now Dr. Ock has all the memories of Peter Parker and the same feelings but that doesn't mean he has to do it the same way. This is a man who wants to cut out the bullshit. Have a

Doctor Octopus has taken over Peter Parker's entire life. Despite having all of Peter Parker's memories he's still doing things his way which is good, bad, and in-between.A Dying Wish left me expecting to enjoy Superior Spider-Man even though my initial thought was it wouldn't be too enjoyable seeing Doc Ock be Spidey. When it comes to My Own Worst Enemy, my initial thought was correct. Doc Ock is a resourceful genius, but the man is a total prick too. Fortunately Peter's memory ghost or whateve...

I really enjoyed this volume, this version of spider-man. Good stuff!

Honestly, this is the first Spider-Man comic I've ever read. He's never interested me as a character. Good guy who doesn't get the girl? Evasive fighter? Goofy villains? Eh... Fortunately for me, Peter Parker is gone and Otto Octavius is here instead. Villainous!Otto makes an awesome Spider-Man. He drinks, womanizes, gawks, talks back. He's arrogant, scheming, lazy. He's a terrible person at first, making a mockery (satisfyingly for me) of Peter Parker. But being inside Peter's head and having h...

So let me start by saying I’m not a Spidey fan. Sure, I’ve read a bunch of his books in the past because I liked an artist or author, but never was so stoked by a title that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the next collection. The Superior Spider-Man has changed that. This is not only my favorite Spidey book EVER, it has earned a spot on my list of all-time favorites. Now that that’s out of the way, the hardback collection I read also included Amazing Spider-Man #698 – 700 along with Superior...

A different and interesting take on Spider-Man. Doctor Octopus has taken over Peter's body, and is at war with himself (and Peter's ghost) over being a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man or being a ruthless vigilante. He also has a lot of fun new toys to work with, like his spider-bots. I liked how the first few issues the "letters to the editor" section pretty much only printed letters where people were shitting on them and saying they would never buy another Spider-Man comic again. It was a pret...