Love the new takes on some old characters. Really like the story so far, excited to check out the second collection. Hopefully soon!

This one is fire 🔥

Electro story - Electro becomes a mob leader and spokesperson for the 99%. Climatic battle with Spidey brings down the DB building. It was okay. Sandman story - Sandman forcibly "adopts" (kidnaps) himself a daughter. He has learned how to multiply himself and even turn himself into a fairy princess castle for this his daughter. Loved the artwork on this story, reminiscent of Ditko's work on Spider-Man.

Very indicative of this whole Spidey Brain Trust era. The quality here wavers heavily based on the writer, so you get a great Electro story by Waid followed by a very lacklustre Sandman one by Van Lente. The quality swings are expected considering they were doing a new issue every week. Excellent art throughout though.

This was quite good. Spider-man teaming up with people to defeat Electro we get to see a different side of him as he amps up his power and targets Dexter Bennett and whatever happens with Peter after this and the daily bugle?! That one was a good story but not the best tbh. It could have been short and not extended so much.The next story is vs Sandman and a girl named Keemia and how she gets stuck here and so Spidey has to save her but the ending was sad and the art was okayish for the most part...

The two main storylines in this book featuring Electro and Sandman do a really good job of giving the villains believable motivations. The art in these stories is very good as well. The extra stories included in the volume are good, but not great. Overall, this was a fun read.

The art in the book is fairly weak. I cannot believe Marvel would that to the main Spider-Man book. Especially in a fairly lengthy event called The Gauntlet. But for the most part, I kind of just ignored it through this series.Both stories of Electro (written by Mark Waid) and Sandman (written by Fred Van Lente) were much better. I really liked how Spidey's archenemies were "upgraded" in their powers. It gave a sense of new urgency to Spidey on how was he going to defeat these villains with a ne...

Like a few other reviewers, I have been out of touch with the Spider-Man for years, more like 20 or more. But thanks to Comixology Unlimited I got a chance to borrow a few Spider-Man collections. Featuring some of Spidey's old foes like Electro and Sandman. Plus a bit of the Green Goblin as well.Good stories and they brought me up to date in a way. Many characters were new to me, being gone so long, but I figure I will catch on if a read a few other collections.I did not realize that Governor's

I liked the electro story allot! The sandman story however was not Good At all

Had read some good things about the Gauntlet series, but the beginning was not very reassuring. A couple of relatively weak stories with the first one showing Elektro as "the man of the people" who pretty much just causes chaos and another story of Sandman trying to be a father after having kidnapped his child from her grandmother. Neither one is a very convincing story and a weak beginning for "The Gauntlet".The art style is very bad - someone left the trainees to draw some pictures and try to

Feels a lot like "The Long Halloween" to me. World: The art is fantastic for this arc. It's stylish and the art lends itself to some great emotive characters and I always love that. The world building here is well done, there is depth to the rogues and the story allows for that depth to build the world and the story. The journey through MU is a wonderful one. Story: This feels like Marvel's "A Long Halloween", from the framing and the use of the rogues it has a very distinct journey through Spid...

A cool adventure with Electro and Sandman. This series has become just solid fun. Its not the most amazing reads every time, but still enjoying it to continue

I picked this one up awhile ago based on good word of mouth and my prior enjoyment of Dan Slott and Mark Waid's writing. The premise is that Spider-Man's bad guys are all leveling up and he needs to take them all down again (that's based on a lot of foreshadowing, as really it's just Sandman and Electro in this one, with Mysterio, Rhino, Chameleon and Lizard waiting in the wings). The book starts out with Spider-Man as public enemy, the Green Goblin as a superhero called the Iron Patriot, and J....

Mark Waid - author2.5/5 starsThere is a short re-telling of the origin of Electro, then the main story kicks in with Electro getting powered-up mysteriously and becoming something of a man of the people. He then steals some money, blows up the Daily Planet and Spider-Man beats him up. There is an inexplicable (mercifully) short story that shows how Spider-Man and the Black Cat are dating (but only while wearing their costumes/not in their secret identities?) and introduces some tension because M...

This book is split up into four sections.the first being a very solid dan slott dark reign issue Adam Kuberts art looks great here. The second is a very average electro got an upgrade story by Mark Waid. The story just never really had any bite, with you never quite feeling for the electro (a man of the people) storyline. I am not a fan of Paul Azaceta's art here. It's not that i dont like the style Aja created a similar style for matt fractions hawkeye story which worked well. Here it just does...

Both Electro and Sandman's stories are good. To be honest this was my favourite Electro story. Electro had motive, and for once he was doing something because he believed in it. Sure, he's still evil, and his endgame was his money. But he was smart to utilise the people's fury, and DB had it coming.The Sandman story was not half as engaging, but in the end we see Peter facing the moral repercussions of making hard choices. Finally, the cover is very deceiving since the story is not as dark as th...

Spidey has the best rogues gallery, but I wonder if writers are finding it increasingly difficult to construct stories around a lot of these characters. Why do these villains do these things? Electro could make more money stabilizing power grids as they attempt to integrate renewable power sources. Sandman could generate more money using his powers to replenish soil in sub-Saharan Africa. I get the sense that back in the day, the writers could just say "well, Electro wants to rob a bank and then...

And so I finally begin reading The Gauntlet storyline, which has sort of been teased at on and off for months with the Kraven family seemingly gathering Spider-Man foes for something big. But this first book doesn't tie to strongly to that and just has two arcs featuring Electro and Sandman and not much else beyond that. Solid fights and efforts to amp up Spidey's villains but not narratively remarkable on its own.

This was a good start to the run, very easy to follow with the previous story. I've read around this title so that was helpful. A few classic villains, J.JonahJameson. . . . all in all what one would want from a Spiderman.

Heroes running gauntlets is not new territory. As I read this, I remembered Batman’s gauntlet through his rogues, ending in a broken back at the hands of Bane. The first battle with the Sinister Six was one as well, with a rookie Spidey having to defeat each to get to Aunt May. I like how this story seems to be taking its time; I will continue this reading gauntlet. Really good art.