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Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8: Sins Past (Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013)) by [J. Michael Straczynski, Mike Deodato]

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by J. Michael Straczynski (Author), Mike Deodato (Cover Art, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

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Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #509-514.

Holy! Looks like-! It can't be...is it? A stunning new evil emerges to stalk Peter Parker as the biggest Spider-Man event in years rocks the wall-crawler's world! The worst defeat that Peter Parker ever endured - a moment frozen in the minds of Spider-Man fans everywhere - was supposed to be far in his past. But now, two villains - ripped, perhaps, directly from that very moment - have emerged and they threaten to destroy everything that he holds dear!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01HP1MUPY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (February 9, 2005)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2005
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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J. Michael Staczynski was born in Paterson, NJ in 1954, from a lower-middle-class blue-collar family that moved 21 times in his first 18 years. He began writing in earnest and selling at the age of 17 and hasn't stopped since. He graduated San Diego State University with degrees in Psychology and Sociology.

As a journalist, he has written over 500 published articles for such periodicals as The Los Anglees Times, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Writer's Digest, San Diego Magazine, the San Diego and Los Angeles Reader and TIME, Inc. He has also published numerous short stories in Amazing Science Fiction Magazine, Pulphouse, and various anthologies.

As a television writer and producer, he has written over 300 produced episodes, including work on The New Twilight Zone and Murder She Wrote. He also wrote, created and produced the series Babylon 5, Crusade, Jeremiah and most recently, Sense8 for Netflix.

Moving from TV to film, he wrote Changeling (directed by Clint Eastwood), Ninja Assassin (produced by the Wachowskis), provided the story for Thor (directed by Kenneth Branagh), wrote Underworld 4 (starring Kate Beckinsale), and has written numerous other films that are currently slated for production.

He has won the Hugo Award (twice), the Saturn Award, the Eisner Award, the Inkpot Lifetime Achievement Award, the E Pluribus Unum Award from the American Cinema Foundation, the Space Frontier Foundation award, the Ray Bradbury Award, the Christopher Award, and over a dozen others.

He was also nominated for a British Academy Award (BAFTA) for his screenplay for Changeling.

He writes ten hours a day, every day, and he likes it a lot.

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Controversial, but Character-Driven

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018

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J. Michael Straczynski and Mike Deodato's "Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 8: Sins Past" collects "Amazing Spider-Man" nos. 509-514. Sins Past is one of the most controversial Spider-Man stories of all time, not just in recent memory. It begins with Peter receiving a letter that Gwen Stacy wrote prior to her death. When he visits her grave to think, two shadowy figures attack him. After recovering the second half of the letter and some DNA, Spidey discovers that these two are the children of Gwen Stacy and Norman Osborn, born in France during the events of "Amazing Spider-Man" nos. 119-120. Peter must deal with this shocking revelation while trying to save Gwen's children, who Norman Osborn raised and trained to kill Peter Parker and Spider-Man if Osborn should die. The story is certainly one of the more daring for this time period and retcons a beloved character, but it's not necessarily as bad as most remember it. Straczynski based his Spider-Man stories on the relationships between Peter, Mary Jane, Aunt May, and other side characters. This shocking revelation led to some action sequences, but worked well to create emotional drama for the characters to confront and process. That said, the flashback of Gwen Stacy sleeping with Osborn is an unnecessary full-page sequence. If that had been omitted or described differently, the story would likely not get as much hate as it does currently. For those who enjoyed Straczynski's run on "Amazing Spider-Man", this fits in with the character-driven stories he developed during the 2000s. Also, Deodato's art was a nice departure from the exaggerated caricature style of John Romita, Jr., who illustrated most of the previous Straczynski "Amazing Spider-Man" stories.

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Doane

Poor Gwen

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021

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This is an almost classic case in which authors abuse women to have an excuse for aggravated violence. It started with the death of Gwen Stacy decades ago, and continues here.
It wasn't even a great story.
Deodato's art is the only saving grace.

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William P.R. Azbill

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2021

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Missing a page and binding was broken.

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James L.

A somber and amazing read

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2017

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I love this story cause it ties so well into the Spider-Man myths.
The theme of this story is secrets and that nothing is buried forever.

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Mark Twain

Simply an awful story, possibly the worst ever

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2014

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The single most disappointing TPB I have ever read or purchased.

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Diego Alvarado

A spidey fan must!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2012

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I wasn't always a Spider-man fan but without a doubt this was the pinnacle of my transformation into an avid Spidey Fan. Therefore, I highly recommend this graphic novel because it is a good reading regardless if you are a comic book fan or not since it is so well written. The story itself is riveting enough to make even non-spidey fans cry!!! This graphic novel is a must have in any comic-book fan's library.

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Quan A.

The 2nd worst Spider-Man story I've ever read

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020

Straczynski confuses me. For the majority of his 7 year run on ASM, I loved nearly every arc. Back in Black, Civil War, The Other; all of these were fun cool twists that I had never read in ASM before he wrote it. But somehow, he also managed to write what I think are the two worst stories in ASM history: One More Day and this book. One More Day I will give a pass to because that was clearly driven by Quesada and the higher ups at Marvel instead of him, and he had the integrity to leave before even finishing that story. However, this book marks one of the lowest points in ASM history because it changes the motivations of 2 of the greatest characters in ASM history: Gwen Stacy and Norman Osborn. Without getting into major spoilers, this story really invalidates a large period of ASM history in the Silver Age for Gwen Stacy, and really makes not only her look bad, but Peter as well. It also makes Norman Osborn even more unlikable (which I guess some could see as a positive since he's a villain), but the angle here was very uncomfortable and way too dark for a Spider-Man story. It's also a huge retcon that doesn't make a lot of sense. The art here is also nothing to write home about; I like Deodato, but I don't think his art was great here. Most of the stuff he's done recently I've really liked, but his Spider-Man years were some of the lowest art quality in this run, especially after JRJR's amazing pencils (JRJR was at his best when drawing ASM in my opinion). I will give this story 2 stars because I don't hate it as much as One More Day, which deserves negative stars if I could give it, but this story is horrible, you can skip it and you won't miss much. A fun fact about this is Straczynski regrets this story the most, he expresses so in Marvel Comics #1000.

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A Bad Story In An Amazing Spiderman Run

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2020

Without a doubt -the run by J Michael Straczynski was one of the best in Spider-Man history.
It was chock full of Original, fresh ideas that no one else has ever attempted and each of his stories actually reads as if he was just bursting with something brand new he wanted to add to the Spider-Man mythos.
However, with this story he went too far.
I won’t reveal any spoilers here in case you want to experience the story for yourself but the bottom line is that he came up with an absolutely horrible twist on some iconic moments in the series.
With this one he seemed to go for something outrageous that would get some attention - and it sure did!
The fans-who had previously loved everything he was doing-just hated it.
It succeeded in damaging not only two of the greatest characters in Spider-Man history but also the books single greatest storyline.
I don't know what he was thinking here but because he distorted some fundamental elements of the book, this story is unquestionably the worst Spiderman story ever done.
Sadly, because it is so disliked by the fans it really hurt the way his entire run is looked at.
The art in the story is actually fantastic and because he is a fine writer the story beats are still very good -but it’s the very idea that drives it that brings the whole thing crashing down.
So if you are looking to collect this entire era of Spiderman and especially the stories by J Michael Straczynski I would really recommend skipping these issues because you will likely get so angry at what happens here that you may not want to read the rest.
This would be a shame because there are still some excellent stories to come!!

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