Superior Spider-Man Team-Up: Superior Six
A pull quote on the cover says “This comic is a must read.” Meh. That’s generic praise. But then the source is a website called Unleash the Fanboy. What? Well, I’d like to tell you something about that site but when I went and checked it wasn’t there. So some pop-up blurb farm I guess.
I wouldn’t call Superior Six a must read but it is very good, continuing the high level of superhero action and storytelling chops on display in Versus. I think the character of the Superior Spider-Man was probably a lot of fun to write, given how he’s such a super-intelligent snob. But the different adventures he gets into are also well crafted and had me hooked.
There are three mini-stories in this volume. In the first Spidey has somehow gained mind control over the Sinister Six, rebranding them as the (you guessed it) Superior Six. Together they get in a fight with the Wrecking Crew and when Spidey’s control over his gang comes undone it looks like he’s in real trouble until a MacGuffin blows up and saves the day. In a coda, Superior Spider-Man wonders if maybe his arrogance is getting him into trouble and putting innocent people at risk. But a meeting with Namor (no slouch in the arrogance department himself) soon has him believing in himself again. That is, being an asshole. Thank goodness!
In the second story Spidey teams up with the Punisher and Daredevil to take on the Green Goblin’s crew, which has infiltrated the Spider-Base. This was just OK. It didn’t seem to go anywhere (because it’s part of a larger storyline), but I liked seeing the Punisher and Daredevil. Then in the final part we get a bunch of backstory about Doc Ock (as he then was) and Norman Osborn. This story ends up with the personality (soul?) of Peter Parker reasserting itself and Doctor Octopus fading away, leaving us with the original “Amazing” Spider-Man. And I think that was it for this series.
So good writing by Chris Yost and Kevin Shinick, but it’s kind of disjointed because with all the crossovers Marvel was running you feel you’re only getting pieces of other, larger arcs. Which sort of defeats the purpose of having these collected volumes in the first place.
Alex Good 
Having issues commenting, as well as over at fraggles. I hit the comment button and “cannot post this comment due to php blah blah” pops up. Not sure what is going on 😦
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Huh. I sometimes get that. Was always a problem at Eddie’s site. Not happening today anywhere for me though.
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It happened once yesterday to me (at your place I think) and now it has happened here again and at Fraggles’ place. Going to have to start copying my comments before trying to post them I guess.
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Anyway, I stopped collecting most compilations because they didn’t include everything, so that disjointed feeling was quite prominent.
Not like the days of the Death of Superman saga or the Batman Knightfall saga. Those compilations had it all…
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Yeah I remember those storylines. There really isn’t a full storyline here. Which is a shame because I like the Superior Spider-Man character.
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Too many Spidermans. Don’t know why they can’t just manage with one.
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Can’t be in every multiverse at the same time . . .
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Too many of those as well.
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Would have been better if the quote was, “Squeeee!” Or is that reserved for fanGIRLS?
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A pull quote like “Squeeee!” would have intrigued me. Calling it a “must read” didn’t.
I don’t even know why publishers put blurbs from sources nobody has ever heard of on their covers. It’s almost an anti-come on.
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I read and enjoyed quite a bit of Superior Spiderman but don’t think I read Superior Six. Sounds interesting though. Good gimmick.
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The first part here is a good story. I wish they’d gone on with it.
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