![]() ![]() We want to depend on our neighbours, even if we also crave the privacy that sometimes being in close proximity to others. Home is home and we want to feel safe and secure and protected. His Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man is full of fun and the funny, and the fact that it’s set in mostly in New York (well, make that Under York), makes the book the rare superhero title that feels happily relatable in how one sees and appreciates their environment. Taylor, who has done fantastic work on DC’s Injustice series, along with X-Men: Red, which helped bring the resurrected Jean Grey back to Marvel prominence, is writing an incredibly joyful book. In this case, its navigating neighbours from another dimension, living with a roommate/felon, and a status quo changing life situation for Aunt May. This book is as its title describes – Peter Parker dealing with situations and life close to home. Speaking of which, this week I had the chance to catch up on two new digital trades that have captured the first story-arcs of two distinct Spider-Men the legacy Spidey, Peter Parker, and his Ultimate pal, Miles Morales, originally from another dimension but now an essential part of the Marvel 616 Universe. ![]() I’m not going to list it all, mind you, but if you don’t know…well, there are Epic Collections and movies and tv shows and trade paperbacks that can get you up to speed. Keeping Spider-Man fresh isn’t the easiest job the character has been around nearly sixty years, and he’s been through a lot. ![]()
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