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Spiderwoman-Origin #1 (of 5)
Writers: Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed
Artist: Jonathon Luna
Layouts: Joshua Luna
Plot:
The parents of an unborn Spiderwoman are working on a
project funded by the British military to interpret and
manipulate the DNA of spiders. While still in the womb, she
is hit with a DNA manipulation ray that gives her the unique
abilities of a deadly spider. He father sees her as the key
to his life’s work and his greed leads to disastrous
results.
Review: I understand that in superhero comics you
have to suspend a certain amount of disbelief, but there
really is no reason for all of the silliness. Her parents
basically get military funding to collect rare spiders from
around the world in order to manipulate their DNA, all of
which seem to live in a field around their mansion. Then a
pregnant woman gets zapped with a ray gun affecting the life
of the unborn child. Yep, that is not a typo. The entire
origin is pretty ridiculous, and I can’t help but to think
that with a little thought, they could have come up with
something a little more reasonable. The art is pretty nice,
but nothing special. I am even going to go so far as to use
my latent psychic ability to foresee that this silly little
origin story will get buried in the Marvel universe and will
be completely forgotten in the future. At least I certainly
hope they don’t bring it up later and try to make it a
pivotal point in her future.
Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of
Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance
preview books for review purposes.
