Spider-Man: Spider Island Companion

Marvel, Feb 29, 2012 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 424 pages

As all of Manhattan is transformed into an island of Spider-Men, the city is quarantined! As Spider-Man battles the problem at its source, Marvel's other heroes take on the task of calming a city of spider-powered citizens - and battling an army of spider-powered criminals.

COLLECTING: SPIDER-ISLAND: THe AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 1-3; SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK & DAGGER1-3;SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU 1-3;HERC 7-8; SPIDER-ISLAND: AVENGERS 1; SPIDER-ISLAND: SPIDER-WOMAN 1; HEROES FOR HIRE 12; BLACK PANTHER 524; SPIDER-ISLAND: HEROES FOR HIRE; SPIDER-ISLAND SPOTLIGHT

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Review: Spider-Man: Spider Island Companion

User Review  - Geoff Derks - Goodreads

Tie-ins must be very difficult to write. The main story arc should be the best part about the series, and the tie-ins add fun and round out the plot and characters. Unfortunately, some work and some ...

Review: Spider-Man: Spider-Island Companion

User Review  - Shannon Appelcline - Goodreads

Overall this volume feels like a bit of a slog, as we again and again get the same plot points of people turning into monstrous spiders. However, there are some highlights. The Cloak & Dagger story is ...

About the author

NICK SPENCER works as a researcher, writer, and lecturer on social trends for the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity and the Jubilee Centre, which is based in Cambridge.

Greg Pak directed his first feature film "Robot Stories" which has played nationwide and won over 30 festival awards. With clients including Nike and Marvel Comics, he edits FilmHelp.com and AsianAmericanFilm.com. One of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 Filmmakers to Watch, Greg studied political science at Yale, history at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and film at NYU's graduate program.

A comics veteran, Mike McKone inbues Exiles with his loose, fun style. His other comics work includes DC Comics' Flash.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Spider-Man: Spider Island Companion; Amazing Spider-Man
• author of text accompanying photos: Paul Tobin, Nick Spencer, Antony Johnston, Greg Pak
• Illustrated by: Mike McKone, Sebastian Fiumara, June Brigman, Giuseppe Cammuncoli
• Publisher: Marvel, 2012
• ISBN: 0785162283, 9780785162285
• Length: 424 pages
• Subjects: Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes