Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62821 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Synopsis
In a bittersweet good-bye, Peter Parker recalls the early days of his star-crossed romance with Gwen Stacy as well as his battles with foes including Kraven the Hunter and the Vulture.

Customer Reviews

A love letter from the heart......
Spider-man:Blue is a love letter from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale to the classic tales of Stan Lee and John Romita's wallcrawler from the 1960's. The story harks back to a simpler time, before gimmicks, over the top plots, and awful writing became the common thing it is today.
The writing is fantastic, catching the very essence of not only Peter Parker, but his supporting cast; these are characters you can care about, and Jeph Loeb makes them live and breathe. Tim Sale's artwork is simply stunning,some of the two page spreads are unbelievably gorgeous, and the covers have a simplistic beauty I have rarely seen.Don't get me started on how fantastic Gwen and MJ look!!
This is without doubt one of the best comics ever published; it perfectly marries great storytelling, great artwork,and great characterisation, all from creators who clearly care deeply.
If you want to read Spider-Man as he should be, read this; if you love the comic book art form, read this. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, we are not worthy............

God bless Jeph Loeb...
The talent and sheer genius that is Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Daredevil: Yellow, Batman: Hush vol. 1&2) has struck once again in the form of Spider-Man: Blue, all with the help of course, from the artist Tim Sale. This wall crawling adventure is really anything but as Peter Parker sits in his house, in the dark and alone, recording stories of his first true love; Gwen Stacey. But not everything is going swimmingly for Parker this time around, as the stunning and shockingly forward, Mary-Jane Watson is introduced into Peter's life. The book kicks off at the very location where Gwen died, Spider-Man lays a rose upon the top of the large bridge. Referring to her as his "funny Valentine", Peter documents the key points in their relationship before it all went wrong. This is a definite must have for any true fan, as this is the story of how Gwen and Peter fell in love, or more appropriately, how they almost didn't fall in love...

Spider-man : Blue
To put it bluntly, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sales "Spider-man : Blue" is one of the best Spider-man books ever written. For those of you already familiar with the work of Jeph Loeb on "Batman : Hush" and "Batman : Dark Victory" and Tim Sales art in "Batman : Dark Victory" you will not be dissapointed; the story aims to retell significant events in Spider-man history (The first appearance of Mary Jane watson is a high point of the book)and does this extremely well but the focus is on the beginning of Peter's relationship with Gwen Stacy, his first love.
For fans of the Spider-man history, this is a must have book with an excpetional balance between action, romance and subtle nods to the days of Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and
John Romita Snr (the "amazing fantasy" gag works without being cheesy)for those only slightly familiar with Spider-man it has everything you need to get to know both sides of the character.
Overall, one of the finest accomplishments in Spider-man history and if you don't cry at the last three pages, you have no soul and shall die cold and lonely.