Great Comic Book Arcs

The Child Within arc in Spectacular Spiderman 178 - 184.

Obscenely well-written. It's the backstory of Vermin (from Kraven's Last Hunt) and why he's the screwed up creature he is - as well as the eventual madness that overcomes Harry Osborne by the ghost of his father.

Pretty damned adult subject matter (child molestation, child abuse, drug use, severe mental anguish) and really stellar artwork by Sal Buschema. It eventually concluded later with two really, really, really great issues - #189, where the Goblin kidnaps his own family and #200 where Harry and Peter Parker throw down one last time.

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Originally Posted by Tokubetsu

Ive been thinking, and i believe my favorite comic book arc would have to be the whole Clone Saga in Spiderman

Hehehe, thats generally one of the most hated storylines ever.

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Originally Posted by Tokubetsu

As i said, im not surprised. It was very outlandish, and the other clones of peter were crazy as hell, but there will forever be a soft spot for Ben Rielly in my heart.

It's not that so much as the stupid "hey, Spider-Man was a clone for the last 18 years!" that made it so hysterically dumb. I actually liked some of the art from Web Of Spider-Man.

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Originally Posted by Knighthawk

I wish they had graphic novels of shit like this.

Well, count your blessings. On one hand, graphic novels are coming out all the time. However, Marvel has this lovely trend of lowballing theirs; they're reprinting all their classic stuff - but its on cheap newspaper stock and in black and white. I want all the old 70s Ghost Rider stuff - but not if its in the cheapest form ever invented.

On a similar note - I found it very odd that Dark Horse didn't bother putting their original (,excellent) Aliens Versus Predator series to TPB when the crappy-ass movie came out.

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