Marvel has a really bad habit of giving their event tie-ins confusing and redundant titles. Spider-Verse is the name of the overarching crossover that just kicked off last week in Amazing Spider-Man #9. It's spawning a number of spinoffs and tie-in comics, one of which is also called Spider-Verse. Because reasons.
All you really need to know about this particular tie-in is that it's an anthology book that focuses on various versions of Spidey from throughout the multiverse. Some of these tales offer origin stories, while others showcase how a particular Spider-Person is recruited by the growing resistance against Morlun's family. Essentially, there's no difference between this series and the recent Edge of Spider-Verse comic except for the focus on shorter vignettes over full-length stories. What matters is that the same charm and sense of adventure is still present.
Spider-Verse #1 features six different story segments. Three of these are shorter, humorous little tales from Amazing Spider-man writer Dan Slott and various artists, while the other three are slightly longer and more in-depth. Fans of the Mangaverse Spider-Man will be pleased to see that Peter Parker return. Unfortunately, creator Kaare Andrews isn't present. Instead, writer Skottie Young and artist Jake Andrews continue this Spider-Man's story one year after his last adventure. This segment proves to be the one real weak link in the issue. Young goes through a lot of effort in sending Peter on a journey to confront his heritage, only for it not to matter much in the end. The art style is also underwhelming, coming across as more Avatar: The Last Airbender-lite than something truly manga-inspired.
THE VERDICT
Spider-Verse #1 doesn't deviate from the format of previous tie-ins. It doesn't even contribute much to the larger Spider-Verse conflict. But it does offer a fun selection of stories that play with the familiar Spider-man mythology in new and interesting ways. The three core features are balanced out with some delightfully twisted short stories from Slott, leading to a well-rounded Spider-package.
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