Death of the Stacys

Death of the Stacys is one of the biggest events in Spider-Man history. It covers the death of both Captain Stacy and Peter Parkers girlfriend Gwen Stacy. These events happened in 1970 and is one of the markers in the transition between Silver and Bronze age comics.

I will not give away to much about this TP since its a must read for any Spider-Man fan and for that matter any comic fan. I will say is that this is Spider-Man at its best. We see Spider-Man go through highs and lows in both of his lives. We also see the more gritter comics that Stan Lee and the people at Marvel were known for. Death of loved ones, problems at work and drug use. These story lines have always made Marvel's heroes more relatable to the reader.

This TP collects Amazing 88-92 and 121-121. The writing in this comic is very good. The highlight of the writing has to be the death of Gwen herself. The question as to how it happened was so well done that we still do not know the answer. Spider-Man's comments are one of his trademarks and they are alive and well here in this collection, but maybe a little toned down. The art is pretty good as well. Its different that todays and some may find it "old fashion", but I like it. I think the best part is the use of detailed drawings of faces to show emotions or the state of a character. This comic also has good re-readability because its so key to Spider-Man's past and is well written. The one poor thing about this TP is that it cost $20 US and $32 Can. It has a nice hard cover, but that does not really make up for the price. There are cheaper TP of this collection out there for those on a budget.

Over all this is a must read.


Rating

Writing: 9/10

Art: 8/10

Re-readability: 8/10

Value: 6/10

Overall: 8/10

So Say We All