Spider-Man Noir Kindle & comiXology

David Hine's take on the Depression Era Spiderman is perhaps one of the most divergent from the characters mainline continuity. Spider-Man here is depressing, the Goblin is a gangster, the treatment of minor characters is often brutal. The setting is pure pulp noir, and given to make of the tropes, but feels more original than some of the other Marvel Noir story arcs. The art is good, and the color palette is dark without being overdrawn or too dark to easily make out action. Spider-Man here is more sullen than his mainline counterpart and much more violent.One of the strongest noir story arcs as many of the others were a little bit too trope reliant and underwhelming or too similar to the mainline counterparts.

Spider-Man Noir is a comic series based off of film noir crime dramas of the late 40's and starts off with a man named Peter Parker. An activist who's uncle was murdered by the Goblin, a mob boss with a deranged posse consisting of the freak show attraction, The Vulture, and the animal trainer Kraven. Parker encounters a man named Urich after he saved Parker from the Goblin's goons and Urich set out to show Parker the true state of the world and how horrible it is. Parker sets out to put a stop to the Goblin and his ways and in the process, while spying on the Goblin's men at work stealing, Peter is bitten by a cursed spider that was in a box of voodoo statues the Goblin was stealing for his collection. These very spiders killed one of the Goblin's men and Peter had been bitten by one giving him spider-like abilities like the ability to leap long distances and shoot webbing from his wrists. Peter uses these newfound abilities to combat the Goblin and send him a warning but Peter soon discovers his buddy Urich used to be one of the Goblin's men himself. Urich finally decides to put the Goblin away forever and the Goblin has him shot to death by the very man Urich set out to spill the beans to; J. Jonah Jameson! After Urich's death, his files on the Goblin are left to Peter and he uses them to get at the Goblin at every corner. Peter Parker must put the pieces of the puzzle together and don his costume to hide his true identity and become the Spider-Man to combat the Goblin and his men before Felicia, the one person Peter can trust, is captured and killed by the Goblin!So, this is the first of the Noir series I've read and I love it. It truly tells a fantastic noir story set in 1933 and still keeps the Spider-Man villains (Green Goblin, Kraven the Hunter, Vulture, Chameleon) and the heroes (Spider-Man, Black Cat) and keeping the superhero magic to a bare minimum and making it all fit very well with the story. The art direction was well done and the design of Spider-Man's costume looked very cool! This is an alternate-universe tale that really sets the bar and the noir film setting is a fantastic and original place for Marvel to take their heroes! Overall, I enjoyed the whole read and highly recommend it!

A rather enjoyable quick read. I'm a big fan of Spider-man though I haven't really broken into his comic book medium because of how overwhelmingly vast it is. A $5 digital download made that easy though. I wish more comic makers would seize the opportunity with digital comic books. Many of the comic books out there (at least on amazon) are cheap but then cost $4 per book for shipping! So the only option for most people who would otherwise pay is illegal downloading which means lost revenue. And it's the comic book makers fault for not following the market trends and giving the consumer reasonable options. And that is what I liked about amazon having a kindle version of this book. I will happily pay if it makes my life easier and doesn't brake the bank. Mission accomplished Spider-Man Noir.The comic book software is somewhat crude but gets the job done. I tested it out on the new iPad, an iPhone, and my Kindle touch. The sheer size of the iPad and it's color screen made it the best choice for me.The comic book itself was a good read. I thought I would be able to spread the 4 books out but I ended finishing them in one sitting. I really like all things noir and this was no exception. It was full of twists and turns and seeing the characters we all know placed in the great depression was fun. The only thing it was lacking was a noir style jazz soundtrack to go along with it. Now that's an idea! Get some simple noir music loops that correlate to the plot in the current panel you're reading! Alright internet, I put the idea out there! Make it happen!

This read just like an old black and white detective movie. It's the nineteen thirties in New York, and the crime lords of Manhattan have a new enforcer. He is known as the Goblin, and he brings with him a crew of monsters from circus freak shows around the country. I found this take on the vulture one of the creepiest things I've read in awhile. I also really like this version of Ben Ulrich and Felicia Hardy, they were very interesting. The art was very good, and I would highly recommend this to anyone, even those like myself who really don't like Spiderman normally.

This one one of the best noir graphic novels I have ever read! Spider-man in the 1930's--what a great concept! I loved how the writer put the cast of the Spider-man series in this era! They fit into all the right places! We need more writing like this in comics! The artwork was perfect for communicating this era. Marvel needs to do another short series with these characters. Excelsior!

For those of us who enjoy a good Spider-tale, id highly recommend picking this up. Though i have to warn you, this is not a Spider-Man for the kiddos! This Spider-Man finds himself impoverished in depression era new york, and must take on a gang of baddies that jump straight out of a freakshow horror comic.I dont want to give too much away, but if you enjoy Spider-Man and darker stories, Id really recommend picking this up.

I'm always up for a read of heroes in the 1930's and 40's and for one of my favorite heroes to be in that time is pretty awesome to see because he was born into a different world, a world where corruption is more obvious

Loved the story. I didn't think Spidey could be more cool, but here he is, cooler than ever. Ben Urich, Aunt May, and Peter himself are such brilliant characters here. Great to see a different take on Spiderman

Good storyline and good artwork. It's interesting to see spiderman written from this perspective.

not really sure about spider man Noir, the story was ok but failed to keep me interested, also as a few other people have commented the quality of the book itself is poor as pages of the book started to fall out.

Arrived on time would use again

For some time this book has been out of print and been dealt for fantasy prices on the second hand market. Now finally Marvel has reprinted it and now everybody can give it a try again. And you should do that! It is a great alternate universe variation on the Spider-Man myth, distinct enough to be alternate, similar enough to be recognized as a variation. And the story really matches the tone of hard-boiled noir of the 30s. Peter is an angry young man whose socialist activist uncle has been killed by organized crime. And they are all there: corrupt politicians, mobsters, the "good bad girl" and the ambivalent newspaper man (Ben Urich being the secret star of the book). The only thing one could argue about is the magic mumbo jumbo that gives Peter his spider powers, so in some way Dashiell Hammett meets Doc Savage. But the story is really strong and well paced.The art and the storytelling fit together like a hand and a glove and together they make a fist of a comic book that - although being a collection - really deserves the name of Graphic Novel. Highly recommended!