REVIEW: Spider-Man: Cosmic Chaos! (graphic novel) written and illustrated by Mike Maihack

Spider-Man: Cosmic Chaos! is the third work in the Spider-Man focused "A Might Marvel Team-Up" series. I bought my copy new.

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Spider-Man takes the dolphin talisman to Silver Surfer, who tells him that Rocket (Guardians of the Galaxy) may have some useful info about it. It turns out that the talisman was one of seven given away as prizes in cereal, and together they are all-powerful. Unfortunately, Spider-Man starts accidentally collecting them.

It's weird seeing Rocket in a series like this, aimed so much at little kids. He's practically tame here. 

Again, we have a very nice and fluffy story. In this instance, being nice saves the day, multiple times. Spider-Man is all about avoiding battle and just helping people out. Instead of shooting enemies, try giving them a casserole.

I think this is the end of the Spider-Man "A Might Marvel Team-Up" stuff, although a poster included with my book set makes it look like the series might be continued with Iron Man as the focus. 

All in all, this was chaotic and crammed with Marvel characters who rarely got a chance to do much more than show up, but still an okay read. 

REVIEW: Spider-Man: Quantum Quest! (graphic novel) written and illustrated by Mike Maihack

Spider-Man: Quantum Quest! is the second work in the Spider-Man-focused A Might Marvel Team-Up series. I bought my copy new.

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The Fantastic Four show up and ask for Spider-Man's help with locating Namor's lost/stolen city. This will involve finding a dolphin talisman (seen in the previous volume). Although Spider-Man (and Mike the pigeon) manages to find the talisman with Ant-Man's help, the situation rapidly becomes weird. It seems that everything is getting drawn into the quantum realm for some reason.

I don't know much about She-Hulk, but this volume leads me to believe that fourth wall breaking is one of her things. At any rate, there is a good bit of fourth wall breaking, as Spider-Man's flips literally flip the book (readers are encouraged to turn the book as needed in order to properly follow the story).

I didn't like this quite as much as the first volume, but the interactivity helped to somewhat make up for that. In addition to all the book flipping, there's a Seek-N-Find activity that's surprisingly difficult - I never did find three of the items.

Each volume seems like an effort to cram in as many characters (particularly ones from the Marvel Cinematic Universe) as possible. Here we've got She-Hulk, Moon Girl, Shang Chi, Moon Knight, Ant-Man, etc. 

REVIEW: Spider-Man: Animals Assemble! (graphic novel) written and illustrated by Mike Maihack

Spider-Man: Animals Assemble is the first work in the "A might Marvel team-up" series. I bought my copy new.

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J. Jonah Jamison is losing it over pigeons, and there's a villain in Central Park causing problems. Spider-Man keeps expecting to be asked to help fight the villain but is instead asked to watch out for an increasingly ridiculous number of superhero pets.

This was cute and light, very much written for kids but still appealing to me, an adult. There are occasional animals in danger, but none are harmed (even though things didn't look great for the goldfish for a while). There's definitely a goofy tinge to the story, as Nick Fury, for example, literally pokes his head out of a mailbox.

There's a dolphin talisman mentioned near the end with no info about whether it's a reference to something readers should already know and recognize or part of the set-up for a future volume. It turns out to be the latter, but there's no "to be continued" at the end of the volume to let you know this.

All in all, I liked this and wish some of the pets could have gotten more page-time.