'Nuff Said

The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) (Single Issues) #39

by Grant Morrison

A test for the Mighty Marvel Maestros: Since you're the best artists and writers in the biz, we challenge you to tell a story using visuals only.

Reprints/Collects:
The Amazing Spider-Man #39
Incredible Hulk #35
New X-Men #121
Peter Parker: Spider-Man #38
The Punisher #7
Thor #44
X-Force #123

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Marvel, Supernatural, Anthologies

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[A M H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool silent comic concept. Let the art speak for itself. The issues themselves were a mixed bag. Most were just okay, while some where good and some, not so much. I assume these issues may be better with more of a series context but I headed in blind.

The Punisher 7 was great. Nice straight to the point action. 5 Stars
Thor 44 was good. 4 Stars.
Amazing Spider-Man 39 was nice for what it was conveying. 3 Stars.
X-Men 121 story was messed up. Artwork was striking and unusual. 3 Stars
Incredible Hulk 35 was just okay. 2 Stars.
Peter Parker: Spider-Man 38, meh. I don't know. 1 Star.
X-Force 123 was just weird. Probably because I never read X-Force before but it just seemed crazy.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read. It's always fascinating to feel how your brain works differently when there isn't any dialogue to lean on. I enjoyed the Spidey and Hulk stories, but the others were either... just not my thing or just weird. (I have no idea what was going on with that weird green alien thing with a giant pimple?!?!?) Also, the X-Men comic totally cheated by having Jean talk at the end!!

[K M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the first story but not the rest as I needed to have had read previous issues within a particular series to fully appreciate the story. Interesting concept. I wonder if DC or Image did anything similar?

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very uneven collection of stories made for the "wordless" theme issues. The variety of approaches the creators have come up with is interesting to see, though not all are successful.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This compilation was an interesting read. Some of the stories just blundered, but the included scripts at the end were very fun to read. Seeing what the author got and what he wanted was a nice little twist... plus the whole point of the stories which were to not use any speech and focus on the graphical communication. I liked the Thor and X-men stories the most with the Punisher in third. Overall its a quick read and something a little different.

[Fugo Feedback]

Creo que de este tomo leí, en distintas ediciones:
The Amazing Spider-Man #39 (**/),
Incredible Hulk #35 (***),
New X-Men #121 (****/) y
X-Force #123 (****),
así que cuando lea Peter Parker: Spider-Man #38, The Punisher #7 y Thor #44, seguro reseñe.