Target Spider-Man: The Sinister Six

    (Marvel, 2005)
™ and © Marvel Characters, Inc.

Printed for distribution exclusively through Target retail stores, this magazine-sized anthology collects issues #1-4 of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, a series featuring stories targeted (sorry, pun intentional) primarily for younger readers: the characters are a bit more campy, the art is slightly more cartoonish, and the stories are less complex and unhindered by decades of convoluted continuity.

In the title story, a small army of Spidey’s most powerful foes band together to rid themselves of Spider-Man once and for. With his own powers mysteriously on the fritz, the young hero is in for the fight of his life!

The opener, adapted from Amazing Fantasy #15, revisits Spider-Man’s origin, when the future hero learned that great power requires great responsibility. It was a lesson learned at a tragic price.

The final story, starring Marvel’s resident hothead, the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch, is just plain fun.

— Joseph Self
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