Wow! This took me a while. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow this big tome from my boss. He spoke very highly of the Todd McFarlane art, and he was correct. Todd McFarlane does indeed draw an excellent Spider-man. This was my very first spider-man comic. It was a lot take in. There was no origin story in this book. It basically picks up where Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson (now Watson-Parker) are married. Peter is still struggling with income as tries to pick up photo jobs where he can. So from the marriage stand point its really interesting. This omnibus is massive. Over 800 pages worth of comics. This is also the oldest comics I have read so far. Though the early 90's isn't that long ago, story and art have seem to have come a long way. Like I mentioned before Todd McFarlane draws spider-man so well, the non-super hero art (Peter Parker just walking around) I couldn't have cared less for and it just felt dated to me. (what can I say, I like modern art) But what really stood out to me was the story telling. Unlike most comics today, each issue was a really good story in and off themselves. Thought there was some carry over from issue to issue, not having read the one previously wasn't that big of a problem. Each issue was very good and had a different antagonist. I actually enjoyed watching Mary Jane get into trouble and solve her own issues, without have spider-man always saving the day. If you are already familiar with the spider-man origin story I would definitely recommend this book to you. It is rather expensive, but the David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane team made this very entertaining.
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