Rating:  -
The other reviewers have covered this pretty thoroughly so all I can add is that, far as my humble opinion is worth, I stand somewhere in between the positive and negative reviews... it had the potential to be a GREAT graphic novel and started out strong but two major problems
- How Peter Parker pretty much "crumbled" in the middle, psychologically speaking.. if they'd given it more of a build up and spent more time on his mental decay instead of suddenly springing it on the reader it would have made more sense - as is, it comes off as abrupt and unrealistic.
- How quickly his family in the House of M reality forgave him given his actions after "crumbling"... same problem here (see above) in terms of not enough build-up and explanation.
This is a common problem for a lot of graphic novels out there - glossing over stuff too quickly and having it come off as "unrealistic" as a result... I'm not sure if it's due to budget restrictions (can't afford to print too many comics in the series) or not... then again in Fantastic Four/Iron Man House of M the Fantastic Four part (again in my humble opinion) did a wonderful job with Doctor Doom in only a few short issues...
It's an interesting read but given the flaws I wouldn't spend more than seven dollars (max) on it
Rating:  -
What's Spider-Man up to in the alternate reality of the House of M? He's a wealthy, famous professional wrestling superstar that's married to Gwen Stacy, has a kid, and his Uncle Ben never died. Needless to say, it's the life that Peter Parker jas basically always wanted. J. Jonah Jameson is his abused publicist, who helps the Green Goblin set up Spidey by leaking the secret that he's not a mutant, but a human given powers via a radioactive spider. Needless to say, this doesn't bode well in a world that is dominated by mutants. Mark Waid writes a compelling and interesting alternate look at Marvel's most popular character, while X-Men artist Salvador Larroca and inker Danny Miki provide solid work as well. The only downside to House of M: Spider-Man is that which was already mentioned by a previous reviewer: by the time the book ends, Spidey's status in Brian Michael Bendis' main House of M storyline contradicts what is found here. That aside though, this House of M tie-in is pretty good, and worth checking out for fans of the main storyline.
Rating:  -
I have to say this was a poor comic book. The story was below average, the main characters Parker and JJJ were fake personalities of the original characters. The only thing that took it up a star (to two) was the impressive art work. By all means this comic is nothing to be proud of.
The story has already been mention above, my gripe with it is first of all Parker as spiderman would not be hiding his secret but showing the whole world that as a human (or there abouts) he can help and rescue people whether there mutants or human and in that he becomes a symbol of campaigning for humans to have the same rights as mutants. JJJ in the other hand would campaign openly using his newspaper and media for the rights of humans, as well he would think of spidy a mutant secretly wanting to sabotage human rights. JJJ has no gripe with Parker; only with mask vigilantes who rome the streets of new york which spidy fits the package easily. Spiderman fights because he has the responsibility to. His powers lead him to fight for justice.
Although thats the states q; the reality is different here yet the characters themselves are completely different too, which is wrong, instead of spidy fighting for justice he entertains for money, he even hates JJJ for petty reason which are not even in the real spiderman realm. Normally Parker and JJJ get along, not Spidy and JJJ. To have Parker picking fights with JJJ is wrong and unlike the characters the comics are based on and I found it unpleasant. The other characters were weakly described as uncle Ben never seems to tell Parker off or gives him any words of wisdom in these troubled times. The villainess are meaningless and the ending was rubbish and spineless to say the least in fact instead of two star im going to resort to one. Infact this is not a spiderman comic none of the plot is meaningful, the characters have any enounce of who they suppose to be even in a distorted reality and the plot does not fit well with the house of m theme. Instead of Peter Paker they should have called him Pilly Parkr and his sperman costume and JJJ to JIQ and his spineless wit in this reality or any other.
Rating:  -
This story is a bit interesting but that's about it. This is the fast-food of stories, very little substainces. Why did Spidey have a diary? Did he know of the real universe? Alas, these questions will never be answered now. The only thing done right was that Gwen Stacy was brought back to life for this story. You know after doing a little bit of back reading, I get the feeling that MJ was just 2nd prize in Peter's heart. However, MJ can't take the place of Peter's first really romantic love. I don't get me wrong. I think Peter and MJ work! But, Peter and Gwen would be together through it all ... if that damn,(sob), Green Goblin hadn't !!!
Look, I didn't like House of M or really any of them to be exact. House of M is a story that was done just to get your money and nothing more. Sure, they have to tell a pretty convincing/dynmaic story to do that but for me they didn't. The other good thing about House of M. Hawkeye is back, baby!
Rating: -
Spider-man:House of M is a good read, accompanied by some great artwork. However, I couldn't seem to find exactly where it fit in with House of M (when did he meet up with every one?) But overall, it was one of the most interesting Spider-man stories I've read.
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