Spider-Friends, go for it!!

My favourite cartoon when I was a kid? Had to be Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Somewhere in my parent's loft there must be my collection of C60 tapes containing the soundtracks of the toon recorded off the telly. For this reason I loved Marvel's latest Spider-Family one-shot featuring a new story featuring Spidey and his chums Iceman and Firestar. Granted the issue also features issue two of the SpiderMan 2099 (why bother reprinting something that a) was rubbish in the first place and b) finishes with a cliff hanger? There must have been other stand-alone stories that could have filled this space) and a reprint of Spider-Man fighting a Man-Bat wannabe) but the Amazing Friends story makes it well worth the cover price. All at once I was transported back to late afternoon TV, simple adventures and corny villains. Magical.

Now if only they'd do a new version of the show like the one imagined in this fan art..

I'm also reminded of my other Spider-Man memory when I was younger. A copy of Spider-Man with Spidey holding the unconcious form of Wasp in his hand against a storm. I bought it on holiday in Cornwall and must have read and re-read it time and time again that week. I can't remember if it was any good, or what the story was about but I remember loving that comic... I wonder if I can find it online...

EDITED: 30th AUGUST

For that little bit of nostalga...