Miles Morales. Stranger tides : a Spider-Man graphic novel / written by Justin A. Reynolds ; illustrated by Pablo Leon with Bruno Oliveira and Arianna Florean ; letters by Ariana Maher.

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Reynolds, Justin A

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Spider-Man graphic novelPublisher: New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 110 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text, still image

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781338826395 :
1338826395

Other title:

Stranger tides
Title appears as: Marvel Spider-man. Miles Morales stranger tides

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Summary: "Miles Morales has just about gotten used to this being Spider-Man thing. Keeping Brooklyn safe, taking down bad guys, and finishing his homework--he’s got this! But when Spider-Man is invited to a launch for a brand-new video game, things go sideways fast. Anyone who plays the game is frozen, and it’s all because of a villain named the Stranger. He’s judged humanity and found it lacking, and his idea of justice is extreme. Left with the fate of the world in his hands, and the clock is ticking on Miles. Can he turn old foes to friends and find the answers he needs in time?" --Back cover.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Fiction	YA Graphic Novels	YA FIC REY	Available	pap ed.		36748002522961

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An original middle-grade graphic novel from Graphix starring Miles Morales, by bestselling author Justin A. Reynolds and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon!

Join MIles Morales in his most epic adventure yet!

Miles Morales has just about gotten used to this being Spider-Man thing. Keeping Brooklyn safe, taking down bad guys, and finishing his homework--he's got this! But when Spider-Man is invited to a launch for a brand-new video game, things go sideways fast. Anyone who plays the game is frozen, and it's all because of a villain named the Stranger. He's judged humanity and found it lacking, and his idea of justice is extreme.

Left with the fate of the world in his hands, the clock is ticking on Miles. Can he turn old foes to friends and find the answers he needs in time?

Includes a sneak peek of Captain America: The Ghost Army by Alan Gratz.

"Miles Morales has just about gotten used to this being Spider-Man thing. Keeping Brooklyn safe, taking down bad guys, and finishing his homework--he’s got this! But when Spider-Man is invited to a launch for a brand-new video game, things go sideways fast. Anyone who plays the game is frozen, and it’s all because of a villain named the Stranger. He’s judged humanity and found it lacking, and his idea of justice is extreme. Left with the fate of the world in his hands, and the clock is ticking on Miles. Can he turn old foes to friends and find the answers he needs in time?" --Back cover.

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Kirkus Book Review

Spider-Man is swinging in for another fast-paced adventure! Spider-Man, aka Afro-Latine teenager Miles Morales, is excited to be a celebrity's plus-one to a new video game launch, but when the party is interrupted by Trinity and Vex, two potential teenage supervillains-in-training, Spider-Man is soon tangled in a web of plans created by the Stranger, a superstrong, superintelligent extraterrestrial with plans to kill half of Earth's population in the name of justice. The Stranger plans to freeze people in a state of unexplained hibernation and then turn half the population against the other half. The book's basic plot seems lifted from Avengers: Infinity War. Sure, there are some personal stakes added to this story, as Spider-Man's friends and family are frozen, and a subplot develops where Miles' Uncle Aaron is hospitalized after being frozen while driving, but the graphic novel suffers from the blink-and-you'll-miss-it emotional ways in which these (temporary) losses affect Miles. The exposition in place of plot and fast-paced character development also won't help readers turn into mega-fans. Miles Morales became incredibly popular because he was a breath of fresh air, adding nuance and depth to Marvel, and this book is going to be read and reread by many fans because of that, but it brings little new to the party. Trinity is brown-skinned, while Vex is light-skinned. A lackluster outing for a beloved Marvel character. (Graphic novel. 8-10) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.