Spider-Man's on-off other half, in her model-turned-actress day job, gets a role in a wannabe Breaking Bad biopic of Spidey's old adversary Mysterio. Which turns out to be directed by, and ends up starring, Mysterio. The obvious way to go with this would be a Disaster Artist farce, but no, it's more a sweet story about the redemptive power of art, interrupted by occasional attacks from other supervillains because that's just how life is in the Marvel Universe. I'm not entirely sure why this book...

Apparently this got cancelled when covid hit, which despite how I feel about the comic itself is always a shame, to see a writer and artist taken off a book by one of the big two. I’ve seen many reasons suggesting why but I imagine it’s because the book didn’t sell well. It had all but fallen off my radar by the time I got around to buying this. I’d actually pre-ordered it, and was surprised when it turned up. It was fun though, even if it is a forgettable story. Mary Jane is cast in a biopic ab...

This was much better than I was expecting. Mj holds her own which i was originally quite skeptical about. On a film set and trouble arises. Its a little over the top and the art is that cartoony marvel style but it was fun.

This book thinks VERY highly of MJ - like, superhero levels of bravado and combat effectiveness when facing down the Savage Six. That’s not necessarily bad, but it puts me a bit on edge as a red pill brigade swarming target of the goons who never seem to complain when a white dude goes from normie to full-on power fantasy Demi god. Otherwise the book is weird and not-at-all paced like a normal book - more like a book that knows it could get cancelled at any time so might as well cram in ALL the

Really cute ending and smartly written! Would re-read! Glad I read it. Look forward to this series continuing.

This was a nice fun surprise. MJ is off on a new movie set, but she's the first to realize the director is not who he says he is. It's actually Mysterio! But all he wants to do is make art. A movie that will live on forever. So MJ agrees to keep his secret and together they try to make this movie that'll change the world. But at every turn they hit a snag, from money loss, losing actors, and getting attack by the Sinister Six!!! Will they be able to finish? MJ is a great lead. She's always been

Amazing Mary Jane spins out of Amazing Spider-Man (oddly enough), with MJ heading off to Hollywood to film a movie, only to discover that the movie's director is in fact Mysterio in disguise! But instead of beating the crap out of him, she decides to help him make his movie, only to attract the ire of the Vulture and his new Savage Six.Amazing Mary Jane's an odd little book. It really shouldn't work. The storytelling relies on a lot of coincidences and characters being dumb as a bag of bricks, b...

From the very beginning of his Amazing Spider-Man run, Nick Spencer reignited one of comics’ greatest romances as Peter Parker rekindled with Mary Jane Watson. Even though this relationship didn’t always get the spotlight during Spencer’s run, whenever it was shined upon, it was wonderful, especially when M.J. was off on her own adventure. With the chance of returning to her job as an actress for an upcoming movie, she moves to Hollywood and thus where her solo title begins.Starring as a love in...

This is different from most comics I've read, and even though it was a lot lighter it was still fun. Peter was in this way less than I thought he would be, which opened up more room for Mary Jane to shine. The movie set was a change of pace and even though this could have used some more depth, I really like seeing Mary Jane's professional career.

Mary Jane is such a fun and dynamic character. Shame on people who thinks she’s just a love interest for Spider-Man. Leah Williams truly understands MJ and Peter and it’s so refreshing to see. Not to mention this story is super fun to read.

This was actually quite a lot of fun and it had decent artwork, too. I’ll be honest, I was just relieved when I opened the book and found that (my nemesis) Humberto Ramos was only doing covers and not the interior art. The main thing that stopped this book getting a higher mark from me is that I just don’t buy that MJ would be OK with (actually, downright enthusiastic) about helping a supervillain commit fraud. I mean, I get that lives aren’t at risk, but that’s still quite a major crime. Also,

Very fun book with great art.If Get Shorty were set in the Marvel universe and supervillain attacks were just another problem to contend with when getting your film funded and produced.

I wanted to read this title mainly because of Mary Jane Watson, and 'The Amazing Mary Jane, Vol 1: Down In Flames, Up In Smoke' gloriously, gleefully highlights what a confident, funny, sassy, smart, self-aware, sexually-aware and comfortable, opportunistic and optimistic lady she has always had the potential to be. She is an actress doing so many parts for a blockbuster superhero/supervillain movie, and make no mistake, she is the star.Nothing will get in her way. Absolutely nothing.This Mary J...

A fun quick read that puts MJ in a situation I never thought I'd see her... helping a villain achieve redemption. Taking an acting job to star in a Mysterio biopic (Called "Up in Smoke, Down in Flames) showing him as misunderstood and the good guy, she is surprised to find out that the hotshot director in charge is secretly Quentin Beck in disguise! Not liking that they are in the movie being portrayed by actors, the Savage Six (Vulture, Rhino, Scorpion, Tarantula, Stegron, and King Cobra) attac...

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Mary Jane is at her most awesome here as she tries to lead Quentin Beck a.k.a Mysterio through his attempt to make a movie about his own life that depicts him as a poor misunderstood woobie. Mary Jane apparently REALLY wants to get back into movies but also thinks this will help redeem him. The Vulture and other supervillains dislike their portrayal in the film, though, and it doesn't help the film is financed by fraud. The art is gorgeous and so is our titular character. Lots of fun for fans of...

3.5/5Read this as single issues. Overall a very fun story centered around MJ. MJ lands a leading role in a new movie...but it turns out it's a vanity project directed by Mysterio. Even worse: it's not a very good movie! Now MJ has to take the reins and help him direct something isn't a complete disaster while trying to secure producers and keep their disgruntled employees from walking off the set.There's lot of jokes about female superhero characters, how women are written in movies and movie ad...

Goddamn, I didn’t expect to love this nearly as much as I did!What’s it about?Mary Jane Watson’s career as an actress is going very well and she gets cast in a new movie about Mysterio by a well known director... except it’s not actually that director, IT’S MYSTERIO HIMSELF! MJ still agrees to help Mysterio get his story out there even after hearing this... unfortunately they keep running into production problems... more than the usual Hollywood accidents.Why it gets 5 stars:The story. It is sur...

A remarkably fun and wholesome story about Mary Jane helping Mysterio reform (yeah, yeah, it won't stick, of course it won't, watch him go full genocide a year later) and shoot a movie about himself. It's a bit slow and doesn't really know whether it wants to be kooky humor in the vein of Zdarsky or straight action, so it tries to mix both with varying results. But the series has its heart in the right place and there's a good bit of charm to Mary Jane herself and the way she interacts with the

I see a title like this, and think ooh, Marvel is going to do something different and very cool with MJ... they don't! Even worse I've seen a few blogs claiming sexism against the female writer and female lead-character is why this book was cancelled after only six issues when COVID struck... nah, it's because the book had a remarkable lack of depth, characterisation and innovation! 2.5 out of 12I read #1 to 5, and also #6, the first issue of the next arc, which was way better than anything prev...