Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth Hardcover – January 1, 2012

Spider man teams up with Black Widow and Sable to defeat Doc Ock's plans to end the world with the assistance of Sandman, Electro, and Rhino. Ends abruptly with a side story of Sable and Dr. Strange fighting Dr. Doom.

I've heard a lot about this story, and now, having read it, I finally understand why a good number of fans reacted the way they did. Like me, many readers were disappointed with Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth, and that's because Ends of the Earth was, well, disappointing.I've seen that a couple other reviewers have stated that the story wasn't bad, and I agree; Ends of the Earth was not outright bad. But during his run on Spider-Man, Dan Slott has definitely done better. It wasn't that the idea itself was a bad one; the premise was a pretty nice set-up for what could have been a great Spider-Man comic. It's just that somehow, the execution was off, and the way events transpired just didn't make for a very special comic book experience. See, another problem I have with Ends of the Earth is that it was supposed to be this big event, but while reading it, it just seemed like it was trying really hard to be a big event, when it was really just a substandard six-issue story arc in Amazing Spider-Man. Even to someone who's still relatively new to the comics scene, I could tell that this was typical superhero fare, and that there really wasn't anything special about this story.I think the biggest problem with Ends of the Earth (and I believe most readers have come to a consensus on this) was its underwhelming ending. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but it seemed like Slott had simply run out of ideas, or was unsuccessfully returning to overdone superhero storytelling reversals for the climax. In a word, it was unoriginal, and whatever the case, the ending is what did it for me. Ends of the Earth tries, but in the end (I know, I know, enough with the "ends"), it's really not worth your time or money.

Sorry for the uninventive title, but oh well. This is more or less a golden age James bond plot with Spiderman and company. so doc octopus claims he can save the world, and everyone but Spiderman believes him. the author tries to keep you guessing as to whether or not Otto is sincere about this desire, but of course spider has to be right since its his book. I would have liked it better if Otto had been truthful and spider man wAs wrong. as it is this book was uninteresting to me, as of course the world would be saved and Peter proven correct. the art is good, but there was an annoying tendency to have sable and widow look like Twins but with different colored hair and skin tight ass showing outfits. if they were both off page I doubt they could be told apart via dialogue alone. I also grew to dislike the scientist team that kept popping in for what I am assuming was intended as comic relief. if you want a good Otto story, I would recommend superior Spiderman instead of this. Ends of the Earth isn't the worst thing I have ever read, it's just not memorable or particularly clever in my humble opinion.

One of the best Spider-Man stories I have ever read. Really loved it and highly recommend it to any fan.

This was a spiderman story I haven't read before. Very good story.

This was an interesting read. Geoff Johns got it right. He was able to use all the things at hand, duty to life, country and especially love. These resonate through his stories. It does not hurt that the art work is outstanding.

The story falls short at the end. Much better reviews on story from other reviewers.My problem falls on the size format of this HC book. Most Spidey books have a standard size for HC books for majority of Marvels titles. However, Ends of the Earth and Spider Island are slightly larger than the others. I cannot understand why the publishers allow this nonsense. This is a huge pet peeve of mine and would have not bought this HC if I had known this beforehand.

I absolutely loved this story arc. It was nice to see Spider-Man go toe to toe with a doomsday situation. Seeing the Sinister Six again is always enjoyable and the epilogue with Silver Sable really made me appreciate her character a lot more. I strongly recommend this read to all Spider-Man, Silver Sable, Black Widow, or Doctor Octopus fans. It's truly a good read!

A great Spider-Man with fantastic art. Doc Ock showing off once again why he is one of the best Spider-Man villains with one of the best Spider-Man costumes in recent times. We even get the Avengers appearing.

bought as a present

Dan Slotts Geschichte rund um Doc Ock als Spiderman ist meiner Meinung nach sein Magnum Opus, aber dies kommt sehr nahe ran. Doc Ock scheint einfach der Spiderman Gegner zu sein der Slott am meisten liegt und hier sieht man ihn voll in seinem klassischen Element, als Planer und Superschurker der mit der Hilfe von Spideys andere klassischen Gegnern selbst die Avengers besiegen kann. Nun liegt es an Peter Parker und ein paar wenige, über die Welt verstreute Helden diese zu retten.Einige sehr kreative Ideen und Interaktionen zwischen den Kräften von Spidey und dessen Gegnern, ein harter Test für Peter Parker und einfach eine gute, alte Gut gegen Böse Geschichte.

I was really excited to read this story arc after collecting the variant covers for it (psst variants aren't meant to be read). I thought it would be as epic as Spider-Island but it falls short and kind of stays stuck in a cliche. Doctor Octopus is dying and wants to be remembered for generations so he assembles the Sinister Six and puts things into motion that has the entire world hunting Spider-Man. The story itself is pretty good but it just feels like another "time to foil the greatest scheme of all...again". Spider-Man has created a really cool battle armor that has all sorts of gadgets to deal with all six members of the Sinister Six and he wears it the whole story, I really liked that because it shows that he is taking this threat very seriously. The one thing that bugged me was **TINY SPOILER** that the Sinister Six took out The Avengers WAAAY to easily. Even though Doc Ock had a plan for each of them and some of them were really cool, it just seemed way to easy to dispatch Earth's mightiest **END TINY SPOILER**. The art as always is awesome with Caselli and Ramos so there's no point in even going into that. All in all this was a good read, not a must have but good enough to buy if you're interested.

Ends of the Earth is a more than worth while spidernab story that essentially continues to set things into motion for a final and lethal confrontation between Spiderman and doc oc. Ofcourse I am talking about "dying wish" so if you have read that story arc but are missing a few before it, this one is a great addition because it acts as a major catalyst for events, and is an overall action packed story with fantastic art and gives time to shine to spiderman's classic rohues galary which is always welcomed. Definitely worth looking into!