Espiderman #5
Background
Enrique V. Vegas is an alt-comics star in Spain. Starting in the early 2000's, he released various runs of parody comics, featuring a drawing style he calls "Cabezona" (Big-Head). The early books predominantly spoofed Marvel characters, but he has recently stretched further afield into DC and other pop-culture icons.
This is the final issue of his five-issue Spider-Man parody run "Espiderman" (technically "Es-Piderman" on the very first issue).
That first issue was issued in 2002, but it took Enrique until 2011 for the ultimate episode to be published, nearly a decade later.
But before we leap into the details of the final issue, I'd like to take a moment to review the narrative of the previous four issues, and to summarize the common themes and the character development.
I'd like to. But I can't. Because bluntly speaking, there's not really any consistent narrative or recurrent themes. There's not really any character development, or overarching ideas. There's just a chain of jokes and set-piece scenes that parody Spider-Man, Peter Parker, and the other secondary characters. A bit of fun, some poking of stereotypes, a few non sequiturs, and a shit-ton of pop-culture references.
So instead, let's just do that leaping thing. Into the details. Right now.
Story Details
Espiderman #5
| Publisher: | Linea Siurell |
| Writer: | Enrique V. Vegas |
| Artist: | Enrique V. Vegas |
| Cover Colorist: | Tomeu Morey |
| Reprinted In: | Espiderman (Collected Edition) |
| Reprinted In: | Speederman #5 |
Footnote
It is available in the original Spanish, and also as a 2011 Italian translation – Speederman.
All issues were color on the glossy front cover, but black and white artwork on the inside.