Publisher: Archie Comics/Red Circle Comics

Genre: Action/Superheros

I still haven’t had time to go to cinema and watch Ant-man (here is a nice film review written by Taboo). Before the movie came out, I thought spiderman was the only superhero named after an insect. Today, I read a comic book about The Fly (the one in green and yellow in the picture above).

Adventures of the Fly #26 is the only issue of the series in the Archie comics collection that I bought a few weeks ago. The issue started off with criminal “Big Joe” Saxton, being captured and sent to city jail by the Fly, decided to help the Fly’s foe the Spider (not Marvel’s Spiderman) escape jail to defeat the Fly.

Unlike Marvel’s Spiderman, the Spider (the man in red in the picture) did not seem to have any ability. He even needed a web-gun to make a web. The Fly, on the other hand, had some abilities such as flight and strength. Thus, even though the story was good, I think the matchup between the two was uneven. The Fly was too strong for most of the Spider’s traps.

Rating: B (It is good)