Amazing Spider-Man # 5
Oh man another guest star., why am I not surprised? Spidey once again has to share his flagship title with Spider-Woman III. So let me get this straight; Spider-Man was rebooted to focus on other aspects of the Marvel Universe? To spin-off another title? New readers were supposed to be drawn in with the reboot, instead they have to know about the “Gathering of the Five”, which was one of the worst storylines, to understand Spider-Woman’s origin? I’m a 20+ year Spidey fan, and I can’t understand this mess!
Spider-Woman is confronted by get this, another Spider-Woman. Couldn’t Mackie think of a more original name?
The other bad aspects of the comic were Aunt May acting like Peter were a teenager again. She never acted like this before she died. Only in the Marvel Universe would that last sentence make sense.
The only good thing about this comic was Peter hiding his secret from MJ. She thinks he’s given up being Spider-Man for good. This could lead to some good tension, but I think MJ works best when she supports Peter and his web swinging. Two web heads out of four. Still we are residing in mediocrity.
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