The Chi-Town Breakdown: ASM #848

(Writer) Nick Spencer
(Artist) Marcelo Ferreira
(Colorist) David Curiel
(Editor) Nick Lowe
(EIC) C.B. Cebulski
Date Released 8/26/2020
Issue Number #848
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The Chi-Town Breakdown
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  THE STORY

   THE  BREAKDOWN

  Going Viral

  Cooper Catastrophe

Yes, I do not like this character, but I gotta give Spencer credit for this one.  While Carlie is giving us the backstory on why Overdrive is on life support she shows Peter that people are not as humble as he would want them to be.  Peter believes the best in people, that if proven his case, they’ll snap out of what they thought is right.  Carlie is right there doing her best Alfred impression from The Dark Knight when referring to Sin-Eater’s cult  ” some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money… they can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with.  Some men just want to watch the world burn.”  Unfortunately, some people want violence and will use any kind of excuse to justify their actions, and here that’s what Carlie is concerned about and explains to Peter.  Another dose of reality brought to you by the pen of Nick Spencer.

  Target Norman

Sin-Eater has Norman’s number and that is his next target.  To “cleanse” Norman with a bunch of Sin-Eating fans to back him.  What I find VERY interesting is what Sin-Eater said to Peter.  The reason on WHY Sin-Eater is going after Norman is when he’s “cleansed” it will show Peter the sins of what he did to Norman.  That has Kindred spilled all over it.  Spencer did say it’s not the WHO, but the WHY Kindred is doing this stuff to Peter and Norman plays a factor in it.  It’s also theorized that Norman KNOWS who Kindred really is.  There’s the connection there somewhere and I highly believe that Dark Mark may be on to something when he think Harry is Kindred, but I’m not going to start printing tshirts of Mark being right just yet.  The conclusion is of this issue, of course, is a set up for the two issues to come, but if you think Norman is going to take this sitting down, think again.  He’s The Green Goblin and now matter what is coming after him, he’ll be ready.  He may be crazy, but damn…if you know your Green Goblin history, he’s a smart bag of pumpkin bombs.  I think the most interesting part for the next issue will be the interaction between Norman and Peter.  He may outsmart Kindred, you never know with Norman.  It’s pretty exciting

  Grade

Honestly, I really liked this issue!  How Nick Spencer plays into the “Marvel, Your Universe” aspect to his story line is great.  I sense realism in our world written into this story.  I know comics are supposed to be an escape from reality, but if you go too far it’s not that interesting.  Spider-Man is labeled as the “everyman”.   Ferreira art a bit dark for my taste but still fluid and smooth.  I can see and understand what’s going on with the story.  Spider-Man shows up in this issue as opposed to last issue and there’s some good fight panels in there.  I do understand Sin-Eater’s reasons, but his motives are just nuts.  Even Carlie Cooper is written well, but she says things that counter act how she behaved in the past.  It’s a suspenseful issue of things to come and I do like that.  My only gripe is that MJ wasn’t in this issue and I wanted to see more of a narrative from Norman.

I know most of you agree with me that we need to see Mary Jane more often, so here’s a commision I got from Carlos Gomez of Mary Jane and I taking a selfie…wait..does that make me canon now?  Mark is gonna be ticked….