Amazing Spider-Man #14 (455) Review

Amazing Spider-Man # 14

Plot:We open the story with Spider-Woman reading in the Daily Bugle that Mary Jane has died in a plane explosion. She then rushes over to console her friend Peter Parker.
Cut to the “evil” Spider-Woman following her trail. Spidey-Gal changes clothes and surprises Aunt May by entering their multi-story penthouse, by coming in the balcony?
Anyway the evil Spider-Woman, who needs a new name, battles the good Spider-Man and Woman. The comic then closes with the good Spider-Woman needing mouth to mouth resuscitation from Spidey. And this 15 year old girl discloses her love for Petey.
Likes: The re-design of Spider-Woman’s costume was a vast improvement over her current title. Also it was nice to see Spidey actually morning the loss of his wife. Some issues showed that Peter could care less. It’s more like the writers could care less about this very important character.
Dislikes: I thought we were past the “guest star” problem that plagued the first few issues of the re-boot. For all intents and purposes this could have been Spider-Woman’s sub-par comic.
Also I found it interesting that on the cover it says that Mackie wrote the comic, but we read on the last page that this was all Byrne’s doing. How appropriate for him to come in and write the wrong book. I think he meant to send this script in for the latest issue of Spider-Woman. Also look at my plot description. I can’t imagine coming up with such a lame concept and publishing it. Plus do we need another person knowing Spider-Man’s identity? What are we up to, half the Marvel Universe knows by now!
Rating:One and a half for this sad piece of work.