Dr Manolis Dooplove
07-17-2006, 06:09 PM
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man #10
Marvel Comics
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Mike Wieringo
Review Content: It’s the reunion everyone was yearning for, noone expected to see, and noone could have predicted its outcome:
Uncle Ben versus Aunt May?
Hobgoblin 2211 has returned Spider-man’s uncle to him, from an alternate reality where the burglar had shot May instead. Now Uncle Ben has an awkward reunion with May when he crashed her first date with “Iron-Man’s Butler, Jarvis”, but May isn’t as naïve and accepting as she used to which complicates things for Ben. Meanwhile, Hobgoblin 2211 takes Peter on a trip down memory lane to his greatest ‘junction point’ continuity-wise: the death of Gwen Stacy and makes him an offer he can’t refuse.
The issue ends with a double twist, although the second twist ending is a bit hindered by an artistic hiccup on Wieringo’s part on the last page, concerning a ‘wardrobe’ change glitch, as confirmed privately by Peter David. You’ll know it when you see it, just keep an open mind, and pay attention to clues in those last two pages!
Peter David is the best writer the Spider-man franchise has *ever* seen since Stan Lee was writing the web crawler. He’s pushing the right emotional buttons to get Peter in turmoil, but always keep the book fun and interesting. While JMS has kept turning the tables on Spidey the last few years, it always took something out of the character, may it be the defilement of Gwen’s memory, the Iron-Man’s lackey angle, the whole mess with the mysterious illness and so on. I’m hoping the gears shift very soon and we see FNSM as the flagship title dictating the directions in the other two.
Grade: A
everyone should be reading this one! it should be the law!
Marvel Comics
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Mike Wieringo
Review Content: It’s the reunion everyone was yearning for, noone expected to see, and noone could have predicted its outcome:
Uncle Ben versus Aunt May?
Hobgoblin 2211 has returned Spider-man’s uncle to him, from an alternate reality where the burglar had shot May instead. Now Uncle Ben has an awkward reunion with May when he crashed her first date with “Iron-Man’s Butler, Jarvis”, but May isn’t as naïve and accepting as she used to which complicates things for Ben. Meanwhile, Hobgoblin 2211 takes Peter on a trip down memory lane to his greatest ‘junction point’ continuity-wise: the death of Gwen Stacy and makes him an offer he can’t refuse.
The issue ends with a double twist, although the second twist ending is a bit hindered by an artistic hiccup on Wieringo’s part on the last page, concerning a ‘wardrobe’ change glitch, as confirmed privately by Peter David. You’ll know it when you see it, just keep an open mind, and pay attention to clues in those last two pages!
Peter David is the best writer the Spider-man franchise has *ever* seen since Stan Lee was writing the web crawler. He’s pushing the right emotional buttons to get Peter in turmoil, but always keep the book fun and interesting. While JMS has kept turning the tables on Spidey the last few years, it always took something out of the character, may it be the defilement of Gwen’s memory, the Iron-Man’s lackey angle, the whole mess with the mysterious illness and so on. I’m hoping the gears shift very soon and we see FNSM as the flagship title dictating the directions in the other two.
Grade: A
everyone should be reading this one! it should be the law!