REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man - 556
Biff Bam Pow Comics | April 14, 2008 | 10:56 pm
***SPOILER ALERT***
Great news! This issue didn’t suck either! Two issues in a row of quality Amazing Spider-Man. After the past couple of months (see my previous post) - I feel positively spoilt.
Again - Chris Bachalo’s artwork was perfect for the story, the script was well written by Zeb Wells - and I even found myself letting out the odd chuckle as old Spidey bounced his way through the book.
Aside from picking up just where the last issue left off (Spider-Man braving the cold to search for kidnap victims tied up in a van), we meet a homeless man who’s certain that S.H.E.I.L.D. are out to get him, bump into another creature of the cold, and meet up with Carlie Cooper, who advances the ‘Peter Parker’s new life’ sub-story. Carlie alsomanages to stumble across someone she shouldn’t have while working late - giving us the book’s cliffhanger ending (which will lead into 557).
Overall - I hate to say it - but I’d be hard pressed not to recommend both this book and the one before it to new Spider-Man readers.
However. My opinion on Brand New Day totally stands. Get shot of the Brand New Day. Give me Same Old Day instead!
Pete’s Score: 4 out of 5
(I want to despise it - but I just can’t - they’ve done too good a job on it)
