It was very touching when Aunt May walked Peter to Empire Labs for his first day of work. Just remember: one step forward two steps back.įor a psychopathic, murderous villain, the Hobgoblin sure is funny. Here, for the moment, the Kharmic wheels seem to be moving in Spider-Man’s direction.

Octopus and he forgets to bring home Aunt May’s Depends. Spider-Man has always been a take one step forward two steps back kind of guy: If he defeats Electro, he loses his job and gets dumped by a girl –or- If he graduates from school, he gets his ass handed to him by Dr. It’s not easy weaving the disparate plot elements of a Spider-story, but by this stage in his run on this title, Dan Slott has it pretty well under control. One thing that distinguishes Spider-Man from most of the other super hero books is the amount of dramatic personae that are part of the extended Spider-family, which includes not only friends but foes as well. How do you house train this subplot? (Okay, I’ll stop.) Sir, would you like a side of subplot with that chicken sandwich? If you purchase this car now, I’ll throw in a year’s worth of subplots at no additional cost. Subplots! Have we got subplots? Careful, you don’t want to step on a stray sub plot.

That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection, and I look forward to the main event.This is a buddy read with two of Spider-Man’s arch nemeses Bleach and Killjoy. Please note that all the issues collected here are also collected in the main event collection: Spider-Verse. The Spider-Verse Prelude gives readers all the material they need for the main event. Perhaps an army of Spider-Men can stand together against an unweilding and merciless enemy? These stories are like obsidian shards: extremely dark but beautifully polished.īetween these mini stories, Superior Spider-Man races across the multiverse trying to reach the multiverse's Spider-Men before these creatures kill them. The Spider-Girl episode was particularly heartbreaking. These mini stories are white-knuckled reads as each one details another assault on a multiverse Spider-Man. Writer Dan Slott's mini stories from the Free Comic Book Day are spaced as interstitial episodes between the main Amazing/Superior Spider-Man issues. They are killing these multi-verse Spider-Mans as well as anyone who tries to get in their way. But there is a totem-hunting vampiric clan who can travel across space and time. Across infinite parallel universes, Spider-Man has evolved slightly differently. This collection is darker than I expected in a Spider-Man title.

The Amazing Spider-Man by Dan Slott