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Stupid.
I
love Zeb Wells, ever since his work became more
polished around the time he did New Warriors.
I've always loved Bachalo since his Gen-X days
and so on. But this isn't the Spider-man comic
we were promised. It is still hindered by
continuity (even stupidly so as in the last
issue Wolverine uncharacteristically said Friend
and Pal on top of Bub when speaking with Spidey)
and his work on the Rebel Avengers COMPLETELY
makes no sense as Peter Parker who is wanted by
the law wouldn't put other people in danger, and
yet there he is with Wolverine and Doc Strange.
It
is ridiculous that what Marvel has done is taken
the core of the character, taken him on a
complete 180 with the Civil War unmasking
mishap, and thrown him straight back into the
1970s.
However, that's what this book is missing, what
Spidey had when he had one book in the 70s. A
central voice. The fact that there are NUMEROUS
cooks in the kitchen (let's see, Wells, Gale,
Gugg, Slott, Wacker, Quesada, as well as all the
artists) is kicking this book straight in the
balls. We aren't getting what was promised in
the initial statement: Spider-Man that we grew
up with.
Peter Parker is now a douche. A little brother
mooching off the well-to-do (or not well-to-do)
family members who care about him. He barely has
a job. He barely is a hero. He barely is
anything except a whiney douche. I only read
this book as I picked it up for a friend, and I
feel bad for Bachalo and Wells. They deserve
better than this.
And so does Spider-man. I recommend that no one
read this book as it is a waste of time. If the
book had that central voice tying it all
together, one singular author such as Slott or
Bendis or Gugg or anybody, and a rotating team
of artists, this would work a lot better. We
could have storylines that went on longer than 2
to 3 weekly issues. Storylines that didn't feel
completely rushed and uncharacteristic of Peter
Parker.
I
for one will show my love of Spider-man in the
Bendis books. The voice of Spider-man is still
alive and kicking there. And you don't get a
better Peter Parker than Ultimate Spider-man.
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