This isn't as good as the last few issues have been. It never reaches the low points of something like issue 8 or 10, but we are seeing a downward trend that I wish weren't apparent. I hope things pick back up again, although I have little hopes for issue 16, which I remember not liking. The annual, which is next, may actually be good, at least.

The one thing that I can say is that Chameleon works better here. And the stuff with Betty and Liz is actually entertaining! For a few issues now, I've been getting annoyed with Betty and Flash in particular. Betty was too sensitive to Peter having any contact with another girl, and Flash was constantly claiming Liz as his girl, when that didn't seem to be the case. In this issue, at least, Betty's jealousy is more funny than annoying, and we get confirmation that Flash isn't a total douche, in that Liz is still going on dates with him. But most important to me, we get our first hint of Mary Jane Watson. Peter's best love interest, don't @ me with your Gwen Stacies and your Debra Whitmans. They don't compare!

Quote of the issue: "You'll Want a Girl Who'll Make a Good Houswife--Someone Like Mrs. Watson's Niece!" more