Yes, even with the thrice monthly Amazing Spider-Man, we’ve still got more stories to tell in the life of Peter Parker as Bob Gale and Pat Olliffe’s heralded Amazing Spider-Man Digital comics leap off the screen and into your pull list. With a public opinion dropping day by day, Mayor Jameson tries to boost his image, sending the aptly named Anti-Spider-Squad on 24 Hour duty and scheduling appearances with major celebrities. But will his plans be derailed by the color-bending SPECTRUM? And also…Who are the SPIDER-GIRLS? And how will they turn Peter Parker’s life upside down? The webs are only part of the story as we delve into th more
In addition to Gale and Olliffe's story, the issue also presents a Fred Hembeck short that deals with the pre-teen antics of Peter Parker and the Fantastic Four's Johnny Storm, who meet long before either of them obtain super-powers and inadvertently foil a crime spree. It's a fun, silly story that's illustrated in Hembeck's usual charming style and gets its biggest laughs from its forced references to the eventual superhero identities of its characters. However, it's not particularly memorable or hilarious, and I wonder whether Marvel's price of $3.99 might be a little too much to ask for a months-old (albeit fairly enjoyable) Spider-Man story and a light, fluffy backup strip. Read Full Review
A multi-page backup by Fred Hembeck and some behind-the-scenes material rounds out the book, and the resultant package is fairly good. Undeniably, it's worth having the material in print, but it's hard not to feel like it's a bit late to be releasing this as anything more than a curio for the regular "Amazing" buyers. That being the case, well, it probably could have gotten away with being an arc in the series itself, rather than tucked away online or in a miniseries where, one suspects, very few people will actually bother to read it. Read Full Review
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