Shadow Clones is out at just the right time, with Gwen Stacy's popularity at an all-time high thanks to the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Read Full Review

The villain's monologue snaps together the last pieces of the plot-puzzle, and it's impressively consistent over the whole series.

Gosh, it's a lot of monologue, though! Lyla really makes a meal of her gloating, giving this issue a slower pace than it deserves.

(The author also makes a common mistake by attempting to plug every plot hole in Lyla's scheme. This just draws the reader's attention to the weaknesses and further slows the pace.)