The eruption of emotion by Gwen Stacy, and the wonderfully chilling conversation that Doctor Octopus holds with his arms are the two elements in this issue that I would hold up as reasons why I enjoyed this issue, while pretty much the entire movie plot is what I would hold up as the reason why this arc currently sits as one of my least favorite of the entire run. It's not so much that I don't enjoy the basic idea of the movie plot but rather it's a sense of disappointment that Brian Michael Bendis wasn't able to do more with it, as he seems to be rather limited in his realization of the potential of this idea. I mean having the real people involved in the Spider-Man movie is a cute idea, and having Spider-Man annoyed that he's not seeing any money from the film is a fun idea, but frankly this is the sum total of the ideas that Brian Michael Bendis has tapped into, and this is a bit disappointing. Still I'm a sucker for a slugfest between Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man, so this issue's Read Full Review