A new story begins here!
Folks, the first person to e-mail me and correctly identify what comic strip inspired the first line of this review will win a reprint of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'. You like Hero Clix? I'll send you some Marvel Hero Clix instead. Just name the strip that used the line "The Return of the Character Nobody Liked". It's available on the web. Need a hint? It's Canadian. Need another? It originally referred to Story Guy Read Full Review
I was debating whether I would reveal the identity of Jessica's late night intruder, but I figured that the latest version of Spider-Woman is hardly a guest-star that I would consider a shocking surprise, and I might as well give her fans a heads up about her appearance in this issue. Plus, given a previous issue did a nice job of making Jessica an enemy of J. Jonah Jameson, I thought it would take far too much effort to discuss why I was excited by this character's appearance in this issue, without revealing her identity, and in the end preserving the surprise factor simply wasn't worth the effort. Now I'll admit I'm curious about Mattie's visit to Jessica's apartment, though given the first Spider-Woman is a private investigator, who also sports the first name Jessica, I have a pretty good idea why Mattie made this mistake. The bigger mystery of course is what's wrong with Mattie, and since finding the answer to this question has Jessica teaming up with Jameson, I have to admit this Read Full Review
That's promising
The appearance of Mattie was surely a surprising, with big ramifications for future issues, though Jessica’s interactions with other characters overshadowed Mattie’s appearance in this issue
The interesting start to a new arc with a lot of interesting character from earlier on in the series returning. I like the tease that J Jonah is involved in this. His character really translates to an essentially R-rated comic. Scott Lang makes an interesting appearance as well. He's one of the only characters in the book that are truly likeable.