Amazing Spider-Man: Learning to Crawl Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Learning to Crawl, this book takes place in the early days of Spider-Man's career as he transitions from an entertainer to the hero he is today. The book opens up with Spider-Man heading back home after confronting the man who killed his Uncle Ben as Peter decides to go back to his agent Maxie to get some more work as Spider-Man to help his Aunt with the bills. Meanwhile Spider-Man's biggest fan Clayton Cole gets tickets to Spidey's latest performance were Spider-Man shows of his Web Shooters which inspires Clayton to build his own costumed identity with sonic technology and calling himself Clash. Once his suit is fully functional Clash goes to Maxie to give Spidey a job for a stage fight between the two so Clayton can upload it online and make himself a household name like Spider-Man. After being humiliated by Spider-Man as Clash got webbed up a few minutes in to their fight Clayton starts to resent Spider-Man with him constantly getting in the way of Clayton's fame. Overall this was a good book as it showed how Spider-Man initially dealt with the loss of his uncle and how it affected him. Clayton's story is great as his character is developed very well as it runs parallel to and effects Peter's story. The art work is stellar as it captures a similar tone to that of classic Spider-Man stories in the sixties while also having its own twist to it. 7/10.