Finished reading The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Getting the Band Back Together, this book begins the series following the super villain Boomerang as he leads his own version of the Sinister Six which only has five members. The book opens up with Boomerang narrating about how he got to the position he's in at the moment. After a visit from Shocker and Speed Demon in prison, Fred asks the two to pick up a few items form his local pet store. Meanwhile the Beatle and Overdrive are robbing a comic book shop so they can raise the money for Fred's bail. After meeting with his lawyer Boomerang and the rest of the team take a night on the town by eating in an expensive restaurant after breaking into the place. The team are then found by the Chameleon disguised as the Punisher who reminds Boomerang of his promise of retrieving the head of the former crime boss Silivo Silvermane. The next day in court Fred is given a parole officer who turns out the be his old teammate Mach VII the original Beatle, this causes the Sinister Six to kick Boomerang out of the team as they decide to go after the head on their own leading to Fred to sellout the team to Mach VII in order to be the one who leads the charge on the hideout of the criminal the Owl to retrieve Silvermane's head. Overall this was an amazing book as it makes characters which are normally portrayed as villains come centre stage as protagonists in their own right. The comedy is laugh out loud funny with the use of great dialogue and the visuals form the art team help to endorse it as the jokes range form a visual thought of Boomerang said that his lawyer is dead to him to the Owl shamelessly talking about his car which is a total product placement. The character interactions are great as characters bounce off of one another which helps the story to further on. 9/10
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