Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse Prelude, this continues Spider-Man's adventures of trying to rebuild his life after Doctor Octopus took over his mind while Doc Ock Spider-Man makes his return in a very intriguing way. The book opens up with Spider-Man at his apartment helping Cindy Moon find her missing parents while Anna Maria is trying to keep the two off of each other as their pheromones keep getting in the way. Once Cindy leaves Peter and Anna Maria look over one of Doc Ocks old SpiderBots as Anna Maria tells Peter that he not always needed only to backfire when the call of a Kree dressed in Captain Marvel's original costume is stealing an Inhuman cocoon where Spidey meets and teams up with Kamala Khan the new Ms Marvel. The other half of the book brings back the Superior Spider-Man as its shows what happened to Doc Ock during the time he went missing when Spider-Man 2099 got trapped in the present. This then follows Superior adventuring around the multiverse in hoping to get home. Only to find alternative versions of Peter Parker who have been killed by the dimension hopping villain Karn, which gives Ock the idea to build a team of Spider-Men and women from across the multiverse to combat Karn. Overall this was a great book as it sets up the stakes and the goings on for the Spider-Verse event that comes next very well while also bring able to tell some intricate story's with some of the characters that will feature in the upcoming event. Writers Dan Slott and Christos Cage deal with this prelude very well as the return of Superior Spider-Man is great as his story also helps to dive more into Doc Ock's motivation and how his large ego affects the team that he has built to fight against the Inheritors. While a few of the smaller stories featured within the book are breathtakingly amazing as the origin of Karn and the way the Spider-Girl is placed into the events are both very powerful stories that are full with a tone of emotion and shocking reveals that are jaw dropping. Additionally the team up story featuring Ms Marvel is great as it's extremely funny while also making room for some character development for Clayton Cole who Spider-Man fought during Dan Slott's Spider-Man story set at the beginning of his superhero career. The art is great as artist Giuseppe Camuncoli does a great job in distinguishing each of the different Spider-Men and women extremely well which is also a credit to the colour choices as characters don't fall into the background of the story. While Humberto Ramos' artwork on the Spider-Girl story is amazing as he is able to convey the facial expressions and the emotions between Spider-Girl and her family extremely well. 8.5/10.
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