Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide: Volume Two, writer Dan Slott continues with Spider-Man's adventures as a CEO with the final confrontation with Scorpio and the Zodiac on the horizon Peter first has to make a trip to the Shanghai offices of Parker Industries. The book opens with Cloak and Dagger braking out Mr Negative from an over seas prison transport. Weeks later in Shanghai Peter as having dinner with his current girlfriend Lien before meeting with humanitarian Shen Quinghao for a tour of the Parker Industries offices in Shanghai. When Peter goes into his office to rest he's is kidnapped by Cloak and Dagger and taken to meet Mr Negative how try's to control Peter to make Quinghao tarnish his current reputation by show his true colours as the man who had been involved within the slave trade that lead to Martin Li to become the villainous Mr Negative. The second half of the book begins with Spider-Man and Nick Fury heading into space to used the satellites that Scorpio used earlier in the series to discover his location which leads to Spider-Man to literally jump back down to Earth, leaving Fury to find refuge in the international space station. After crash landing in Paris Spider-Man comes face to face with Scorpio and try's to stop him for executing his final plan before its took late. Overall this was a good book as writer Dan Slott brings a conclusion to the first main story of the current series as Spider-Man along with his friends in S.H.I.E.L.D. bring and end to Scorpio's plans while also telling a very interesting in Shanghai as the staff at the Parker Industries offices get a chance to grow and have a nice bit of insight into their characters, while also bring back Cloak and Dagger is a nice surprise. The character interactions throughout the book are great as Spider-Man interactions between the villains of the book and his supporting cast allows for some great comedic moments in places and additionally helps to lay more seeds into what the future of the series might bring. The art throughout the book is great from Matteo Buffagni's art in the opening story not only brings to the the city of Shanghai, it also allows for colourist Marte Gracia to work wonders with the power set of Cloak, Dagger and Mr Negative with the bright tones of whites and blacks. Additionally the art by Giuseppe Camuncoli for the rest of the book is great as the action scenes are designed very well and brings some great visuals ranging for the outer orbit of the Earth to the cities of London and Paris. 7.5/10.
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