Saturday 1 September 2018

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man - Into the Twilight Review



Finished reading Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man - Into the Twilight, starting a new Spider-Man series with Peter Parker at the core as writer Chip Zdarsky takes Spider-Man back to New York working with different Marvel heroes while also dealing with the return of a surprising person. The book opens with Spider-Man back in New York while catching up with Johnny Storm as the make plans before Spider-Man finds himself stopping a bank heist with the help of Ant-Man, who's suit is currently malfunctioning which leads to the two heroes going to Mason, the brother of the Tinkerer who helps the heroes of the Marvel universe with their different technological equipment. While with Mason, Spider-Man is reintroduced to Uatu from his days at Horizon as the group try to the person who was able to hack into a Stark phone that the bank robbers had, which leads to Peter taking a trip to Chicago where he meets with Ironheart who is eventually helps him. Meanwhile back at Peter's apartment, Johnny is waiting for him when he notices that Spider-Man's "sister" Teresa has come to find Peter for help as she is being hunted down by a S.H.I.E.L.D. offshoot known as the Gray Blade after stealing vital information of the worlds heroes and villains detailing their strengths and weaknesses. The news of Teresa soon gets outed to the public which leads to J Johan Jameson to investigate while also using the story as a linchpin to gain more attraction to his blog dedicated to his views on Spider-Man. Overall this was a good book as it scales back Spider-Man's adventures to his home in New York from his globetrotting adventures in the Amazing Spider-Man book which allows writer Chip Zdarsky  to put the focus on the relationships that Peter has within the superhero community along his friends and family thanks to the return of Teresa that makes his mission more personal. The book does an amazing job in giving each character some great development especially with Jameson within the final part of the book where his interview Spider-Man takes a turn when the two begin to argue which leads to a shocking reveal allowing for the prospect of some intriguing future interactions. The art throughout the book is amazing as the action set pieces to character driven moments where the emotions of each character are being conveyed constantly hits it mark especially during the ending part of the book with how the interview that Jameson is conducting breaks down. 7.5/10.

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