Amazing Spider-man #532 - Marvel

As I've said before, I love this character. This issue in particular is a prelude for Civil War, Marvel's big all encompasing story for the rest of the year. The Mutant Registration Act has been changed to the Super-Human Registration Act. They want to register them all. Good guys, bad guys it makes no difference. If the bill pushes through, and is signed into law, anyone leaving their house masked and not registered, would become an automatic criminal. Also if not registered, it would become unlawful for an unregistered person to use their powers in public for any reason. Sounds like the Age of Apocolypse times 2! Well, since Peter is an Avenger now, and living in Stark Towers, he has become very tight with Tony Stark. So much so, that Tony completely redesigned his uniform after his "rebirth", and he is now actually Tony's assistant, or maybe protege, or maybe sidekick. Who know's? But, he is with Tony on every trip to Washington, since Tony is spearheading the Registration Act. There's lots of insightful dialogue back and forth between the two on the pros and cons. Also in this issue, Tony has told the president that, yes he is still performing the duties of Iron Man. And, he is offering Spider-man up as proof of his ability to get the others to follow suit. And that's where this issue ends, with Tony leading a press conference on the Act and him calling out Spider-man, and the final words from Peter, in his old costume are, "I have an announcement to make." J.Michael Straczynski writes this book, and has for the last 30 issues or so. His stories, plot lines and subtext are always awesome. His stories always flow very smooth and develop naturally over the course of time. The conversation between Peter, Mary Jane and Aunt May was very thought provoking and touching. This is part one of six, and is titled "the War at Home" so, my guess is, that by the end of this story Peter will be back in his old costume, out of Stark Towers, maybe out of the Avengers and definitely not Tony's right-hand man anymore. But that's what this Civil War story line is about. Breaking up old alliances and creating new ones. As long as the change sticks, I'll like it. Something I noticed at the end, is Tony's remark "My passion for the federal employment of all super-heroes." That to me doesn't sound exactly like what the Super-Human Registration Act is all about. It looks like he might be misplacing his enthusiasm and, if so, might end up in the end an outsider from both sides of this conflict. Buy Spider-man, and if you can do it, follow this Civil War storyline through all of its myriad of titles.