Ok, we're finally in to the Brand New Day storyline. It's kind of a What if? come to life. In this case, it's a What if? - Peter and Mary Jane had never gotten married? But this one's for real. Peter, and Mary Jane, made a deal with Mephisto in order to keep Aunt May alive. Basically, they got a restart, but without them ever having gotten married. So now, Peter is an unemployed photographer. An unemployed teacher. And, currently, an unemployed Spider-man. Apparently he decided during the Civil War, that rather than register, he would just hang up his webs and disappear. No one's the wiser, because, no one, not even Aunt May or Mary Jane, know that he's the Spider-man. So now, we're picking up the story months later when he's trying to figure out what to do with his life. I'm just wondering what this is going to do to the New Avengers story-line, since he's been such an active part of that team. Will he just disappear, and they'll forget that he was ever a member? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. The creative talent on this issue was fantastic. Dan Slott does the story, and Steve McNiven does the pencils. You know. From Civil War fame. It really is a fantastic looking book. Plus this issue we get 3 back up stories. They're only 2 pagers, but . . so what. The first is about Jackpot . . whom I think is Mary Jane . . . and it's by Greg Land. The next is about Aunt May, and it's by Phil Winslade. And finally the third is about Harry Osborn, and it's by Mike Deodato Jr. All in all, I thought it was a fantastic issue. Even if it did cost $4. But from now on it's going to be coming out 3 times a month. Cool stuff. We'll see how long they can hang on to that schedule though. Like the title says, it's a Brand New Day!
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