Amazing Spider-man #547 - Marvel

Ok, we're only in to the 2nd issue of the new direction for our arachnid hero, and already he's turning in to a pile of angst ridden goo. Poor guy. He's got this new lease on life, and, other than losing the love of his life, and regaining his Aunt . . . nothing's really change. Well . . . on a personal level . . I mean. Mephisto could've at least given him a job. He never finished college . . or actually, I guess he has, he's just never done anything with it. He hasn't had a job in . . who knows how long. He's still living with Aunt May. And occasionally Harry. He's given up being Spider-man, because he refused to partake in the Registration Act. But, the good news is that nobody knows who he is. Well . . . except for one person. The guy who mugged him recently. When he took his wallet, he also took one of his web-shooters. So, seeing as how he's been donning the Spider-man mask when he does his larceny, when he finds out what it really does, he gets pretty excited. It isn't until after he pawns Peter's wallet that he makes the connection as to who he really is. But, now it may be to late for him to get the wallet back. But if he does, then he knows who Spider-man really is. Meanwhile, because of his guilt over what he's done to J Jonah Jameson recently . . feeling responsible for his heart-attack . . . he's decided to don his costume again to try to make up for his failings. But, as usual, he gets sidetracked from his real goals, and ends up mixing it up with the Negative Man. He's opting to be the new crime-lord of Manhattan so he's getting ready to take out the rest of his competition. Which puts Peter in the spot of trying to save every mob boss and goon Manhattan as they all set down to a big meeting. Unfortunately the Negative Man has already set up for a biological spore to be released in the air of the meeting place, and all Spider-man does, by showing up, is put himself in the same danger as the others. The issue ends with him lying on the floor gasping for his life. Is this the end of Spider-man? Obviously not. But it is an interesting story. Apparently we're going back to the more angst ridden Peter . . as opposed to the married, well adjusted, and working one. Which is . . . ok. I guess. As long as they don't drag it out for to long. And now, we're on our 3 times a month schedule. I'll give it a month or 2, and then I'll weigh in on how I think that is going. But, overall, I liked the book. I like Dan Slott's stories, and, I think, Steve McNiven has become an incredibly talented artist. We'll just have to see where it goes from here.