Another great chapter in the life that is Peter Parker . . . Spider-man. This is just a fantastic book. Brian Bendis has done an amazing job here . . ever since day one. And now, our second artist, Stuart Immonen, is putting his brand on the Parker saga. The best part about this book is all the characters. Peter has such a wonderful supporting cast. Even Kenny, who's secretly known Peter's identity for a while, but didn't feel right saying anything about it, unless Peter said something to him. We ended last issue with Liz bursting in to flames and flying off in to the sky. She's got 2 problems here, first she's a mutant. No denying it. She's got the powers to prove it. Second, she's a mutant-phobe. Right or wrong, that's just what she believes. But now . . she is the thing that she most despises. Anyways, Johnny goes off after her. But somehow she sucks the flame from him and he goes diving in the ocean. So . . Bobby goes after her. He is a mutant after all. He can relate. But that's not good enough for Kenny. He tells Peter, "Normally it's all fine and good . . you want to pretend we all don't know who you really are . . . but now she needs your help, man. Your . . your, like, expertise. We've all been in class together, all of us, since second grade. Our whole lives. And she needs your help. I don't care how . . you have to go do it. If you want me to say something in code, like: "You should tell Spider-man to go help her", fine then. Boy, I wish someone would go tell Spider-man to help out his life-long friend who's going through some majorness that, like, only he could help her deal with." Well, he wasn't very eloquent in his request, but . . . it was heart-felt. So Peter and Bobby end up talking to her. Alot! Bobby's trying to explain to her that it's ok to be a mutant. And Peter is trying to get her to see that she's got the opportunity to do great things. But both of them agree that it's all her choice. And they actually get through to her. With a little coaching from Bobby, she starts to fly around like a pro. And, actually, she's loving it. With Bobby and Peter's help though, she's still trying to cope with the reality. They're all up on the side of a sky-scraper talking about it when . . . Magneto shows up. Like I said, I love the characters, and the way they interact. The best part of the whole story, honestly, in the conversation between Liz, Bobby and Peter. It was sincere, heart-felt and realistic. Well . . as realistic as a comic can get. A fantastic issue.
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