This was another great issue of Spider-man. With all the action going on this issue, we didn't really deal with Peter's life, and troubles, all that much. Really it was only approached on the one page recap at the end of the issue. But . . that's not to say that it wasn't interesting. Spidey spends most of this issue trying to figure out how to deal with the Mayan god that's loose in the city. Rabin is trying to merge with this god, I guess the god of death, during Uayep. That's explained as the five days that the stars align right, and allows him to call forth the god with sacrifice. Which he's done . . with his colleagues, and the Mayans that were trying to stop him. But now he needs a female sacrifice, to finish the offering, and allow him to bond with the god becoming Kuhul Ajaw . . the god-king. I know. It's all a little complicated . . huh? Anyways, Spidey does put a stop to it, but really . . he's just lucky. When Rabin finally catches up to Spidey, and the god, he's only got about 10 minutes left. But he's not worried because he's brought Carlie along as the sacrifice. Well, if Spider-man can't do anything else . . he can certainly stall for 10 minutes. Hell, he usually spouts off 10 minutes of diatribe during and given skirmish or conflict. That's just the way he rolls. But he's also lucky because the home-less guy, that he helped last issue, shows up with some friends to offer their assistance. Usually that wouldn't be much help, but during the offering the god is only supposed to be approached by clean-shaven males. These men . . definitely are not. It's just enough of a distraction to put things over the 10 minute time goal. Then Spider-man finishes things up with Rabin. I enjoyed the story by Zeb Wells. I thought it was well played out. But, I especially enjoyed this issue because of the fantastic artwork of Chris Bachalo. All 3 issues in this story-arc have been tremendous. I'm a big fan of Chris' and . . I was still impressed. Next issue we get to see Barry Kitson's interpretation of our favorite wall-crawler. Keep up the good work, guys!
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