Honestly, I'm not sure where to start with this book. It was massive . . . over 100 pages. And the only ads were inside the front and back cover . . amazing! Also . . it only sold for $4.99. Well . . I paid $9.98 because I bought both covers, but . . you know. The first story by Dan Slott and John Romita Jr. was 65 pages. How do they do it? The story was mostly about the upcoming wedding of Aunt May and J Jonah Jameson Sr., but . . we also got introduced to the new and improved Doctor Octopus. Well . . he's improved. But it was mostly out of necessity. It seems that all the pummeling that the good doctor has taken over the years has finally caught up with him . . "All that additional radiation in your system . . it's preventing your body from healing itself. I hate to tell you this, Otto . . but your condition is degenerative. You're looking at a year . . eighteen months at the most . . until . . ." But the doctor refuses to accept this diagnosis. Yes his body is failing, but . . he feels his mind is as sharp as ever. The little spider/octopus kind of things that we've been seeing in the background scurrying about the city . . their a product of Octavius' and they're his way of getting into every system and piece of electronics in the city. He wants to control them all remotely . . like he does his arms, basically. Anyways, in the end, of course he goes down, but . . he does escape. And he's got a renewed hatred for the Spider-man. What I really liked about this story though is the inclusion of almost all of Peter's supporting cast. Really, the only person . . actually, people missing were the Osborns . . Harry and Norman. On the last page . . even MJ shows up. Overall, I thought it was a good story . . especially the parts about Aunt May. The next little story is about Spider-man going to a therapist. It's called Identity Crisis and it's about Spider-man trying to figure out who he is with all the changes he's gone through
over the years. The thing I had a question about though . . as always . . is how Peter remembers MJ. I thought Mephisto erased all of that. "How about MJ? First we were friends, then we were married. Then we weren't. Then she was pregnant, then she wasn't! I tell ya doc I don't know what's real and what isn't anymore!" I thought he wasn't supposed to remember any of that. That story was by Stan Lee and Marcos Martin. Then there's a touching story by Mark Waid and Colleen Doran. It's actually about Uncle Ben. It's when Peter was young and Ben was trying to be a father figure for him. It's touching how they come together. There's another little story by Bob Gale and Mario Alberti. Peter is sitting in a park resting and he's listening to a couple of kids talk about how cool they think it would be to be Spider-man. That is until the one kid starts to look at the reality of the situation. There's a story about Aunt May a few weeks before the wedding. She's talking to Ben at his grave, trying to decide if she's doing the right thing or not. It's my Marc Guggenheim and Mitch Breitweiser. Then Peter and Norah go to the Smithsonian and crack jokes about an outdated piece of super-hero gear . . the Spider-mobile. Zeb Wells and Derec Donovan contribute this piece. And finally Kelly and Fiumara help us catch up with Madame Web. We get a little glimpse of Spider-man's possible future, but the most important thing is that she finds out that someone is hunting the spiders. It appears that Madame is their first victim. As a final treat the issue is littered with "Spider-man covers that you'll never see!" They're mostly by McKone, except for one by Janson. Overall I thought it was a heck of an issue. Especially for $4.99.
Honestly, I'm not sure where to start with this book. It was massive . . . over 100 pages. And the only ads were inside the front and back cover . . amazing! Also . . it only sold for $4.99. Well . . I paid $9.98 because I bought both covers, but . . you know. The first story by Dan Slott and John Romita Jr. was 65 pages. How do they do it? The story was mostly about the upcoming wedding of Aunt May and J Jonah Jameson Sr., but . . we also got introduced to the new and improved Doctor Octopus. Well . . he's improved. But it was mostly out of necessity. It seems that all the pummeling that the good doctor has taken over the years has finally caught up with him . . "All that additional radiation in your system . . it's preventing your body from healing itself. I hate to tell you this, Otto . . but your condition is degenerative. You're looking at a year . . eighteen months at the most . . until . . ." But the doctor refuses to accept this diagnosis. Yes his body is failing, but . . he feels his mind is as sharp as ever. The little spider/octopus kind of things that we've been seeing in the background scurrying about the city . . their a product of Octavius' and they're his way of getting into every system and piece of electronics in the city. He wants to control them all remotely . . like he does his arms, basically. Anyways, in the end, of course he goes down, but . . he does escape. And he's got a renewed hatred for the Spider-man. What I really liked about this story though is the inclusion of almost all of Peter's supporting cast. Really, the only person . . actually, people missing were the Osborns . . Harry and Norman. On the last page . . even MJ shows up. Overall, I thought it was a good story . . especially the parts about Aunt May. The next little story is about Spider-man going to a therapist. It's called Identity Crisis and it's about Spider-man trying to figure out who he is with all the changes he's gone through 
over the years. The thing I had a question about though . . as always . . is how Peter remembers MJ. I thought Mephisto erased all of that. "How about MJ? First we were friends, then we were married. Then we weren't. Then she was pregnant, then she wasn't! I tell ya doc I don't know what's real and what isn't anymore!" I thought he wasn't supposed to remember any of that. That story was by Stan Lee and Marcos Martin. Then there's a touching story by Mark Waid and Colleen Doran. It's actually about Uncle Ben. It's when Peter was young and Ben was trying to be a father figure for him. It's touching how they come together. There's another little story by Bob Gale and Mario Alberti. Peter is sitting in a park resting and he's listening to a couple of kids talk about how cool they think it would be to be Spider-man. That is until the one kid starts to look at the reality of the situation. There's a story about Aunt May a few weeks before the wedding. She's talking to Ben at his grave, trying to decide if she's doing the right thing or not. It's my Marc Guggenheim and Mitch Breitweiser. Then Peter and Norah go to the Smithsonian and crack jokes about an outdated piece of super-hero gear . . the Spider-mobile. Zeb Wells and Derec Donovan contribute this piece. And finally Kelly and Fiumara help us catch up with Madame Web. We get a little glimpse of Spider-man's possible future, but the most important thing is that she finds out that someone is hunting the spiders. It appears that Madame is their first victim. As a final treat the issue is littered with "Spider-man covers that you'll never see!" They're mostly by McKone, except for one by Janson. Overall I thought it was a heck of an issue. Especially for $4.99.
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