anymore.During the Civil War, Peter Parker announced to the enitre world that he was Spider-man. This of course was enevitably going to lead to someone trying to kill him, because we all know that Spider-man has many enemies. The enemy who took the first shot would be the Kingpin of crime. The Kingpin put a price on Parkers head, and the bullet that was meant for him, hit Aunt May instead. After that, Parker swore that he'd kill the man responsible.
This arc does a great job of showing Peter Parker with pure hatred in his heart as all he wants to do is bring pain to the men who did the shooting. He throws away his traditional red and blue suit for the more villainous black suit of his past, hence the title of the arc "Back in Black." Parker spends most of the arc beating up thugs trying to find the man who issued the hit on him while Aunt May barely stays alive throughout the arc. Once he finds out its the Kingpin who did it, he sneaks in to the prison that Kingpin is being held in and beats the living crap out of him. Spider-man walks away from Kingpin warning him that if Aunt May dies, that he'll be back to kill him.
This is one of the best arcs to come out of Amazing Spider-man in years, and it's some of J. Micheal Stracynski's (Writer) best work on the character as well. It's fitting that this is going to be his last work on the book. Ron Garney's artwork is also to the point and spot on with the characters as well. Garneys depiction of the Kingpin during and after Spider-man beat him into a pulp is absolutly priceless.
Rating: 9.1/10
There is another issue to this arc, so issue #543 will be a part of Back in Black, but the climax was met in 542. #543 will presumably be just a 'set-up' issue for Marvels next big Spider-man series "One more Day."
No comments:
Post a Comment