The Show Must Go On.

Look at me, looking at 60's Spidey. Oh, and then 2000's Spidey. Why don't I look at something more modern? Something that was released... 2 years ago? Well, let's have a look at The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) Once again. I mean, it's appropriate, we're on vol. 7, and scarily close to issue 1000.

First of all, a little context for a little detail in the story: Spidey is wearing a suit that was made by Norman Osborn, it sort of resembles the suit from the All-New, All Different era. It has all sorts of fairly cool gadgets... But it doesn't sit right with me, why is Spider-Man wearing a suit that was made by his worst enemy? Odd.

LAST ISH: The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #26 was... Less than amazing. Peter and like 700 other guys fought Rabin, and it cost the life of Ms. Marvel. I wasn't very thrilled reading it. Now, of course, that wasn't my last Spider-Man comic, as I managed to pick up issues 21 and 22 from Panini's Spanish translation, which compile issues 27-30 + the 2023 Annual issue. I think this marks the very first annual issue reviewed on the site.

I suppose it's time to look at Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) issues 27 and 28, by Zeb Wells and Ed McGuinness. Well, this book is already good because a fellow Edward worked on it.

The cover shows Doc Ock choking Spider-Man to death... Oh, and Black Cat is there too. The strong point of this run are the covers, they are actually pretty good and well-composed, this is not one of those cases. Though I guess it's okay because it's similar to a cover from the John Romita Sr. era.

The comic opens with Spidey and Black Cat fighting against the Shocker... Oh, I must've missed a few issues because Spidey and Black Cat are dating! 

Oh, Peter lets Norman supervise everything through this new robot suit. SUUUURE... This book is starting off like crap. Norman talks about the events of a book that no one bothered to actually read. Cut to Spidey, who goes to sleep in his apartment after a long day of Spider-Manning... And it turns out that he kept Ms. Marvel's mask and now sleeps with it on his pillow, that's just great... You can't see sarcasm through text. 

MEANWHILE, Ock makes new arms with pieces from his old arms because his old arms fell in love with Spider-Man or whatever the fuck (Editor's note tells us to check out ASM 900, which the team does own... Well, at least I do.)

Peter goes to check on Norman just to make sure he's not insane. Cut to Ravencroft, where the... Who the fuck is that? Some kinda red goblin lady? (Apparently, she was in the last volume... On a storyline that I didn't read)

At the New York Bulletin or whateve, J. Jonah Jameson gets a visit from Ock's old dismantled arms. The issue ends.

Started off like crap, and didn't get much better. I'd say it gets a 5/10 for the nice Ed McGuinness artwork. The story is looking like crap, but it has potential... Footnote, While Black Cat was in the issue, she does NOT show up again for the rest of the storyline, and she does not fight Doc Ock like it's shown on the cover. NEXT.

This is issue 28, done by the same flipping guys.

The cover shows Doc Ock choking Spider-Man to death... Where have I seen that before? Oh, and Gold Goblin is here too, I suppose.

The issue opens with JJJ telling Norman to fix Otto's arms, Norman refuses at first but then he's like "Why not", all while Nick reminds us of a comic that I did buy. (ASM 900, we'll get to it one day)

Ock's new arms are actually made of some smart robot goo or whatever the fuck, I actually LIKE this, the little robot pieces are cute, and the concept is kind of cool. Ock is flexing his new arms to Kraven The Hunter... We don't see Kraven again for the next of the story.

While Norman is fixing the arms, they start to attack, this is because Ock is near Oscorp. He breaks into the building, but luckily, Spider-Man is there to stop him with his new... Spider-Bot, that will surely be sold on eBay as soon as this era is over. Ock is about to kill Spider-Man for the billionth time (Only ONE was successful, check ASM 700) but Norman (aka Gold Goblin), who doesn't really do jack shit before he also gets caught by Otto. 

The issue ends. Y'know, it wasn't much better, but I guess it wasn't offensively bad, still, I don't see this one getting adapted in a movie any time soon. 6/10.

So, that was an incredibly lame story. Though it must be confusing to those that haven't touched a Spider-Man book in years. Next time, we take a trip back to 2002, as we look at the J. Michael Straczynski Spider-Man run.