AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #548
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Steve McNiven
I've been threatening to do it since OMD and this issue sealed the deal - I'll be dropping Spider-Man and his "Brand New Day" as of this issue. I don't blame it on Slott or McNiven. Both did as much as well as anyone could have expected. It's the fault of the new status quo. It feels like they are just retreading old ground in a bad way. This isn't hitting the crux of what Spider-Man is or why people love the character. It's a regression of character and history and the stories and characters are ringing hollow to me. I tried to like it. It had some of my favourite creators, but even that can't undo the damage OMD and editorial mandates inflicted on the character. I'll check back in on him later this year and see if things have improved, but I won't be holding my breath.
With that whole spiel out of the way, the actual issue continued the Mr Negative storyline. The 'blood gas' from last issue only affects the people with the same genetic code as the blood, meaning only mobsters die and normal people just pass out momentarily. Spidey woke up and an adopted mobster, who didn't die as he wasn't a true blood, tells him to go save the children and wives. Spidey takes off to a circus show and battles some more masked thugs as he tried to reach the blood bomb. He defeats them and tosses the bomb to the other side of the tent as he escorted the mob family out of the tent, saving them from the bomb. He then has a brief encounter with Mr Negative, who makes his escape as Spidey saves a child Mr Neg threw into the harbour.
Nothing here is new or exciting. It's everything we've seen before. I really have nothing else to say about this issue as it was just bland. It's not bad and it's not good. It just a generic tale about a character I can't find it in my heart to care about anymore.
Verdict - Check It. You might enjoy it more than me. I don't know. I'm disenfranchised with the character and I'm not sure if I'm ever going to care about him the way I used to.
With that whole spiel out of the way, the actual issue continued the Mr Negative storyline. The 'blood gas' from last issue only affects the people with the same genetic code as the blood, meaning only mobsters die and normal people just pass out momentarily. Spidey woke up and an adopted mobster, who didn't die as he wasn't a true blood, tells him to go save the children and wives. Spidey takes off to a circus show and battles some more masked thugs as he tried to reach the blood bomb. He defeats them and tosses the bomb to the other side of the tent as he escorted the mob family out of the tent, saving them from the bomb. He then has a brief encounter with Mr Negative, who makes his escape as Spidey saves a child Mr Neg threw into the harbour.
Nothing here is new or exciting. It's everything we've seen before. I really have nothing else to say about this issue as it was just bland. It's not bad and it's not good. It just a generic tale about a character I can't find it in my heart to care about anymore.
Verdict - Check It. You might enjoy it more than me. I don't know. I'm disenfranchised with the character and I'm not sure if I'm ever going to care about him the way I used to.
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