Comics Fondle

Dan Slott does great Spider-Man. I’m not sure how well this Free Comic Book Day issue sells Spider-Man (or Spider-Man 3), but it’s a great time. Slott mixes in all the things I think of when I think of Spider-Man–the concern for Aunt May, the public distrust, the wacky supervillain. In this one, the supervillain is a big Spider-Man fan, which is a new one for me, but plays well with Slott’s modern setting for the story, even if it is an old fashioned issue.

Phil Jimenez’s art is real nice, but it’s actually only really special a couple of times. It does well with Slott’s set pieces and it looks real good, but it doesn’t really bring anything to the comic itself.

Being continuity-minded, I don’t see where this issue fits in, but it really doesn’t matter… it’s just a good time (Slott really should write either The Amazing Spider-Man or at least the Marvel Adventures Spider-Man).

B+

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