By
Craig Shaw Gardner
Plot: The plot of this story is not the most original
in the world, in fact it is one of the oldest plots in the world
(next to boy meets girl). The plot consist of our friendly
neighborhood Spider-Man being framed for a murder, which of
course he didn't commit. Now how did this happen
to Ol' Spidey you ask, well it seems that a man by the
name of Brian Timilty is running for the office of mayor of
New York City on an anti-superhero ticket (with Spidey
as his poster boy), but unknown to most of New York's voters
Timilty has been getting some not so legal financial backing from
a wealthy business man named Tyler Stewart. Stewart has big
plans for the city once Timilty is elected to office, plans
that don't include a certain wall crawling crime
fighter, so Stewart has Spider-Man framed for a grisly
murder. Now with a reward on his head, Spider-Man is
wanted: dead or alive! (Remind you of a certain Spider Hunt
Storyline?)
Likes: The main thing I liked about the book was
the use of Spidey's supporting cast, which I haven't seen a lot
of in the regular titles, lately.
Dislikes: It seems to me that the book focuses
less on Spider-Man, and more on a street thug named Fast Anthony Davis, who for all practical means should only be a supporting
character in a Spider-Man book, not the other way around.
Rating: I give this three Spider-heads out of
four. Despite the overused plot and the underused
Spider-Man, this book was a pretty good
read.
Reviewed by Jimbo of the Spider-Zone web site.
