Web of Spider-Man #2 Review
Posted by: Jason Marsh Larouche in Spectacular Spider-Girl, Web of Spider-Man
Gauntlet Origins: Electro
Writing: Fred Van Lente
Art: Barry Kitson
Colorist: Jeromy Cox
Letterer: VC’s Joe Carmanga
THEN (a short time after a certain lineman gets electrocuted by a lightning strike). On rain covered night on the Goeth Bridge on the Jersey side, a Stark Industries delivery truck runs over something electric that drains the battery. Behind them, conveniently, a van pulls up. The driver’s partner pulls a plasma rifle on the man getting out of the vehicle, dressed in a slicker, who’s offering to help. The driver himself warns him it’s a risk on account of the rash of thefts that’s occurred on this route over the past month. But before they can decide, the individual – Max Dillon aka Electro - takes off his glove and electrocutes him, telling them it’s been “six”, not four. He picks up the gun and fires at the driver. Max feels weakened as he always does after electrostatic discharge. (more…)
