Amazing Spider-Man Vol II #18 (459) Review

Amazing Spider-Man # 18
Plot: Down on your Parker is now scrubbing dishes at a greasy spoon. Strapped for cash, this is evidently the only job he can get. He then calls his Aunt May to see if he can come visit and get a shower, etc.
Peter then goes to Aunt May’s house to find Anna Watson, MJ’s aunt. Peter tells them that MJ isn’t’ dead, and that everything is going to be all right.
We then cut to the Green Goblin coming back to terrorize Liz Osborne. He evidently wants Liz to show him some secret files from the Osborne corp.
Spidey then comes to the scene and saves Liz. 
Likes:This was Byrne’s best looking issue, mainly due to the inking of artist extraordinaire John Romita Sr. Man is this guy an outstanding artists. He can turn Byrne’s sub-standard pencils, with hardly any backgrounds, into perfection.
Unfortunately, Romita’s inking of Byrne’s pencils is the only good thing about the issue. 
Dislikes: When you have dialog such as “It can’t be Harry, I just ran into his holographic ghost” in the story, then you’ve got problems. There is no explanation to Goblins return, so the reader could care less. The battle of Spider-Man and the Goblin is anti-climatic and tries to set the stage to buy the Peter Parker book.  The Goblin escapes, as Spider-Man tries to hold a transport tram from falling into the bridge.
I really didn’t like the out of character Peter Parker sleeping on the streets. He’s mumbling to his Aunt’s how Mary Jane isn’t dead, he’s a dish washer at a local greasy spoon, and he’s a bum that sleeps on the streets. Mackie and Byrne are taking this “down on your luck” superhero thing to a new level. 
Rating: I’m giving this issue one and a half web heads out of four. Explain the Goblins motivation, advance the MJ plot, and stop going over the top with plots  to  crap on Peter,then you’ll have a decent comic.