The Amazing Spider-Man #28
Writer: Dan
Slott
Art Team: Stuart
Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger, Marte Gracia
with Andres Mossa
Marvel
Comics
Release
Date: June 7, 2017
Cover Price:
$3.99
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Before
Spider-Man prepares to tackle the Secret Empire nonsense that’s coming next
month he must first wrap up his dealings with the Green Goblin, currently
Norman Osborne with a horribly disfigured face, finally helping Sable win her
country Symkaria back … you know for the people. Since this is the final issue of the story arc
I anticipate we’ll get that conclusion. So let’s swing right into it and see
what Spidey has in his Parker Industries sponsored bag of tricks.
The issue
starts with the team of good guys that has assembled (Spider-Man, Mockingbird,
Silver Sable, and some rebel soldiers) to battle this threat all going their separate
ways in an effort to end this disaster of a situation once and for all. Spider-Man and Silver Sable head off to
Osbornes castle of operations to deal with the ‘big bads’, while Mockingbird
uses her rocket boots to chase down and disarm the just released bomb, a goblin
bomb that will turn the countries populace into a Goblin Army, meanwhile the group
of rebel soldiers head to town to keep the people safe and evacuate the area
the bomb will hit
As we
progress through the issue we peek inside the castle where Sable engages the
Countess, the Goblin’s lady love of the moment, in a sword duel for the right
to give her country back to who it belongs to … the people again. Meanwhile
Spider-Man gives chase to Osborne, falling into a carefully laid trap from the maniacal
villain which strips Spider-Man of most of his powers through a series of
carefully placed traps (while also being a nice callback to previous stories of
yesteryear).
When
Spider-Man and Norman finally come face to face they are in their most raw form
with neither individual enhanced by any powers. The two long time enemies duke
it out in brutal fashion, ala ‘Rocky’ 4. Norman takes a moment to appreciate
finally earning the upper hand on Spider-Man only to simultaneously realize his
carefully laid plans are collapsing all around him. This provides Spider-Man the distraction he
needs to finally take down Norman before help arrives. Unfortunately in the end Spider-Man is unable
to detain the Goblin long enough to get him into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody (not like
that means much anymore anyway).
The issue
concludes with Spider-Man and Parker Industries as a whole, despite coming out
on top of the situation and preventing the formation of a giant Goblin Army, in
dispute with S.H.I.E.L.D., who are severing all ties with the hero and
organization. Norman also appears in the
final panel, only to seed future story possibilities, in which he now thinks
the best course of action is to Goblin back out to defeat Spidey once and for all.
Overall as
this arc wraps up I have to say I enjoyed it more than any Spider-Man story in
a long time mostly because of this terrific conclusion to wrap it all up. Dan Slott
does an excellent job of concluding the four part storyline with a thrilling
action packed issue filled with interesting developments, character choices,
and consequences. The art team of Stuart
Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger, and Marte Gracia with Andres Mossa do their best
job yet on Spider-Man this issue, taking the action and thrills out of the
shadows, and into the spotlight. The book is creatively paneled and the colors
are sharp, it looks like this new team improves with each issue.
Bits and Pieces
Spider-Man
wraps up the latest Norman Osborne storyline in exciting fashion and provided us
some of Dan Slot’s most exciting and well-paced story in a while. The new art
team officially gets me onboard this issue with some creative paneling and
sharp artistic choices.
8.8/10
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