Spider-Men II #1 Review
Writer: Brian
Michael Bendis
Art Team:
Sara Pichelli, Justin Ponsor
Marvel
Comics
Release
Date: July 12, 2017
Cover Price:
$3.99
The very
long awaited sequel Spider-Men 2 has arrived and with it immediately follows
the answer everyone has waited five years for … well kind of. The elevator
pitch for new comers is Miles and Peter meet and adventure ensues, only this
time there in the same universe, no dimension jumping needed. Although the
impact of the story is a little different this time around is there enough to
like here for me to overcome my self-imposed Brain Michael Bendis ban … well
let’s find out.
The issue
starts with a cool cold opening with Miles and Peter caught in a situation you
know is less than ideal if there both hanging upside down together deposed of. Miles,
with Peter’s wishes, uses his Mega Venom Blast to bust the ropes, knocking
Peter out of the fight temporarily. Miles takes off after a plane attempting to
get away from the two heroes taking off but fails in his attempt at catching
the plane. When Peter Parker Spider-Man finally catches up to Miles he knocks
him down a few pegs like a complete asshat especially without all the previous
context necessary for this scolding.
After our
opening we jump to a few weeks back catching up with Miles in school before
transitioning to Peter in the suit taking on the Armadillo in a fight, and a jokey
inner monologue, that lingers on a bit too long. Peter eventually beats the
hell out of the nothing villain before suddenly noticing a giant purple/pinkish
dimensional portal (very close in appearance to the one from the first
Spider-Men series) appearing in the sky above New York.
Back to
Miles at school, him and Genke, shoot the shit on a bench during lunch as Miles
notices a new, to him, girl named Barbara (nobody names their kid Barbara
anymore right?). Miles and Genke go back
and forth about whether or not Miles should go talk to her before Genke forces
Miles’ hand and calls her over … classic bro move. Then out of nowhere, after
everything was going smoothly, a giant alien looking ball drops from the sky
with a similar pinkish glow Peter just saw. Miles takes the opportunity as a
distraction necessary to sneaks off and get in his gear.
In the sky
above New York Miles and Peter have a ‘fancy seeing you here moment’ with each
other and together they head off in the direction of the ‘portal’. After
reminiscing about their previous experience together briefly we’re treated to a
quick double cliffhanger as what looks like the Ultimate Universe Taskmaster as
he comes walking through the portal the Spider-Men are investigating. Meanwhile
the book ends with a quick glimpse of the ‘616’ Miles Morales being revealed
and boy he doesn’t look very happy at all.
Overall
Spider-Men was a solid first issue that lingered a little too long on a few
scenes in the middle of the book that didn’t feel overly integral to the
story. However I liked the interesting
aspects of the story enough to come back for more in issue two and really see
where our story is headed after a decent setup raising a lot of questions. The art done by Pichelli and Ponsor is
incredible as always giving our heroes some menacing looking bad guys to face
off the bat.
Bits and Pieces
This is a
decent but not jaw dropping start to a mini-series bringing Peter and Miles
back together to investigate the cliffhanger from the first series. While the first issue didn’t tackle this
problem head-on and running enough of my interest was piqued for a return visit
to this series especially with Pichelli and Ponsor on art duties.
7.0/10
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