Monday, July 17, 2006

Sensational Spider-Man #28

Sensational Spider-Man #28
And...we get a complete about-face in this issue. Absolutely Sensational, or EXCELLENT. Here we have a Spider-Man story in which Spider-Man is nothing but a supporting character. Not only that, but we get a very good recreation of the long-ago fight where Doc Ock unmasked Spidey, and we get the first supervillain to come after Spider-Man because he has revealed his secret identity. I am still not happy with the revelation, (which can only be undone through the use of clones,) but all things being as they are, this is an EXCELLENT story. In 22 pages, we are made to actually care for young high-school student Jordan Harrison, and we get an EXCELLENT payoff on the last page. Also, the art is beautiful. It occurs to me that there is always so much more to say about an AWFUL issue than an EXCELLENT one. Oh well, cest la vie.

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