Amazing Reads: 3 for .2

ell, we're approaching the end of Spider-Man's 50th anniversary. One final book past these three I'd like to talk about, but why wait? Let's dive into these three.

When last we left in Sensational Spider-Man 33.1 Carlie Cooper was looking into human trafficking, that may or may not involve the Vulture. Peter was helping. We ended with The Vulture dragging Carlie into the air.

Let us dive into Sensational Spider-Man 33.2. Vulture pretty much dispels the notion he's responsible for the trafficking. He then tosses Carlie into the air, Spidey shows up, saves her. They go their separate ways and we find out that the FBI agent is dirty working with the mob, who is trafficking people. It all winds down that, well, our heroes don't win. The women and children are shipped off, money is going to secure the ports will go through mob shell companies. And everyone is sad. Well, not quite. The Vulture kidnapped the dirty Agent, and uses him to get to the Mob boss. And it's heavily implied he eats them. So...yay?

Web of Spider-Man 129.1 and .2. Introducing the Brooklyn Avengers. A bunch of z list heroes that Spider-Man joined with in his early days. Well, decade and some odd time later, the team is being killed one by one. That's pretty much issue .1. A lot of flash backs, with little story. So moving into 129.2 we're right off the heels of one of the Brooklyn Avengers being killed, it's revealed to be the red hook, z list villain for these z list heroes. But, after a few blows, it isn't him. Then who was it, you say. Well, turns out it was the landlord dressing up as Red Hook. He wanted to the money because they were gonna build a strip-mall. This is all very Scooby-Doo. In the end, the group mourns the death of of their members, and Spidey swings off, vowing to never talk to them again.

This month has been heavy on the Spidey, being 50 years since Amazing Fantasy #15. And boy has he changed, huh. He once was a smart mouth, semi-egomoniaical, ass who was only concerned with his well-being. He is now a man.

I've covered all of the issues, except the Avenging Spider-Man 11 that are tied to his anniversary directly, and I have to say, the ones that are best, are the ones that seem more tied to his past, then his present. Exploring the Brooklyn Avengers was more interesting to me, then the two filler books of Carlie and the Vulture. Peter Parker Spider-Man, dealing with the warehouse where he confronted Uncle Ben's killer.
From Amazing 692, we had the mainstay with Alpha, which I didn't care for. But the two back-ups were compelling, even if the art wasn't that great.

I plan on talking about Avenging Spider-Man #11 in the next few days, but as a general preview, it concerns Aunt May and Pete's relationship. It's touching, moving, and is a total gear shift for this book. Not that I'm complaining, just, different. Strangely enough the only person who isn't in any of these books is Mary-Jane. Well, briefly in Amazing main story, but that really wasn't apart of this retrospective. I kind of want more of this. The only villainous mainstay we saw occur was the Vulture, and that wasn't even Adrian Toomes. We didn't get anything on Gwen Stacy, or Mary-Jane. Nothing on Green Goblin or Doc Ock. It seems that there is something missing from these books. But what do I know. I still had fun.

So see ya next time for whatever I feel like doing.