Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #11

Writer: Peter David
Letterer: Todd Nauck
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit


Plot:  After Peter Parker announces his true identity to the world, his world is turned upside-down. He has to face the consequences of his choice by facing his students, the media, faculty, his old high school nemesis, Flash, and any villain who wants to take advantage of this newfound information. In this case, the new Mysterio shows up to wreak havoc on the school where Peter Parker teaches.


Review:  I always wondered what would happen if Peter Parker gave up his secret identity. Judging simply by this book, it seems that Marvel is wasting a pretty good opportunity to go wild with the idea. It comes across to me like another run of the mill problem that Spider-Man has to work through. The art is top notch and actually a pretty big plus for this book. If you are a Spider-Man fan then you may want to keep picking up this book in hopes that it’ll get better and live up to what I kind of figured was supposed to be a really big deal. Although it is a really fascinating idea, I hate for the passing fan to start in on a good idea, only to be disappointed. Hopefully I am completely wrong and this turns into a pretty momentous occasion in the history of Spider-Man.

Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance preview books for review purposes.
 

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