Tellin’ ya, that scratchy, raw look is just cool. This one almost has a Ted McKeever vibe. This month, we pick up just where we left off, with Kingpin saying he doesn’t die, he has people to do that for him. That him dying would go against the laws of nature. Peter says he’s already broken just about every law there is, so what’s one more? Then he rips the web off the goon’s face to interrogate him. The goon says Kingpin wanted Martino out of the way because “he knew something nobody else knows.” What was in the trunk in Pulp Fiction?
Can’t fight Spider-Man in his prison jumpsuit. That’s for fighting Daredevil right now.Or fighting alongside him, as the circumstances dictate. The “Daredevil in prison” story was pretty wild. Also by Ed Brubaker, with art by Michael Lark. Bru & Lark weren’t quite Bendis & Maleev, but they were close, it was a great run. WHILE Brubaker and Epting were doing Cap, too. It’s wild how many writers at Marvel had concurrent instant-classic runs in this period. Bendis was riding the wave of DD, USM and New Avengers at the same time for a while there! Brubaker, Matt Fraction & David Aja are just starting the best run of Iron Fist of all time as Brubaker is doing one of the best Cap runs and one of the best DD runs. Just crazy. Too bad none of those guys was on ASM, where Spider-Man is spending 3 whole pages scaring that guy he kidnapped and then not killing him or accomplishing anything at the end of the scene. Then he’s back at the hospital, where MJ closes the curtain around May’s bed to let them have some privacy with her.
Describing yourself… to your wife… as someone with nothing left to lose… is VERY CLASSY. Want to see something hilarious?
It’s Reilly now! They corrected it mid-story! That’s even worse somehow! I wonder if they fixed it in the trade throughout. They sure should have. “Fitzgerald.” Well, since the real objective of this story is just keeping the book on the stands until the next one, we get several pages of Spider-Man traveling to the prison and entering it, mixed with the inmates being surprised when all the lights come on and their cells open, mixed with Kingpin getting dressed like the hero in an 80s action movie. Alright, that killed 5 pages, so…
Spider-Man: No stranger to prison riots. Well, next time in part 4 of 5, the showdown.