This arc is called “Just Another Manic Monday,” but it’s going to take place over at least 2 days. This month, PPSM gets a proper recap page, like USM has and basically all Marvel comics soon will. Hydro-Man waxes poetic about what water he enjoys absorbing the most for 2 entire pages to start this month (mineral water), Shocker’s plan apparently requires him to contain as much extra water as he can. Then the go to a bank to rob it, but Hydro-Man’s got too much water in him and explodes, washing all the patrons out onto the street.
Hydro-Man uses all his water to pressurize the boxes, then Shock zaps them, blowing them all open. But it’s taken a toll on Hydro-Man.
Spidey and Morrie keep fightin’ for a page, then Shocker tries to zap Spider-Man while Hydro is holding him, which mostly hurts his partner. Shocker tries to bolt, but Spider-Man webs his foot. But THEN Hydro-Man is back up, encasing Spider-Man in a bubble of water. He’s still got a web on Shocky, tho, so he can’t escape. So he zaps Hydro-Man on purpose this time, thinking it’ll take care of Spider-Man.
Shocker zaps the arriving police a few times, then runs outside and blows up their cars, which strains his new gauntlet so much it hurts him, too. When Spidey catches up, a badly wounded Shocker refuses to give up, and just as Spider-Man says his gauntlets are about to explode…
You know what’s the weirdest thing here? The Herrera guy, for all his dedicated Ramos swiping, is better at posing the human body than Ramos. If he wasn’t drawing like he was blindfolded and drunk, his Spider-Men would be pretty dynamic, as opposed to Ramos’, which always seem awkward and messed up. Even Ramos’ impersonator is better at comics… By a tad… But, the good news is, neither Ramos nor Herrera does interiors for the rest of this title’s run. Most things are better in my opinion.