Terry Dodson did not have to go so hard on this cover. There’s so much detail. Look at the iPod in that kid’s back pocket with the headphone cord trailing up! Look at the undercarriage of that car! He totally didn’t have to do this. I’d much rather talk about that than read this comic, but I guess I have to. Spider-Man’s narration on page 1 sez Daredevil and Dr. Strange weren’t home and he made an idiot of himself in front of the Avengers, so the Owl was his best bet. Categorically untrue! What about the FF? Spider-Man currently has TWO friends in the police department. And the Owl’s not even a prime mover in the underworld! At any rate, Electro asks Spider-Man to “give the girl two minutes.”
Not a great Spidey-in-motion, I have to say. Also, after last issue, I TOTALLY think you’re stupid, Spider-Man.
That bit was fun, at least. I can give them that. Electro goes after Spider-Man, asking what he thinks of his new suit. Which is not especially different from the old one, and most of the changes are worse, like adding underwear on the outside in the year of our Lord 2004. This is the period where DC had taken the undies OFF of Batman because it looks stupid, and they added some to Electro. He, well, electrocutes Spidey pretty bad while yammering about how he wouldn’t believe what the villains get up to that the superheroes never even hear about. I suddenly remember a part of this story that sucks that I had forgotten, oh boy. Electro starts murdering civilians because he’s a bad guy in a Mark Millar comic, in case you’d forgotten.
You plunk down your $3 for a Spider-Man, you always hope, in the back of your mind, “I hope a bunch of children die just to upset Spider-Man in this comic. There’s no way that would be at all distasteful!” Electro drops a bunch of cars and trucks on Spider-Man, who even cares, I am so over this garbage. Electro makes the mistake of calling Vulture to gloat and now, suitably motivated by the murder of children, Spider-Man beats the crap out of him.
And what did he expect??? Honor among thieves? Ugh, I hate this comic so much. Spider-Man smashes to the ground on top of a car and is rushed to a hospital in an ambulance.
We cut to MJ calling their answering machine saying she’s tired of being scared in a motel and is coming home, when she sees a reporter waving Spider-Man’s mask around in front of a hospital. An administrator is dressing down the surgeon for letting this happen, worrying that people knowing Spider-Man is here will bring some supervillain down on them, and guess what?
Yes, the Vulture has a new look, too. The colors make more sense, I guess, I’ll give them that.