"He's pure power and doesn't even know it. He's the best of us."-Matt Murdock
"I need a reason to take the mask off."-Peter Parker
"My heart half-breaks at how easy it is to lie to him. It breaks all the way when he believes me without question." Felicia Hardy
Now that's what the heck I'm talking about. Now it's all coming together...somewhat. This was a good issue! I love when the real world comes out in the Marvel Universe, so I was all over this issue. This was great.
Only thing for me is I really wish Gleason was drawing #35 & 36 to finish out the story!
Spencer correctly points out in the trailer that the reason Gleason is strong is because he tries to go big on every shot.
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
Hm, Sable's current situation is interesting, makes sense that she wouldn't have escaped from that lab unscathed too, wonder where that's going, specially how they plan on getting more Infinity Formula with SHIELD being gone.
Weird that her and Foreigner are getting along now, like, they used to try to kill each other for sports, or maybe back in the 80's the got along just fine outside of the killing attempts? I'm not sure...
This issue was kinda heavy on the info dumping, but then again, after how the last one was so rushed, this one decided to slow down and tell us what's going on.
That Clairvoyant sounds more like something from F4, so much so that Reed was even credited as part of the reason it was made, too bad they didn't explain "how" it checks other universes to do those predictions, but maybe they'll do it later, since at the very least, Peter looks shocked, and probably scared of it too if his facial expressions are any hint, so he'll probably be investigating this by the next issue.
Oh well, 5/10, which is natural I guess, this issue is setting up the crossover, using two issues to set up a crossover is weird though lol.
This was a good issue. I'm digging all the stuff Spencer's setting up. One thing I really like about his run is that he so obviously is fully aware of continuity and is finding cool ways to address past stories.
Loved all the stuff with Silver Sable here and how Spencer is building off of Slott story threads from Ends of the Earth and Worldwide.
Looking forward to this 2099 story getting into high gear soon.
Well in this particular instance, Spencer is retconning Slott. Sable got killed off, and then she returned to normal like it was no big deal. Spencer went nope on that.
And if Sable was crippled and injured during that entire time, then that means that Doctor Octopus' actions in Ends of the Earth had real consequences which pours cold water on that entire "redemption" thing. Now that Doctor Octopus is back, Sable in whatever condition will be out to hunt some squid.
So is it still "2099" when Miguel is sent back? For all this time, has he only been Spider-Man for less than a year?
Just saying... I know Marvel wants to reaffirm the 2099-era characters, but shouldn't it be 2100-2105 by now? lol..
There does seem to be a bit of revision by Spencer where Slott is concerned. Obviously everything Slott did is intact, and Spencer is using a lot of it for the stuff he is doing (Ends Of The Earth/Worldwide/Osborn Identity), but he is reversing the stuff that didn't sit well with fans such as Black Cat's turn to villainy and now Silver Sable being revealed to have been crippled following EOTE.
I happen to like Doc Ock ( he is my personal favorite Spider-Man bad guy ( although my liking of him does not reach the Slott level), and I expect him back sooner rather then later. Why? Despite Spencer being known for 'D-Listers' we have seen most of the major Spidy villains that go back to Ditko in Spencer's Run. Norm, Kraven, Lizard, Vulture, Mysterio and Chameleon to name a few. Even Doom is coming. I know Victor is primarily an FF and Iron Man enemy, but he showed up in Ditko's run. Finally, we also saw a version of Ock in Friendly, an actor playing him in the Mysterio movie, and making a deal with Mephisto. By the way, who else would I like? Shocker, Rhino and Scorpion come to mind