THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #5
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Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & John Dell
Colors by Edgar Delgado, Chris Sotomayor, & Antonio Fabela
Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Mark Bagley
Size: 0 pages
Price: 3.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
First, my main like of the issue is the introduction of Anna Marconni. Not only is it, I think, the first time we've had a legitimate little person in a comic that was not of an alien race or otherwise made short, but she seems to be a good fit for "Peter." She is legitimately wowed by his intellect, but gets what he's doing at the same time, and "Peter" certainly seems to appreciate her enough not to talk down to her, and he likes her cooking. Maybe she'll be the character that begins to ground him, if he doesn't act all, you know, "Peter."
Now to the meat: I no longer think of this character as Spider-Man, but as Rorschamandias, because that's what he's becoming - the Rorschach contemptuous of society combined with the Ozymandias who wants to fix it and is willing to do whatever to make it happen. It's the objectivist character that Ditko wished he could have been from the beginning. Yes, he kills Massacre, as far as we know (if you don't see the body...). Certainly, it's his intention. But it gets to a critical issue - Massacre is not like the other villains that Peter, or any other superhero, has had to deal with. Other supervillains kind of preen and pose when it comes to executing their master plan and killing people, but Massacre does it. Not with glee, but with need; as he says, it's the only way he feels anything. And unlike other villains, Massacre's brain damage will prevent him from ever rehabilitating. Is Dr. Kafka's death on Peter's conscience? Are the other victims of Massacre on him too? If so, then the only way to "erase the red in his ledger", to borrow a phrase, is to eliminate the cause. Not since Carnage has such a villain existed in the Spidey-verse, who would actually kill mass quantities of people with no compunction, but with him you could eliminate the symbiote and render him mostly harmless.
The interesting twist is at the end when he confronts the cola company exec. This makes him a very scary character, the Ozymandias side of Rorschamandias. I'm really interested to see how far this goes, as it starts to move him into Watchmen/Squadron Supreme territory - I know what's best, and anyone who doesn't fit my picture of it better watch out. I can also see how this leads to the teaser of him being fired from the Avengers, as I can't see them accepting this kind of behavior (even though Wolverine has quite a lot of blood on his hands, and how many trolls, orcs, and dragons has Mjolnir taken down in its day? Oh, and Tony's surveilance devices aren't a problem, are they?).
It may not be the Spider-Man we expect, but it's hard to deny that it's an interesting story with some thought provoking questions.
Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
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