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Quick Amazing Spider-Man #583 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- in Comic Reviews
I figured it's only right to give a quick review for the rest of the issue! It was yet another standout issue by Mark Waid, who seems born to write Spider-Man comic books.
The issue is a spotlight on Betty Brant, and allows Betty (who is the narrator of the issue) to talk about Peter Parker as how an outside observer might see Peter Parker - as a nice guy who really is not all that dependable.
Throughout the issue, Betty is trying to get Peter back into the dating scene, with many comedic results, but Waid does a very nice trick of taking the expectations of Betty (and through Betty, the reader) and twisting them in a dramatic and intriguing fashion.
Waid continues his subplot of J. Jonah Jameson's father - a love interest for May? Interesting!
Barry Kitson's art usually strikes me as more appropriate for action stories than for these more slow-paced, character-driven stories, but I think he basically did a good job, as well (the John Romita Sr. cover was a blast!).
There was also a goodly amount of action in the comic, but what was especially nice was how Waid used said action to further along the main plot of Betty thinking about Peter (as naturally, Peter has to end up ditching her to fight crime).
Another strong issue by Waid.
Recommended.
- Posted on January 14, 2009 @ 06:30 PM
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Greg Burgas
January 14, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Dare I point out the spelling error? Unless it was intentional.
Wait a minute ... Peter's dating? What happened to his marriage to MJ? Did I miss the divorce?
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
T.
January 14, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I don't think he was born to write ANYTHING Marvel except for Captain America, and that especially goes for Spider-Man, His non-Captain America Marvel work in general and his Spider-Man especially always left me cold (although admittedly I never tried his Ka-Zar).
Glen Newman
January 15, 2009 at 5:30 am
I'm with Brian on that one T. Waid is really knocking them out of the park at the moment. I'm only buying the Waid issues of ASM at the moment but they're so good they're making want to stick with the book full time.
Makes me wish that Waid & Wieringo actually did the Spider-Man book they were supposed to do a few years back. Their Fantastic Four run was incredible.
Ian A.
January 15, 2009 at 7:57 am
A couple weeks back, I picked up the two Shocker issues Waid did. They were good.
Might check this latest ish out.
Kinda lukewarm on Kitson's art, though.
The Dude
January 15, 2009 at 9:34 am
I' d go as far as to call Mark Waid the best pure superhero writer working today.
His Flash (and Impulse) run should be required reading for anybody that wants to work in that genre.
Scavenger
January 15, 2009 at 10:33 am
I want to know if anyone else thinks Marvel might not want one of the covers of the comic seen by the entire world about a guy who sold his soul to the devil to get rid of his wife to have him talking about cruising for cougars?