(writer) Dan Slott
(artist) Ramon Perez
(colorist) Ian Herring
Dan Slott's look at the first few months of Peter Parker's career as Spider-Man concludes, as he deals both with his own issues of who he has to be, as well as Clash, the high school loner who has gone from Spider-Man wannabe to aspiring supervillian in the course of two issues.
I confess to being a little disappointed at how the series ultimately played out; the marketing promised answers as to why Clash has not been a part of the Spider-Man mythology all these years, and the comic book failed to deliver. As a retcon, then, this series is slightly problematic.
In all other respects, though, this is a pretty satisfying retro story in the vein of Daredevil: Yellow. Truth be told, it doesn't really bring too much that's new to the canon, but it is a nice reaffirmation of the values that makes Peter Spider-man. Also, it gave Alex Ross the opportunity to turn it some truly astonishing covers.
I suppose we'll be seeing Clash again soon, but even if we don't, Slott told a pretty decent story, even if he had to introduce a new character to do it.
8/10
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