written by Zeb Wells
drawn by Patrick Gleason
colored by Marcio Menyz
As a bit of a teaser to "Dark Web," an upcoming multi-issue crossover even between Spider-Man and the X-Men, Marvel has Spidey show up in the X-Men's home country of Krakoa, where he kind of sticks out like a sore thumb. He and Wolverine take on the big bad person of the moment, Moira MacTaggert (whom I actually thought was a good guy, but that just goes to show I haven't been following the book), who's holding Peter's estranged flame Mary Jane Watson hostage.
Writer Zeb Wells reunites with his "Beyond" era collaborator Patrick Gleason, whose work here is still eye-candy but nowhere near the level he was at when he was illustrating the adventures of Ben Reilly. It's a somewhat disposable story and a bit of a blip in Wells' otherwise sterling track record on this series so far. It's...very nice to look at but there's not much else to say about it, really.
Oddly enough, I'm fond of one-shot issues; they seem increasingly rare nowadays, but the strength really relies on the story, and this one just falls short of the standard Wells has set recently.
7/10
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