written by Zeb Wells
penciled by John Romita Jr.
inked by Scott Hanna
colored by Marcio Menyz
This review is a little late and I am waiting a little impatiently (for the first time in a while) for the next issue as I want to see what happens next.
In a nutshell, the mystery of how Peter and MJ split up comes one step closer to being revealed as they battle the otherworldly, nigh omnipotent menace posed by Wayep a Mayan god of death, who comes close to killing Peter when MJ steps in. This also marks the origin of Paul, the man MJ has been married to since the relaunch of the title last year.
Surprisingly little happens in this issue as Marvel builds up to "the big one" or issue #25 which has been hyped to be its most shocking story in 50 years. Hype like that is very difficult to live up to, especially without any marquee supporting characters (so far) but I'm willing to give Marvel the benefit of the doubt here as long as they don't have any retroactive sexual trysts between middle-aged men and teenagers in the pipeline, or something similarly stupid.
John Romita Jr. turns in an okay issue, even if he and wells distinctly feel like they're treading water a bit.
Hopefully I get to continue the story soon.
7/10
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