Back in the 90s, when Image was formed, after Todd Mc left this title, who did Marvel thought could cover Todd's huge footprint? Erik Larsen. Why? I have no idea. Perhaps because Erik has his own distinctive style? But the fact is that Erik's work, though full of energy, can appear sloppy ... sorry to all the Erik fans out there ... hey I am a fan of his Dragon works!And speaking of the Dragon, perhaps when Marvel brought Erik on-board, they were not aware that he, too was leaving Marvel for Image to be one of the co-founders too? Because he left them, lickety-split!
Anyway, this issue marks the end of Erik's first multi-parter arc on the Spider-Man and it has been one fun, fun, fun ride. On the serious side, we have MJ's acting career going uphill except that she has been hired to be in a mega-blockbuster film franchise with a nude scene. Hence she is split between honoring her husband's wishes not to be in the film or ... if this is the film that will launch her career into the stratosphere
All the while, as husband goes out to be Spider-Man, he over the course of the six issue arc, finds that the Sinister Six has reformed and each issue, more villains popped out and each issue, Spider gets more and more guest stars to help him out. In this grand finale, on the side of the good guys, we have Ghost Rider, Deathlok, Hulk and the Fantastic Four. The sad part is that it is a regular sized issue so everything is just cramped in ... and this is where we say thank goodness it's Larsen who somehow manages to do it although it reads rather poorly! Sigh!
Ratings: 5/10
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