And now we turned our attention to yet another Marvel title that is huge but has received little to no love from us and that is the Amazing Spider-Man! This issue is interesting because it is truly a prelude to one of Marvel's popular mega-sized crossovers, the original Civil War
And here regardless of the cover what you need to know SPOILER ALERT that at this juncture, Peter is married to Mary Jane and Aunt May knows his secret identity. In addition, he is now doing business with Stark and being buddies in the Avengers. Stark being Stark has asked Peter to be his right hand man, his confidante and what-not
We admit that when we read CW in floppies all those years ago, it was easy choosing sides with Captain America. Having said that, if we had read this before, it would have at least put us on the fence because this issue and the previous two shows clearly that Stark was trying his best to be diplomatic before the Senate's private hearing, trying to delay the bill on Superhuman Registration and hoping that with time, like all other things, it will go away because politicians come and go
While all this is happening, we also see how he buys Peter's loyalty by upgrading his suit
Unfortunately Stark is Stark and he is never being 100% honest and upfront. At the start of this issue, there is a continuing fight between Peter and the Titanium Man who is hired to eliminate Stark right in Washington DC and naturally because Peter has the new suit, it can record conversation between him and Titanium and used by Stark in the hearing. How convenient right? And this is even noted by the Committee but of course they have no prove to show Stark orchestrate anything ... even Peter asked him and he denied it
Of course we the readers get the truth almost at the end when Iron Man shows up to pay the Titanium Man!
And then this issue ended with Peter falling asleep in front of the telly just as live reports were coming in on an incident involving Speedball ... the incident that would put everything back on Superhuman Registration ... well all things considered at least it shows the level of planning Marvel actually did to tie one book to another, eh?
A good read
Ratings: 7/10
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