A Brand New Day for Marvel?
I just read Amazing Spider-Man #546 and I was well, for lack of better word amazed. Marvel has really taken a bare bones approach to Spidey following the aftermath of one more day, taking him back to his roots of power and responsibility. There’s no MJ drama, no burdensome choices about family for Spidey to make. It’s just Peter Parker doing what he does best, relying on the Parker luck to try and eek out a living while saving lives. The art is happily retro, and the writing, while tongue in cheek at some points is paced extremely well for this type of story. With ASM being published three times a month now, this is a great book for new readers to jump on with and that will make the plotlines a little easier to follow. On a scale of one to ten I’d give this book a surprising seven. I think with this particular revamp Marvel is finally on the right track as to what fans want in a title, a simple, sit-down read with plenty of adventure, yet none of the baggage that the title had especially in the early and mid nineties. I think Stan Lee would have been proud of this issue as it did live up the the legacy he built with the old webhead.
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