![]() ![]() Nor does the muddled artwork do much to inject extra life into the story. This issue includes a few memorable, character-driven scenes, but not enough to balance out the clunky, unmemorable plot. That issue was all about exploring the heated relationship between Peter and J. There's a reason Spectacular Spider-Man #6 has outshone the rest of Zdarsky's run so readily. There's too much bland exposition and too little of the whimsical charm and character-focused storytelling that defines Zdarsky's best work. The scope is vast, but this issue does a poor job of actually making the reader care about the events within. The trick is in the execution, which is where Zdarsky's story is stumbling. I don't put much stock in that criticism, as Dan Slott's Spider-Man run has regularly proven that it's possible to push the character in strange, unlikely new directions and still maintain the core of Spider-Man. Some might argue this is all too big for a Spider-Man comic, dragging the hero out of his comfort zone to deal with challenges above his pay grade. That in turn fuels a larger doomsday scenario later in the story. Writer Chip Zdarsky introduces a truly world-ending threat as Spidey and his fellow heroes find their own tech wiped out even as an army of Tinkerer-boosted villains swoop in for the kill. ![]()
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