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| Released 7/1/15 |
Story By: Dan Slott
Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
It's been a long tiring month waiting for the next installment of Spider-Verse in the main title but finally it was released this week. to, dare i say it? mixed reviews and feelings. Some people are currently beginning to question where the story is going and what will be the outcome of what it is Dan Slott is telling us.
The issue (in both senses of the word) would appear to be that for many people, they see the whole storyline thus far as perhaps too large a scale for a a character such as Spider-Man, at a time when the current trend within the comic book industry both in books and other media is to go big and by big I'm talking huge, extravagant, making everything a spectacle with wow factor.
Which is all well and good in fact in most cases it's needed, but with Spider-Man it just feels a bit off and out of place. He is our representation within comic book form after all. the grounded hero, the everyman. and yet I'm starting to feel just a little bit distanced from the character in this particular story arc. the feelings I had a couple of issues back relating to the tendency to repeat beats, (mostly Un-necessary at times) of the story are returning to my mind and with two issues and an epilogue left in the story. I'm still scratching my head and wondering where all this is leading as so far for all the information that's been thrown at us as readers, we've barely had time to process that and take stock. Which of course could well be Dan Slott's intention. by engaging the reader in the same manner that the Spider-Army find themselves being whisked from pillow to post from one dimension to another in their attempts to find sanctuary from the Inheritors, yes it adds to the intensity of the situation but give us more than "safe place, inheritors turn up, deaths ensue, Spider's run, Safe Place....." well you get the point I'm making.
I'm hoping that there is at least a point to this and that sooner or later that Peter starts acting like well......616 Spider-Man as, so far he's shown no real leadership and offered nothing other than being there. and that's disappointing. I have faith that Mr Slott does have a cohesive plan that ties the plot all together and there were a few little snippets in this issue that gave me hope that that's indeed the case. Such as the communication between Peter and Jessica Drew who is currently undercover on the Inheritors Loom world and has been handed the prophecy scrolls by the master weaver. Jessica managed to send the scrolls which apparently reveals the roles of The Bride, The Other and The Scion. The master weaver also told her there is more to the Inheritors plan than just killing all; the Spiders, which has me curious as to what that could be as so far that's all we've seen them do and to have this new information just two issues from the end is one reason why i can't shake the feelings that the closing out of the story may well feel or seem to be rushed but i guess time will tell.
Other Aspects regarding issue #12 however that made me feel positive were the change of artist didn't detract from the storyline, as can usually happen when you change an artist mid arc but here Giuseppe Camuncoli picked up the task superbly, other elements were noticeable were the call backs to the first time Peter faced Morlun where he discovered a weakness in the inheritor with regards to radiation. this was again explored more recently during the pages of Spider-Woman #2 when Silk dimension jumped to a post nuclear apocalyptic world. where the resident Spider-Totem provided an unexpected sight for Peter Parker.
I'm going to treat this issue as pretty much a filler, with regards to the storyline as not that much happens other than a few call backs to the tie-in issues and recaps and the team joining Silk in her new "Safe Zone" and really when you think about it the surprise twist is fairly obvious.
Overall
i'm going to score
this issue a 7.0 it's a good issue but feels like a bit of a filler. however it does provide a couple of intersting developments for the future,
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