As some may remember, I was pretty disappointed with the previous Spider-Man comic I read, and I had my doubts jumping into this book. Low and behold things improved in a great way for this issue, and it’s cool because Spidey has become such an amazing character that it was a shame to see him the way they showed him in his rich person reboot.
Amazing Spider Man #15 is the ending issue for the Power Play Arc. It’s a very simple story, but I have to say I just know I’m missing a pretty cool arc if this issue is a good gauge for everything.
The first page does summarize the plot very well, but as with Bloodshot Reborn #14, I feel I’m missing important parts of the main story, so I would strongly recommend you read the previous issues in order to enjoy this one all the more.
The development for each one of the scenes is very well done. The script is simple, easy to follow and with a great use of pacing and action. It has a little bit of humor as well thanks to Stark and Parker’s character, which adds more enjoyable material.
Dan Slott and Christos Gage did a good job as writers for this one and I’m marking their names for the next time I see them on other projects. It has been a long time since I saw a good story with such a colorful cast, scenes and plot in general that works so well.
Speaking about colors, Marte Garcia did awesome with all of the pages creating a contrast between red and blue. Maybe it looks great because those are the traditional Spider-Man colors, maybe because they just look perfect in the pages themselves, but the result is undeniably cool.
Penciller Giuseppe Camuncoli and inker Cam Smith did it up cool, too. The structure is comfortable for reading, doesn’t bother at all and looks good, despite the style changes dramatically from the first two pages to the rest of the comic. This little change is jarring, but doesn’t make the book any less great.
The lettering by Vc’s Joe Caramagna was especially good with his interpretation of the sound effects and some dialogues, stealing the attention when it has to, and other times remaining in the back, leaving the highlight to the action. Sometimes I say these sound bits can get in the way of a story, but the dialogue plays a key part in the book and it’s cool to see that Caramagna did justice to this need.
I was way more pleased with this issue and I’m most likely going to dig up past ones to know how did it all began. It looks like we could have a funny time discovering it. The rich-Spidey-thing is something I’m still trying to get used to, but the fact that it doesn’t play a main role in the story it’s better for me; we have just a hero doing what he has to do and that’s cool to see.
Fast paced, marvelous art, great script and a good developing of the classical Spider-Man we all know and love. Why wouldn’t you read it? Even if you don’t like Peter Parker’s story you should give this a chance and see how you change your opinion.
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