Tuesday, June 16, 2009

drive-by readings: Amazing Spider-Man #597


Amazing Spider-Man #597 (Marvel)
"American Son, Part 3 of 5"
Joe Kelly
Marco Chechetto
Chris Chuckry
Joe Caramagna
Phil Jimenez (cover)
the thing i like about Dark Reign, being more of a theme rather than a crossover event, is that it can work on so many levels of the Marvel U. and with Norman Osborn taking charge, the largest impact should be on the Wall Crawler's life, with that being the injury while the ascension of JJJ as NYC mayor as the insult.

trying to save his bestest friend Harry (who as history shows, isn't worth saving most of the time) from his psycho dad, Peter masquerades as Venom to penetrate Avengers Tower, all by himself. before you say "how stupid is that??", believe me, he already knows, judging by the two arrows protruding from his calves, courtesy of Bullseye/Hawkeye. this title has had its fair share of great cliffhangers and this is no exception.

the whole premise of American Son is that Norman wants his own "Captain America" or symbolic figure to legitimize his reign, so to speak. the problem is whether ultimately, Harry would take the job anyway, regardless of the gun his dad is holding to his head. Spider-Man just goes in anyway. you gotta give the man props.

hang on, Spidey; Captain America's coming back. or so they say.

so is Otto Octavius. i think. with some recruits from the Minority Report.

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