Amazing Spider-Man #613 REVIEW Gauntlet
Amazing Spider-Man #613 REVIEW- First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. My buddy George The Comic Book Fan got me this week’s pulls. He had been worried all week that the comic book deliveries wouldn’t come in because of Thanksgiving, but George is relieved now. Well, after last week’s amazing Amazing Spider-Man review, let’s see if Mark Waid can make it two issues in a row. The only thing that’s different reading Gauntlet Part 2 is that my expectations are higher- and that could be a bad thing for Amazing Spider-Man #613. So without further ado:
Electro blackmails the owner of The DB, Dexter Bennett, into getting the cash so Electro can get cured by The Mad Thinker. The Mad Thinker makes Electro a living thunderbolt, and even more powerful than before. The people are still pro-Electro and anti-Spider-Man. Electro double-crosses Bennett.
The Good
- Solid follow up, and good set up for The Gauntlet Part 3.
- Great action scenes.
- Felt like old Spidey again: Peter Parker used his scientific skills to build an Electro detector.
- I, for one, like the artwork by Paul Azaceta because it’s not cartoony.
The Bad
- Since ASM gets published 3 times a month, there are “setup” issues.
- Way too quick to read
Amazing Spider-Man 613 Notes
- I get the feeling writer Mark Waid doesn’t dig Peter’s roommate Michelle, since she doesn’t get a lot of panels, and when she does, she’s a barbarian (even slamming the door in Aunt May’s face).
- Speaking of Aunt May, since she married J. Jonah Jameson’s father, she has been pretty much phased out; the newlyweds travel all around the world. In fact it could be argued that since Brand New Day (the Spidey reboot), Aunt May has been downgraded when compared to how she was treated during JMS’s famous Spidey run.
PS I just want to say that before I write my comic book reviews, I don’t read the comic book message board forums. I also won’t read previews or opinions before I actually sit down and read the comics George lends me. However, I do read various message boards after I write my original review, and I am not pleased to report that 1) Comic books fans have not changed- they are more critical and fickle than I am and 2) Their reviews are totally skewed. I can vouch that my comic book reviews are from a different perspective (I’m an old school fan who has read tens of thousands of comics, including every issue of ASM) and 3) They can only be pleased if they deem a creative team “hot”.
Conclusion
This is a solid issue; not as groundbreaking or good as Amazing Spider-Man #612, but a good chapter in the ongoing adventures of your friendly neighborhood web-head.
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Well, I'm glad you liked Amazing Spider-Man 613. As for me? I thought – ha- Mark Waid mailed it in this month. Compare this issue to his work on Irredeemable. No contest.
This was a B-.
The cliffhanger didn't make any sense.
The Mad Thinker says he created Electro 2.0, but in actually, Electro had already been upgraded in previous storylines that Mark Waid obvious never read. It's more like Electro 4.5. Do comic books have editors anymore?
I'm tried of the artwork by Paul Azaceta..white shadows and block shoulders?
Electro blackmailed Dexter? How cliched. All Dexter had to do is inform some authorities and turn off the electrical supply.
Now I do agree with you in that this issue is WAY TOO short, and there really is nothing special about it.
So far this 'Gauntlet' feels like Amazing Spider-man cartoons in the 60's.
I guess you give points on nostalgia?
As far as your rant on book fans, I certainly hope you were not referring to me, as I do post everywhere.
Anyway, glad you liked my pickup for you. I see you made scans, so I'll be sure to drop by next week and pick them up.
It's a shame you don't review all of the comics I give you, but I know you are a completest and want to read entire runs before reviewing the next issues.
No I am not singling you out, although you are a super critic.