FALL OF PARKER pt III
Written by Dan Slott
Penciled by Stuart Immonen
Cover by Alex Ross
Published Nov 8, 2017
Penciled by Stuart Immonen
Cover by Alex Ross
Published Nov 8, 2017
Spidey and Mockingbird spend a late night doing some crime fighting. The next morning, he's up bright and early, and as Spider-Man, he swings out the apartment with work clothes on hand... er, web.
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| Sorry hun, gotta roll... |
At the office, various members of his new department assume he's late but he pops in, unchecked by security and ahead of schedule. Joe Robertson welcomes his new Science Editor to the team, telling him his first assignment is due Saturday and hands him an Alchemax phone. Suddenly his new intern snaps a pic of the man behind Webware holding an A-phone. Just a little embarrassing.
Meanwhile across town, Bobbi Morse has a new gig of her own. She walks the floor of Humanitech with founder Xander Zynn. Her phone rings and boyfriend Pete has been so caught up in himself, he forgot she had gotten a job there. Missing him, she invites he and his entire team to tour the facility.
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| Sure you can come over, Pete. It's my first day. |
Once there, they walk the floor and Pete notices the brainwaves of the robots look remarkably human. One of them fights back, taking all of his spider-power to subdue it. Something's fishy...
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| I don't know... this doesn't seem right. |
Later that night, the two sneak back in. They work on some recon while Aunt May calls, inviting them to dinner, but first, distracting Spider-Man. He hangs up to see her surrounded. Bad news is.. they're not alone. Xander demands they leave while the robots beg to be opened up. Inside each robot, a matrix bulb screams and jumps to the floor. The sand collects and forms Quicksand, one of Thor's old enemies. She seeks revenge and Sidey asks her to spare Zynn which she grants.
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| Oh look. Here's this. |
The next day, the story on Humanitech breaks while Xander Zynn goes on the run. Later, Harry and Liz scout their old building for an Alchemax asset. Later on they make it home to dismiss the sitter and notice some new scrapes. She chalks it up to simply roughhousing, while she conceals some blood vials behind her back. What's this Emma chick up to?
The issue wraps with Pete back at the bugle while Joe gives him a pat on the back. He tells his new boss it was all a team effort, also being reminded his next assignment is due right on it's heals. But nothing gets Peter Parker down these days. Being under pressure at the Daily Bugle feels like being home. And with that, this story arc is concluded.
If you poke around the twitterverse, you'll see that Dan Slott gets a lot of heat. While a lot of his personal opinions love to skirt the political realm, it's really a no brainer that he's going to alienate some folks. Luckily for him, he still manages to write some pretty good comic book stories.This was a solid story and while you could pick it apart, I think it still deserves the higher accolades being doled out in the Marvel universe. Plus Stuart's artwork is still as sharp as ever. I give this one a 10/10.
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