Full
spoilers of issue follow…
Not great. Not bad. Just average, but necessary nonetheless.
#698 left us with one of the greatest cliffhangers in recent Spidey memory:
Spiderman reveals himself as Dr. Octopus, controller of Peter Parker’s body,
while the real mind of Peter lies in the dying body of Doc Ock. I had big
expectations for this issue, but maybe I expected too much. I imagined them
going farther with the story then they did, so they must be saving all the good
stuff for #700. As usual, Humberto Ramos provided excellent, animated artwork,
especially the close-up shots of Dr. Octopus, which were very detailed. Writer
Dan Slott did good too, but not quite “amazing”.
I don’t blame Slott himself, in fact, the story that he has
created and the finale he is leading up to has been, and is sure to be, nothing
short of spectacular. My biggest concern with this issue is that it was
basically an “in-between” issue; a filler story that briefly gave us some
insight on the secret of how Dr. Octopus switched their minds, as well as how
Peter planned his escape with the help of some of his old foes. As I said,
Slott didn’t do anything poorly, his only crime was holding off on the most
important aspects of the story arc until the climax next issue.
There wasn’t much Slott could do dramatically with his title
character lying motionless in a life support machine, barely able to speak, but
he was able to come through some pretty decent content. As we all know,
Spiderman is famous for having great thought-bubbles and narration, which was
proven here. Peter imagining all the horrible things Doc Ock is doing in his
body, as Spiderman and as Peter Parker, combined with Peter’s new ability to
tap into Ock’s hidden memories added some good panels, giving Ramos opportunities
to draw character sand situations other then a dying Ock.
Overall, this story was a great filler issue that took us
another step closer to the big #700, which, as I stated earlier, should contain
all the great action, storytelling and artwork that we’ve been waiting 699
issues to see. I give this issue:
7.5 / 10
The Amazing Spiderman #700 hits the stands December 26th.
See you then, true believers!
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