VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
Written by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils by Tyler Kirkan and cover by Ron Garney.
"Mr. Parker Goes to Washington." Peter Parker's trip to Washington with his boss Tony Stark has been a real doozy. As if suffering politicians who want to impose all sort of new rules on guys like him isn't enough, he's also got to deal with the monstrous might of the Titanium Man! Good thing for Spidey, his new costume's got some very special features...Get ready, True Believer. The clouds are quickly building on the horizon for a storm that will shake the entire Marvel Universe next month! Part 3 (of 3).
BONUS REVIEW by Rick Berg
Did Ron Garney die? Does he need assistance? What can I do to help? Sigh. Whoever thought that getting a Top Cow artist (?) was a good idea should be fired. Tyler Kirkham is the worst thing to happen to Spider-Man since Alex Saviuk. No really. If you want to know how to suck all the energy out of a Spider-Man vs. Titanium Man action scene buy this book. If you hate your eyes and don’t want to see backgrounds or structured panel layouts buy this book. How about a different camera angle? No instead he draws a huge panel with a tiny Spider-Man on the back of a tiny Titanium Man, in the air, in the background. Terrible artwork totally distracts from what might have been a somewhat important “Road to Civil War” tie-in. Just what is Tony Stark up to? I don’t know because it was so painful to view the artwork.
BONUS REVIEW by DAL BUSH
Action! Adventure! Congressional commitees! Statted panels! Foreshadowing! MJ in the shower! Cap on the cover! No Cap on the inside! THIS ONE'S GOT IT ALL! More build-up to Civil War, plus Tony Stark's kind of a manipulative tool. Decent writing and art but microscopic forward-movement keep this book treading water until next month's Civil War kickoff. As Milhouse Van Houten famously whined, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?" 6 Grahams
