Superior finally gets sexy
Dan Slott has been on a torrent before this issue, he was on pace to solidifying his spot in the hall of fame for having one of the worst runs of all time. Let's face it, the meter for the amount of times I rolled my eyes while wading through the first 19 issues must have been a record high. It was the lack of any common sense in the plot, the embarrassing appearances by Peter Parker in his Patrick Swayze form, the absolute inane dialogue that a third-grader could have written, and the general stupidity of all the stories that made me want to start a petition and ban Slott from all Marvel comics altogether. By the way, is he and Daniel Way brothers? In fact, are they the same person writing under different names? At least Way can write a good Deadpool once every four months. But I'm starting to believe these two are really the same person...holy crap.
Well it seems Dan Slott can write a good Spider-Man once every 20 months, good job Slott, you have officially broken the meter. But in all seriousness, the best thing about this issue is the lack of stupid occurrences and the classic elementary dialogue that Slott injects in his stories. The story here actually moves forward without the idiotic Goblins, the stupid Kingpin crap, the incoherent Spider army and his band of Spider-robots. It's just a general good story where Doc Ock tries to live life as Peter Parker without trying to be Spider-Man, these are the absolute best parts in this series, but it's a shame that we are not treated to them in a consistent fashion. This is why I'm surprised that Slott pulled the rug under the Black Cat and finished her off in 2 pages, no cat-and-mouse games, no hide-and-seek, just straight to the business. And then the rest of the time we get to see Doc Ock trying to lie his way into Parker's life, which is always brilliant to read.
However, of all the reviews I've read on this issue, I haven't come across one that mentioned the gaping plot hole that exist here. If Lamaze was a good friend of Doc Ock, why didn't Doc Ock recognize him? Why didn't he plan ahead and try to change a little of his thesis? Did Ock lose a part of his memories after becoming Peter Parker? This was certainly very strange, and I'm not at all surprised that this went way over Dan Slott's head. Gotcha Slott.
Now, after all the good developments in this issue, I'm excited for Superior Spider-Man again, only if marginally. But with Dan Slott on hand, I'd have to apologize if my confidence isn't high.
But nonetheless, fun and exciting issue.
