The Sensational Spider-Man (volume 2) # 40 - The Book Of Peter

And just like that, Sensational Spider-Man has come to a close (not counting the upcoming One More Day issue). Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa's run has had its ups and downs, but all in all, I liked him and what he tried to accomplish with the book. He handled Spider-Man's unmasking well, dealing with how the Black Cat, Liz Allen and some of his rogues gallery reacted. He had the Black Cat finally date someone else intead of always longing for Spidey, and he wrote a great one shot story about Aunt May in issue #33. Come to think of it, his only real stinker was the recent two part Venom story in issues #38 and #39. "The Book of Peter" isn't a stinker, but it's a bit of a disappointment as a finale to his run. Pete's conversation with God doesn't give us any new insight into how he feels, and the result is that the whole issue feels like a rehash of what we already know. On the plus side, Clayton Crain's artwork looks great as always, especially during the flashback sequence at the beginning. The message of this story is clear: Peter has to have faith that his life will get better, because in the end, faith is all we have. Not a bad note to go out on, but it could've been better.