After months of buildup in the background of writer Zeb Wells’ run on The Amazing Spider-Man, the Gang War event kicks off in Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike. Tensions have been boiling over in the criminal underworld with shocking betrayals and double-crosses. While the most recent issue of Amazing Spider-Man teased a secret interloper masterminding the criminal plot and underworld games, First Strike promises even more action and intrigue and justifies its expansion beyond the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man proper. Wells is joined in this violent escapade by Miles Morales writer Cody Zigler, artists Joey Vasquez and Julian Shaw, colorist Bryan Valenza and Amazing Spider-Man’s stalwart letterer Joe Caramagna.The wedding of Peter Parker’s best friend and roommate Randy Robertson to Janice Lincoln — AKA the supervillain known as The Beetle, AKA daughter of the gangster called Tombstone — ended in tragedy. The assassin Shotgun nearly killed Tombstone, while longtime Spider-Man nuisance Hammerhead took out Madame Masque in a fiery explosion. The would-be newlyweds have gone their separate ways, with Randy pouring himself into activism. His mission: to overturn Wilson Fisk’s ban on costumed superheroes and stem the tide of violence. Janice, meanwhile, seeks revenge on those who left her father hospitalized and near death. With Spider-Man occupied by Kraven the Hunter and his hapless demon-doppelganger Rek-Rap, the Maggia has been taking down its rivals to consolidate power. But things are only getting started — and both Spider-Man and Peter Parker will bear the personal cost of the first strike.But ultimately, those sometimes confusing machinations among the crime bosses don’t matter, because Wells and Zigler root the Gang War event in the emotion and interplay between the main characters. The issue ends with a massive explosion of violence between rival crime families, but the true heart of this story is Spider-Man having to grapple with tragedy and live up to the expectations of his friend. For most of Wells’ run on Spider-Man, Peter Parker has been isolated from most of the broader Marvel landscape, even his usual supporting cast, both by choice and by circumstance. It’s an intentional choice, but that has often made the series feel like something was missing. That problem is foregrounded here, when Peter has to face the consequences of ignoring the responsibility that goes along with friendship and partnership.
After months of buildup in the background of writer Zeb Wells’ run on The Amazing Spider-Man, the Gang War event kicks off in Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike. Tensions have been boiling over in the criminal underworld with shocking betrayals and double-crosses. While the most recent issue of Amazing Spider-Man teased a secret interloper masterminding the criminal plot and underworld games, First Strike promises even more action and intrigue and justifies its expansion beyond the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man proper. Wells is joined in this violent escapade by Miles Morales writer Cody Zigler, artists Joey Vasquez and Julian Shaw, colorist Bryan Valenza and Amazing Spider-Man‘s stalwart letterer Joe Caramagna.
The wedding of Peter Parker’s best friend and roommate Randy Robertson to Janice Lincoln — AKA the supervillain known as The Beetle, AKA daughter of the gangster called Tombstone — ended in tragedy. The assassin Shotgun nearly killed Tombstone, while longtime Spider-Man nuisance Hammerhead took out Madame Masque in a fiery explosion. The would-be newlyweds have gone their separate ways, with Randy pouring himself into activism. His mission: to overturn Wilson Fisk’s ban on costumed superheroes and stem the tide of violence. Janice, meanwhile, seeks revenge on those who left her father hospitalized and near death. With Spider-Man occupied by Kraven the Hunter and his hapless demon-doppelganger Rek-Rap, the Maggia has been taking down its rivals to consolidate power. But things are only getting started — and both Spider-Man and Peter Parker will bear the personal cost of the first strike.
But ultimately, those sometimes confusing machinations among the crime bosses don’t matter, because Wells and Zigler root the Gang War event in the emotion and interplay between the main characters. The issue ends with a massive explosion of violence between rival crime families, but the true heart of this story is Spider-Man having to grapple with tragedy and live up to the expectations of his friend. For most of Wells’ run on Spider-Man, Peter Parker has been isolated from most of the broader Marvel landscape, even his usual supporting cast, both by choice and by circumstance. It’s an intentional choice, but that has often made the series feel like something was missing. That problem is foregrounded here, when Peter has to face the consequences of ignoring the responsibility that goes along with friendship and partnership.
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