Thursday, December 13, 2018

REVIEW: Superior Spider-Man #22-25: "Darkest Hours"

Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage
Pencils: Humberto Ramos
Inks: Victor Olazaba
Color: Edgar Delgado
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Review: Art Bee

The time has come to start looking back at some more recent back issues and, at this time, we are delving into part of the climactic Superior Spider-Man series that ended. Though I have never been as strong a Spidey fan as Madman (or for as long), my appreciation for the web-slinger has always been a part of me. Most of our culture is familiar (but often misquoted) with the mantra of,  “…with great power there must also come – great responsibility!” 

The feature of Doc Ock as Peter Parker/Spider-Man really tickled my antihero pleasure center and I had to jump on this series. 

From the start, we find Spider-Man’s mantra is so powerful that the memory has the potential to steer the will of Otto Octavious to a life of good…albeit skewed to that thin line between good and evil. 
Throughout the series we find Doc Ock modifying Peter’s life to suit himself, such as getting his doctorate and setting up a lab and army of minions. Many people start noticing changes in Peter Parker.