After being impersonated by Otto Octavious for so long, Peter is decided to fix all the mistakes that were commited under Ock's reign but there are many that are still unknown by him and they most certainly come back to haunt him.
This is the first issue from the relaunch of this classic series. After having experimented with the potential of The Superior Spider-Man, Dan Slott is back to tell stories from the most known character to take the mantle of Spider-Man and he's accompanied this time with a bunch of other talented writers, how does this issue fares?
The first segment is handled by Slott and let's say that he succeeds at telling a fun Peter Parker story but there's not exactly much more than that. Slott doesn't reinvent the wheel, he knows the character he's writing and knows how to tell an entertaining tale about him but it doesn't go beyond that, I don't feel that this issue offers something truly new to justify having a big #1 on it aside from having Peter back to life, it's a competent story that serves mostly a set-up, however, if you're looking for something a bit more creative you're out of look. This segment is handled by Humberto Ramos who continues his usual work in the franchise with really dynamic action and characters that made him famous.
The second section is written by both Dan Slott and Christos Gage who focus in Electro and the ramifications of his previous appearance, it's also another set-up for upcoming stories that is decent but not particularly impressive. This section is drawn by Javier Rodriguez who does a pretty solid job at portraying all the characters and expressions here.
The third part is written once again by Slott and Gage but this time they concentrate in Black Cat and the consequences of her fight with Spock. It works a bit better than Electro's tale since they focus more on her character's history but it's also mostly another set-up for the future. This part was drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli who does a quite nice work with all the characters, they look gorgeous.
The fourth segment is handled by Joe Caramagna and drawn by Chris Eliopoulos and it's basically an humorous introductory story to the character with a cartoony style to match which are not bad overall.
The fifth section is written by Peter David and serves, again, as a set-up but this time it's concentrated in his upcoming Spider-Man 2099 series and based on the story here, I would say that it's pretty promising. Will Sliney is in charge of art duties here and his work looks pretty good overall, one of the best samples of art from the issue.
The sixth part belongs to Christopher Yost and it's based on how Peter and the rest of the world sees Kaine, Peter's clone and the superhero called The Scarlet Spider. It doesn't offer anything new about the character and serves to see his current adventures with the New Warriors. The artwork is handled by David Baldeon and his pencils are another highlight from the issue, really beautiful style.
The final section is written solo by Dan Slott and it takes place in the past of Spider-Man when he used his powers selfishly and it's another set-up for an upcoming story, if you have noted a trend at this point is because there is one. Ramon Perez' artstyle is solid and recreates scenes from the past pretty well but it's not something truly great.
Well, there was a lot of set-up for this introductory issue and I wish we would have gotten a more fullfilled story but it's still a decent start but don't really expect anything more than that.
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