![]() ![]() ![]() Although he does draw in characters from outside the Spider-Man mythos – the Avengers, Steve Rogers, the X-Men – the story beats and the character moments pretty much all belong to Peter Parker. Although the plot involves the citizens of Manhattan acquiring Spider-Man’s iconic powers, and documents the resulting chaos, Slott remains acutely aware that this is a Spider-Man story. It’s to Slott’s credit that literally all that the reader needs to make sense of Spider-Island can be found within the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man.Īfter all, Slott clearly has the right focus for his storyline. It seems that, these days, every big “event” needs its own lead-in and main miniseries and required several other books in order to make any sort of sense. I believe that it was Grant Morrison who once made the observation that every panel in a comic book should be an “event.” While Spider-Island does feature tie-ins from other series and a few stand-alone miniseries, I have to admit that I’m delighted Slott and his editor, Steven Wacker, decided to keep the story relatively confined to The Amazing Spider-Man. New York, New York, it's a hell of a town! ![]()
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