Hello there! Padawan J here, the resident Star Wars expert from the ODPH! This week I'm going to be reviewing the 2nd issue of Amazing Spider-Man: Torn from Marve Comics!
Peter Parker is back in college! No he didn't get his degree revoked, but rather this is a story taking place in the early days of the mythos of Peter in the 616 universe. So just what does it all mean? Let's jump into it!
Credit: Marvel Comics
The Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #2 by J. Michael Straczynski (Writer), Pere Perez (Artist), Guru-eFX (Color Artist) & VC's Joe Caramanga (Letterer) isn't so much a step forward for the serie, but rather a step sideways. It's not bad, but it doesn't continue the great start that the first issue gave us.
The Story
It's a fairly straightforward issue this time round, and there aren't any huge revelations or big plot developments. Peter is on the trail of translating the Proteus Maleficarum, that's the book that was almost stolen in the first issue, but the problem is it's in German.
While he's doing that Evangeline is confronting the man who sent her on the job to steal the book in the first place and turned her into something out of an episode of Gargoyles.
It's not a bad story per se, but there isn't a whole lot going on with it. The story's been started and now the chess pieces are being set up so to speak. I don't want to call it filler, because it's only the 2nd issue, but it's close to it.
The Artwork
Pere Perez & Guru-eFX both do a great job with the art in the issue. As I said before, this series isn't set in the present day time of the 616 universe, but rather an earlier time when Peter & his friends were still in college, As such, Perez & Guru-eFX both do a great job with how Peter & his friends all look and bringing them to look like those early years.
FINAL POINT: The story isn't anything to write home about, but the artwork is definitely worth the read. The series still shows promise, but hopefully they can recover from an early misstep.
Overall Grade: 6.0/10
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