It's been a long time since I've actually appreciated a Spider-Man story, let alone a tale that signifies the end of an era as we know it. When Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced "puny" high school nerd Peter Parker into the world back in the 60's, who could have imagined that the once scrawny teenaged boy would become a hero endowed with the strength and powers proportionate to a spider, let alone be named THE World's most famous superhero? With continuous soaring popularity in comics and thanks to countless appearances in all forms of media that includes cartoons, video games, and films, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone around the world who didn't know your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
Yet here we are... A turning point in the character's life ended just as 2012 closed with THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700, and the new year ushers in a brand NEW direction for the character... Something that claims to be better and "Superior" than the amazing webslinging hero that we've come to know and love through the decades.
So as we usher in the new year of 2013, I make my return to comic book reviews at the same time... And we start things off by reviewing one of the new books Marvel has released in its "Marvel NOW!" campaign... THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1!
SPOILER ALERT for those who don't know the big changes that have happened in Spidey's life. If you wish to find out for yourselves, best turn back at this point... NOW.
