Written by: Zeb Wells
Art by: John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna
Colors by: Marcio Menyz
Letters by: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover art by: John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, Marcio Menyz
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: September 25, 2024
Amazing Spider-Man #58, by Marvel Comics on 9/25/24, sets Spider-Man on a collision course to stop Tombstone from crossing the uncrossable line – silencing his daughter for good.
Is Amazing Spider-Man #58 Good?
Riddle me this, Web Heads. What do you do when your tenure on a series is about to come to an end, and you don’t have any story ideas? Why you produce the roughest knuckle-duster of a brawl you can put together, and that’s exactly what you get in Amazing Spider-Man #58. Pay no attention to the impotent writer and editor behind the curtain.
When last we left Spidey in Amazing Spider-Man #57, the plan to pull a bait and switch to get Tombstone’s daughter, Janice, out of the city almost worked. Unfortunately, a trap sprung against all laws of reason and physics upended Spidey’s plan, leaving Janice back at her apartment to face her father alone.
In Amazing Spider-Man #58, they fight.
Tombstone tries to shoot Janice but is interrupted when Spidey smashes through the window for a flying tackle. The rest of the issue is a brawl that tumbles through rooms, spills out of the window to the sidewalk below, races through nearby buildings, crashes through more apartments, and ends with a dive aimed at yet another window.
And that’s it. There is no plot, no character development, no world-building, no surprises, and barely any dialog. This issue starts with a fight that lasts all the way through.
What’s great about Amazing Spider-Man #58? If you’re going to have an issue-long brawl, it better be a good one. On that count, John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Marcio Menyz pull out all the stops to make the fight as aggressive and engaging as possible. There aren’t any pauses for villain monologues or time to think about what’s happening, so if you’re fine with a gripping fight that doesn’t let up, this is it.
What’s not great about Amazing Spider-Man #58? As the opening paragraph above suggests, there’s nothing here. Marvel might as well be using a laser pointer in front of a cat because that’s about as much thought went into this issue. If I had to guess, the script for this issue is probably five pages long, and it shows.
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Final Thoughts
Amazing Spider-Man #58 is nothing but a mean, nasty brawl from beginning to end. However, Zeb Wells’s action-heavy script lacks anything resembling a plot or meaning. In every way, this arc feels like an excuse to run out the clock on Wells’s contract, which certainly doesn’t deserve the inflated cover price.
5/10
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