He brings the character to life in both identities, even if his Spider-Man is a little on the angular side, and there’s one hell of a lot of movement to his action scenes. It’s a shame it doesn’t earn him the correct spelling of his name on the cover of the UK edition. Giuseppe Camuncoli has long been a very good Spider-Man artist. And just as previously, Christos Gage steps in to spot the dialogue on occasion. There are some new allies, some old friends and the reworking of a slightly hokey criminal cartel. He even references his own recent past with a neat sub-plot yet to come to fruition. If this is of little concern, or if you’ve never read Spider-Man previously, then Slott’s constructed a fast-paced mystery with several reverential nods to the days of yesteryear and the inclusion of once forgotten supporting characters. So does the idea of franchising the superhero costume, having a superhero bodyguard, developing technology for S.H.I.E.L.D… His snappy dialogue for Spider-Man continues a tradition, but since the movies it’s been adopted by Stark, while the ecological soundbites and absolute technological confidence also echo him. Slott raises the poor man’s Tony Stark question early, but never entirely deals with it. What we have is the same idealistic Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but now taking a more focussed approach and broadening his sphere of influence. The purpose of the re-boot was to supply some creative freedom without being locked into years of continuity, and to shock with the new. While this may be logical in terms of Peter Parker, it ignores that Marvel already publishes the adventures of a billionaire industrialist who doubles as a superhero. Since his earliest days writing Spider-Man (in Big Time) Slott has focussed on Parker’s developmental skills, and following on from the Superior Spider-Man series, Parker Industries is now a global concern. It’s long been posited that were Parker to patent and licence the equipment he’s developed for Spider-Man, most importantly the web-fluid, then the commercial applications would ensure a personal fortune.
Marvel’s 2015 re-boot saw Dan Slott take what was in many ways a very logical approach to Peter Parker and Spider-Man.
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