Comics : Web of Spider-Man #105

This story is part of a Lookback Series: World Wide Web of Spidey

In Detail...

"Soul Gauntlet"

	Web of Spider-Man #105  Summary: Crisis Of Conscience, Nightwatch  Arc: Part 2 of "Infinity Crusade Tie-Ins"
	Editor:  Eric Fein Writer:  Terry Kavanagh Pencils:  Alex Saviuk, Bill Wylie Inkers:  Don Hudson, Tim Tuohy Cover:  Alex Saviuk	Staff Only Images Review Edit
	Oct 1993 : SMURF 380.790 : SM Title : Web of Spider-Man
Characters: Aunt May Parker, Human Torch

The Goddess makes Spidey hallucinate to remove his self-doubt. We get a split story with both Spider-Man and Peter confronting their demons. Meanwhile, at ESU, Robbie and Betty are using their undercover reporter skills to investigate a government-funded project being run by Marla, Jonah's wife.

The Goddess' tasks finally makes Pete accept that Spider-Man is a part of him and he decides to join in with the other heroes.

In General...

The Infinity Crusade is more Kavanagh nonsense. I don't mean to have a permanent downer on the guy but he doesn't seem to have a clue what it means to write a Spider-Man story. Alien planets and the like just don't have a place in Spidey books - that was what always made Spider-Man so different from other heroes.

What I do like, though, is the development of the Betty/Robbie investigating Jonah's wife story. It's the first thing Kavanagh has done since he took over that I've thought had promise. Let's hope he doesn't blow it...

Overall Rating...

By Kerry Wilkinson (E-Mail)