Writer: Zeb Wells
Penciler: Ed McGuinness
Inker: Mark Farmer
Colorist: Marcio Menyz
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Cover Artists: Ed McGuinness & Marcio Menyz; Lee Garbett; Claudio Sciarrone; Lucas Werneck
Publisher: Marvel
Price: $3.99
Release Date: June 14, 2023
Spider-Man and Black Cat pursue the Shocker. As they hurtle above the streets, Black Cat wants him to relax and enjoy the chase, but Peter treats it like an obligation. Mary Jane—the woman he imagined spending his life with—has given her heart to someone else. Ms. Marvel died protecting them from the Emissary, the mad math man whose actions tore them apart. Can Peter recapture the lighthearted joy he once felt protecting his fellow New Yorkers? Let’s thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #27 and find out!
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Story
Peter may be hurting, but he knows his love of crime fighting will return. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn struggles with how being a hero means reexamining your decisions and living with your actions. Doctor Octopus also embarks on a new odyssey: to vanquish equipment that developed a mind of its own. Even the indomitable J. Jonah Jameson comes into play when an unexpected guest darkens his door.
After Dark Web and the Emissary Epic, Zeb Wells resets the board in Amazing Spider-Man #27. Some readers will claim it’s just another game. Yet Peter, Black Cat, Norman Osborn, and Black Cat remain relevant. As their journeys continue, we watch, rapt, as they take the hits life deals them and move on.
Some may fixate on the return of a seemingly vanquished villain. What hits me hardest is Peter’s concern for Norman. Even though he’s hurting, Peter comforts and supports him. Like the 12th Doctor and Missy, Peter serves as a guide while Norman seeks to make amends and become a force for good. They may never be friends, nor may Peter ever trust the man. But he understands what the former Green Goblin’s trying to do and seeks to aid him on his new journey.
Art
While Peter and Black Cat emerge as powerful superheroes in Amazing Spider-Man #27, their faces reveal their emotions. Perhaps their features look soft, but Norman’s almost seem too sharp. Shadows and light play across every wrinkle and contour. At times his face verges on caricature. Doc Ock resembles a villain in an Old Time melodrama. What if he tied his disloyal appendages to the train tracks? Would he cackle with glee? As for the returning villain, she bursts toward you like a force of nature, intent on taking back all she’s lost. Perhaps it’s good that Ed McGuinness and Mark Farmer aren’t drawing a 3D comic: they might bring on heart attacks!
Marcio Menyz delivers bright, bold, and beautiful colors in Amazing Spider-Man #27. Light sources are apparent, and shadows deepen the drama. Proportions and scale walk together down the aisle toward creating a beautiful new comic, their union guided by invigorating composition. Black uppercase letters accompany the participants in white dialogue balloons and narrative fields. Extreme emotion swells words, turning the letters red, and dynamic sound effects accentuate each exciting, dramatic moment. From Spider-Man and Black Cat’s battle with the Shocker to Norman’s memories of death-dealing and Doc Ock’s vicious revenge, Joe Caramagna ensures you don’t miss a step as we embark on this new phase of Peter Parker’s epic journey.
Final Thoughts
As characters struggle to accept their pasts, reinvent themselves, and control their destinies in Amazing Spider-Man #27, a vicious villain returns to crush their hopes and upset their plans.