By Geoff Hoppe
June 12, 2008 - 21:14
In Amazing Spider-Man #562, Peter Parker searches fruitlessly for a new job, Spider-Man locates “the other Spider-Man” who’s been impersonating him, and “the Bookie,” owner of a super-villains only bar, gets in some gambling trouble.

Amazing Spider-Man #562 may not be outstanding, but it is a solid performance by writer Bob Gale and penciler Mike McKone. After defying DB editor Dexter Bennett last issue, Peter Parker finds he’s been blacklisted from all journalistic jobs in
Penciler Mike McKone has a simple but realistic style evocative of Phil Jimenez. There’s nothing particularly thrilling about his style, per se, but its straightforwardness makes it somehow well suited to comedy. Villain Basher’s facial expressions, for instance, are hilarious.
McKone’s images of Spider-Man focus on the character’s acrobatic contortions, enlivening his simple approach, and the layout in the sequence where Spider-Man chases his imposter is playfully clever.
Worth the money? Definitely for Spider-Man fans. Casual readers, skim it and see what you think.