Marvel Comics The Amazing Spider-Man #567 By Hervé St-Louis October 28, 2008 - 23:32 Publisher(s): Marvel Comics Writer(s): Marc Guggenheim Penciller(s): Phil Jimenez Inker(s): Andy Lanning Colourist(s): Chris Chuckry Letterer(s): Cory Petit Cover Artist(s): Tom Brennan $2.99 US, $3.05 Canada Spider-man, dressed as Daredevil attempts to rescue his roommate, police officer Vin Gonzales, who was captured by the Kraven the Hunter’s apparent daughter. But before he can attempt a rescue on Gonzales, which Kraven thinks is really Spider-man, the real Spider-man must face Vermin, in the sewers of New York City. Can Spider-man make it out alive and rescue his roommate? This was a fun issue, continuing a multipart storyline introducing a new villain in Spider-man’s world and more trouble for his alter ego Peter Parker. Some people think Gonzales is really him and it adds another Spider-man-like dilemma that is the hallmark of the character’s convoluted soap opera and miserable life. I love it! The new Kraven makes a dynamic entrance through this storyline and it seems that we’ll more good encounters with her in the future. My only problem with this issue is the relative weakness of Spider-man in this issue. Is it that Gonzales was still full of drugs, which allowed him to slugger Spider-man so effectively? There has been many times where I have not found Jimenez’ work suitable for Spider-man. He’s work feels better in epic stories with iconic characters. Spider-man is iconic, but not larger a god-like figure. Yet, Jimenez added enough grittiness to make this story entertaining visually and selling me on the idea that he could be a great Spider-man artist, if given the right story. This was his breakthrough and he impressed me. © Copyright 2002-2019 by Toon Doctor Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document (including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.