Publisher: Marvel
Price: $9.99
Release Date: August 30, 2023
“Sunday Dinner”
Story
Aunt May wants to see more of Peter, so he's agreed to meet for dinner weekly with her and his closest friends. If only crime considered Peter's schedule! This week, the Lizard has stolen a device to stop reverting to Dr. Curt Connors. While poised to apprehend him, Peter receives texts from friends, family, and coworkers. Guess what they want to remind him of?
While set in modern times, Sunday Dinner spotlights a hero and villain from the early 1960s, the decade that birthed many of the Marvel characters we know and love today.
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| Dr. Curt Connors (The Lizard) available at Amazon.com |
Art
Aided by inker J. P. Mayer, writer Ryan Stegman pencils a high-adrenaline rooftop battle in Marvel Age #1000. The muscular Lizard channels Juggernaut but can’t barrel past Spider-Man. Inset panels show text messages and photos Peter sends mid-fight to keep J. J. Jameson happy. Direction lines enhance action without erasing backgrounds, and Peter's spider sense energizes the air.
Aunt May looks older--and Mary Jane and Peter younger--than in the contemporary Amazing Spider-Man series. With Mayer’s inks providing so much darkness, Dave McCaig loads his palette with color—especially greens and blues—and highlights characters and their surroundings. McCaig gives depth and reality to this high-octane tale about supporting the people in our lives.
To preview this and other stories in Marvel Age #1000 see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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