Writers: Zeb Wells, Cody Ziglar, Steve Foxe, Stephanie Phillips, Greg Weisman & Alex Segura
Artists: Eleonora Carlini, Ig Guara, Eric Gapstur, Joey Vazquez & Salvador Larroca
Pencilers: John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness & Greg Land
Inkers: Scott Hanna, Mark Farmer & Jay Leisten
Colorists: Marcio Menyz, Arthur Hesli, Arif Prianto, Matt Milla, Frank D’Armata, Edgar Delgado & GURU-eFX
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $7.99
Release Date: March 20, 2024
Peter Parker's unhappy with Tombstone. A happy Hightail worries Miles. Spider-Woman moves house to escape her troubled past. Norman Osborn's heroism provides little satisfaction. With the goblins menacing and spider heroes embracing evil, might the Web Of Life and Destiny unravel? Let’s leap into Web Of Spider-Man #1 and find out!
Spectacular Spider-Men
Story
After visiting the Coffee Bean for months, the locals know Miles and Peter, and the baristas Shelly and Kenny know their usual orders. In Greg Weisman's story, after losing Mary Jane and Felicia Hardy, and Gang War tore his word apart, Peter returns to his past, where once again he's accepted. So when two thieves break into the Coffee Bean and assault Shelly and Kenny, this feels like a home invasion.
Miles wanted a deeper relationship with Peter, and the spectacular spider-men intended to make these weekly meetups relaxing and low-key. The thieves represent another chance to share a Spiderific exploit. Weisman also introduces a character who might be involved with the incident in Jackal's lab and promises to prove a foil for the webslingers in upcoming issues.
Art
Joey Vazquez draws readers into the coffee shop with detailed characters in a realistic setting. When masked intruders burst in, he focuses on the principles while background details fade, and some customers and the crowd gathering outside become cutouts. Kenny radiates fright while Peter and Miles share a smile, and two coffee cups webbed to the brick wall speak volumes. Vazquez lavishes detail on the final scenes, highlighting the spider pals' camaraderie and all the web fluid they can summon.
Edgar Delgado imbues interior scenes with warmth in Web Of Spider-Man #1, creates mood with downlights, and uses darker and lighter colors to represent highlights and shadows. He applies a wash of blues to Vazquez's cutouts, which echo the blue-and-white of the thieves' cocoon.
Kaine
Story
Kaine searches the Manhattan sewers. He seeks not Morlocks but Ben Reilly. Kaine feels kinship with Ben and regards Chasm as an aberration. Although Ben’s fall may not be his fault, Kaine feels responsible for the man with whom he shared the Scarlet Spider mantle. Kaine discovers four claw marks on the wall. Any thoughts of Freddy Kreuger vanish when an abomination attacks. Steve Foxe's story underlines Madame Web's concerns and introduces another powerful foe intent on wreaking chaos on our world in Web Of Spider-Man #1.
Art
Penciler Greg Land and inker Jay Leisten deliver detailed Humans, Kaine, and creatures in Manhattan's sewers. Kaine projects a dominating presence as he hunts through circular stone tunnels with aged brickwork, metal stair rails, and scaly, spiked creatures who crash through walls near the unused train lines. Colorist Frank D’Armata enhances Kaine's red and black costume with highlighting and shading while a haunting blue light guides Kaine through the monster-filled underworld.
Spider-Society
Story
Miguel O’Hara has seen better days. Or should I say nights? A full moon glows in a star-filled sky as Miguel thwips above the city. A silhouette looms above him, perched on a sinister glider. As a nearby explosion hurls him into a rain of rubble, he remembers how he got here.
Madame Web approached Miguel with a warning. She prophesied a danger to the Web Of Life And Destiny and charged him with organizing a team to defeat it. But then he was attacked. Miles escaped capture. Still, his foe pursues him.
Alex Segura's
eight-page story is the longest in Web Of Spider-Man #1. It’s also the most action-packed, with numerous panels on every page. Segura never lets the pace lag while weaving other spider-heroes into this tale that delivers on Madame Web’s concern about a threat to the Web, the universe, and everything.
Art
Miguel's torn red-and-blue suit shows muscle definition. Buildings reveal aging and architectural features. Characters convey the ferocity of the fight as the goblin swoops in, Miguel leaps acrobatically to evade explosions, and his spider friends join the fight before the full moon. The goblin removes the green and purple mask to reveal a familiar face twisted by foul desire. GURU-eFX's bright, rich colors enhance Salvador Larroca’s compelling art, bringing this oversized issue to an explosive finale.
Lettering
Throughout Web Of Spider-Man #1, Travis Lanham thwips words into dialogue balloons and colored narrative boxes. Words vary in size from magnificent to minute, but most offer normal spider-readability. Colored, inventive, and exciting sound effects enhance each story but rise to symphonic proportions for action scenes in Chasm and Spider-Society.
Thanks to Marvel for providing this issue for review.
Final Thoughts
As crimelords, vampires, HYDRA, goblins, and Eternals threaten our world, Limbo’s borders weaken, and heroes from across the spider-verse unite to combat threats to the Web Of Life And Destiny in Web Of Spider-Man #1.
Rating 9.8/10
To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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