Writer: Cody Ziglar
Artist: Marco Renna
Colorist: Bryan Valenza
Letterer: Cory Petit
Cover Artists: Federico Vicentini & Neeraj Menon; Logan Lubera & Rachelle Rosenberg; Meghan Hetrick; Skan
Designer: Gabriel Mata
Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski
Publisher: Marvel
Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 2, 2025
Miles and Shift teamed with Deadpool and Ellie to confront Agent Gao, Output, and Midas. While Miles entertains Kwaku Anansi, a mysterious stranger gives Agent Gao a boon. Miles shines in a new suit from Black Panther, but Agent Gao sparkles in the Armor of Achilles.
As Agent Gao has a gripe with Spider-Man, her benefactor has a score to settle with Miles’ constantly commentating companion. Will Brooklyn's Spider-Man be drawn into a war between the gods? And who else will they enlist in their ranks? Let's offer sacrifices to our lords above, leap into Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32, and find out!
Story
When Percy Jackson's powers manifested, he discovered a magical world that dwelt alongside ours. Like Percy, Zip Zephyr yearns to be worthy of his ancestors. Unlike Percy, Zip wields his trusty Sākos on those he likens to animals. Zip wants to breathe life into his heritage. But every time the demigod tries to revive the glorious old days, Brooklyn's Spider-Man strikes him down.
While Zip yearns to remind mortals that Boreas and the great winds play a significant role on Earth, Miles wants life to slow down in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32. After wrestling with Rabble, Vampirism, a possessed Black Panther, and hired assassins, being a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man sounds like a breeze. Thankfully, Dr Kwan listens to his concerns and encourages Miles to share his struggles with others. She reminds him that quick fixes are more mythic than realistic while encouraging Miles to take responsibility for the people and things he allows into his life.
Miles once berated Peter Parker for putting their friendship on the back burner. But the people around him ride Miles when he returns to school. The ways Miles treats them for granted return to Miles in Cody Ziglar's story. As much as he dislikes Kwaku Anansi, the god treats his herald like Miles treats his friends and brother. While the spider god demonstrates affection for Miles, Anansi barges in on his thoughts, interrupts his concentration in class, and embroils Miles in his deceptions in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32. And just as Miles' decisions and actions endanger his friends, Anansi drags Miles into divine danger. Still, Anansi likes music. If only the spider-god didn't prefer martial melodies!
Art
Birds flutter overhead, and squirrels scamper along tree branches as Miles and Dr Kwan walk through the park. The therapist smiles at her purple-and-red suited companion as he bemoans his failures. In the Raft, Zip frowns at a drill press while a guard watches the inmates operating power tools in the shop. Zip's frown deepens as he sits on a backless seat in the cafeteria. His eyes widen when a man in a hat and coat addresses him. But when the god of war appears, Zip hides his features behind his hand.
After the soft greens, blues, and browns of the park, Bryan Valenza lavishes orange and gray on the convicts in the Raft. Ares’ gold helmet links with the laurel leaves adorning Zip’s noble brow. When Marco Renna shifts attention back to Miles' school, Anansi's blue-and-orange body paint pays homage to Zip's prison attire, Miles' jacket, and the wind demigod's finer raiment. But bluish-white heralds the most destructive power in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32.
Cory Petit thwips uppercase letters into dialogue balloons and narrative boxes. Miles' thoughts appear as white letters in red narrative boxes. Thor’s dialogue grows bold and swells, while Zip’s thoughts and words worship diagonals. The dialogue grows bold for intonation, enlarges for volume, and shrinks for lowered and distant voices. Sound effects enhance divine windstorms, crashing thunder, and Zip repaying the most brutal punch Miles has ever thrown. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a copy for review.
Final Thoughts
After Doctor Doom chooses Peter Parker to battle the scions of Cyttorak, Kwaku Anansi embroils Miles in a contest between gods and demigods. Miles is less keen than Zip Zephyr to be accorded honors and respect. But regardless of their differing heritage, both must demonstrate their worthiness to ride in the chariots of the gods in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32.
Rating 9.2/10
To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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