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Scorpion adds claws to his costume from Stark competitor Justin Hammer.
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He also takes hostages and orders pizza.
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Then, Hammer also hires Rhino and Backlash and his employees all fight, while Spider-Man tries to stop innocents from getting hurt.
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There are some check-ins with Peter and Mary Jane Parker living at Aunt May’s house, but they’re starting to feel formulaic: The couple fights and makes up every issue, with MJ putting on something skimpy in-between (and, to be fair, Peter often appearing without a shirt on). And there’s some mentions of the Chameleon crime-boss stuff from Gerry Conway’s intertwined Spectacular/Web books. But they feel pretty rote.
This continues to be a good book, but it’s losing some of its mojo. I’m dropping it to a “C” connoting that it is just average.