A two-page cover announces that Marvel Knights: Spider-Man is over and is being replaced by this title.
What?!? They missed a chance to publish an issue numbered “#1”?!? That would never happen today!
Sadly, the story itself doesn’t warrant the hype. It’s another Lizard story, with a brief Vulture story built in and a ghastly story about Mary Jane.
The Lizard story has all the familiar beats: Billy Connors is near death. Lizard/Dr. Connors has noble motives but a bad way of executing on them. Vermin partners with him. Both of them struggling to contain their animal sides. So does Black Cat (who shouldn’t even be part animal), Spider-Man, Puma, John “Man Wolf” Jameson, and Mary Jane(!?)
Yes, Puma is in this. Puma never makes a story better.
Turns out it was all Stegron’s fault.
Exactly. All this didn’t matter.
Note that Spider-Man still has his new power set (including organic webbing), in case that makes this a better (or worse) story for you. Even so, this is the story that (ugh!) gives Peter a suit of Stark-designed armor…
There is nothing I like about this. And when, in-story, Madame Web predicts it’s going to get worse, I believe her.
