When the Goblin Underground scenes are the best thing in the issue, it’s obviously Slott is running into some problems with Superior. At least there’s some bickering between the Goblin King and Hobgoblin… it’s kind of amusing. Otherwise, the only good thing in the issue is Otto showing off for his lady friend at a softball game.
Slott’s introducing corporate espionage–involving Liz Allan (who I really did think was spelled Allen) and her weird kid and some other goober–along with Spider-Man 2099. So, Slott’s overwritten megalomaniac interior monologue is great for Otto, but why does Spider-Man 2099 have it too? Slott wastes half the issue with the character and related exposition. It’s dreadful.
And then Spider-Man 2099 stops Otto from beating up a white collar criminal? Slott’s really killing the fun in Superior this issue.
I’m less annoyed by Stegman’s art, but otherwise… it’s weak.
CREDITS
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again; writer, Dan Slott; penciller, Ryan Stegman; inker, Livesay; colorist, Edgar Delgado; letterer, Chris Eliopoulos; editors, Ellie Pyle and Stephen Wacker; publisher, Marvel Comics.
Oh, no, I got all those things you mentioned. None of them were opaque or anything. Slott just didn’t present them, or much else, well in this issue.