The Stop Button

So does Slott successfully conclude his Spider-Man 2099 thing?

Define successful. It’s not a terrible issue. It’s definitely one of the better ones with Spidey 2099 in it, probably because there’s none of his annoying narration and he’s treated like a buffoon throughout.

Otto loses the spotlight even more, however. And for some inexplicable reason, Slott wastes a whole page on a monologue from Mary Jane. Mary Jane who hasn’t been a part of this comic book for over a dozen issues; she gets some spotlight time.

What else happens… oh, right, a big double-page spread of famous Spider-Man panels, only with Otto, as he tries to remember something of Peter Parker’s memory he needs. It’s not an effective sequence. Slott aims low throughout.

I still generally like Stegman’s art–there’s one panel during a car chase I absolutely love–but it really does remind of McFarlane.

CREDITS

1.21 Giga-Whats?!; writer, Dan Slott; penciller, Ryan Stegman; inker, Livesay; colorist, Edgar Delgado; letterer, Chris Eliopoulos; editors, Ellie Pyle and Stephen Wacker; publisher, Marvel Comics.