Yes, really famous, for we all know this hero to come out of Marvel’s forges the man who was bitten by a radioactive spider and turned into one of the most awesome superheroes to date: The Amazing Spiderman.Īs the game starts, we find Spiderman’s girl, Mary Jane, in trouble as the evil Mysterio kidnaps her and takes her to his hideout, Rockwell Studios. You’ll take the role of a really famous hero in this one. Again, this series feels far more important as an extension of Amazing Spider-Man than it does as a solo platform for MJ.Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Dreamt of taking on the bad guy, and rescuing the damsel in distress while you’re at it? Then this could be a game for you. No, we probably shouldn't take Beck at his word as to why he's attempting this epic film production, but this issue gives us motivation to see how it all shakes out. The book is not unlike Spider-Man: Far From Home in that it toys with our inherent suspicions about Beck's motivations and true nature while casting the character in a more sympathetic light. Quentin Beck makes for a compelling foil to MJ.
On the other, this series continues the Mysterio-related momentum generated by Amazing Spider-Man. On the one hand, it's kind of hard to live up to the book's title when MJ feels like a secondary character. For the most part, Mysterio tends to steal the show away from MJ herself. Williams' dialogue is peppy and fun, but too often the MJ scenes seem to run in circles with nothing much to show for it in the end. Only in a lone scene near the end of the issue is she given a chance to just be the wholesome, likable protagonist she can be. This leaves the motivation for some of her decisions in this issue very up in the air. The problem is that she spends so long complaining (however rightfully) about being taken for granted that MJ never actually has time to do much in this issue. Writer Leah Williams take a meta approach by devoting a significant portion of this issue to MJ's rant about how women are mistreated and underutilized. We see MJ grapple with all the predictable Hollywood woes - a badly underwritten part, incompetent co-stars and absentee writers. There's really not much to the first issue beyond that basic premise. Little does she know the production she's joined is being run by Mysterio. MJ has reluctantly put her relationship with Peter Parker on pause in order to jump-start her Hollywood career. This series builds on recent MJ-related developments in writer Nick Spencer's work.
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