Previously: After acquiring The Raft, now Spider-Island II, spidey has put in an order for his own henchman as well as a newly designed costume, complete with Doc Oc-like mechanical spider legs. With all that and his giant spider mechs, he sets his sight on The Shaddowland. He successfully liberates the area from the Kingpin and his thugs without putting a single civilian in jeopardy. The only loose end that is left to tie up is the Hobgoblin.

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One of the themes in this issue is how, exactly, the Hobgoblin has been evading the numerous spider-bots that patrol the city for the superior one. There is also a moment where Spider-Man finds himself deep in thought. How has Peter Parker balanced out the lives of both identities so well? Before the transformation, Doctor Octopus and Octavius were always one in the same. As he is deep in thought he entertains the idea of discarding everything about Peter Parker and giving himself fully to the spider. Only then would he be able to fully accomplish everything without being held back by Parker’s life. Towards the end of the issue our hero nearly gets the elusive Hobgoblin, but is forced to use the air waves to deliver a message to the people of New York.

I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it again, Dan Slott is the man. The script and themes that he keeps coming up with are, to me, groundbreaking and completely fresh. His art team of Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (Ink), and Edgar Delgado (color) has been, to me, a perfect complement to his story telling. Superior Spider-Man #16 should hit shelves August 20th. Stay tuned to TMStash as I will continue to cover the antics of the superior web-head. Also, head on over to your local comic shop to check out this and other great titles from Marvel.

Source(Photo): Marvel Comics