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Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #19
"SandBlasted: Conclusion"
Book Released: 04 Apr 2007
Posted 04 Apr 2007
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Todd Nauck
Artist: Cover: Wieringo, Stull
Letters: Cory Petit
Ink: Robert Campanella
Colors: John Kalisz
Publisher: Marvel Publishing, Inc.
4.10 out of 5 Stars
Reviewed by J. W. DeBolt Jr.
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Peter David keeps the subplots rolling and keeps things interesting
in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and he’s had an
excellent run so far. In the previous issues, a man looking just like
Ben Parker came from the year 2211 to kill the Spider-Man from that
year right here in this time. At the scene, a guy named Dennis picks up
future-Spider-Man's cybernetic helmet, which is fortuitous for
Spider-Man in the immediate future.
Sandman’s (Flint Marko/William Baker) father Floyd Baker
is about to be executed by the state for the murder that this time
traveler committed; Sandman and Spidey are on the killer’s trail
with help from Dennis, who gives Spider-Man the cyberhelmet. The
helmet helps to track down the killer, who, it turns out, has a taste
for blood — an obscure clue, to say the least, but you still may
be able to guess who it really is before the big reveal.
Meanwhile, Flash Thompson and Betty Brant are trying to date but
strange stuff keeps happening, courtesy of Arrow, who apparently has the hots for
Flash. Arrow does a good job of appearing only to Betty so that others
will be less likely to believe things like the spider attack in the
powder room and Arrow’s appearances and disappearances from
street corners. The mystery of Arrow is still intriguing. Why is she trying to make Betty appear crazy?
The best line in the book is when the cyberhelmet asks
Spider-Man what kind of justice to administer to the murderer, and
Spidey says, “How about ... I dunno ... poetic
justice?” And later, the reader finds out that the
cyberhelmet has no regard for 21st-century sarcasm but a good
understanding of the language. Dynamically portrayed, energetically
written, FNS-M is one of my favorite books as it deals with
supporting characters more, just as Peter Parker, The Spectacular
Spider-Man used to. Good stuff.
—CCdC—
Cover image used without explicit permission in accordance with the "Fair Use" provision of US copyright law.
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