Spider-Man #2 Review

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis / Artist: Sara Pichelli / Marvel Comics Y’all muh fuckas gon’ learn to respect Miles Morales as the gawd of the 616, yo. Y’all gon’ to to accept it, and fucking love it. We pick up where we left off with Peter Parker arriving on the scene, seeing the damage and proceeding to ask Miles WTF just happened. Peter isn’t really giving the newbie the benefit of the doubt either (which feels rather uncharacteristic of Pete), but that serves as setup for when Blackheart returns and Miles proves (yet again) that his 616 gawd Twitter handle isn’t just for play. Peter sees it and dubs him Spider-Man. The action this issue was great and Sara Pichelli displays Miles’ fighting as very unique and possibly the most spider-like we’ve seen of him, however the main fight isn’t the draw this issue — it’s everything going on post 2nd-round knockout with Blackheart. Bendis has Miles needing a moment to unleash the gross factor of fighting a demon in front of Ganke, and rightfully so, because that’s got to be an icky feeling.

It serves as a very humanizing moment for Miles, as well as showing that he’s still new to this and has yet to get the “just another day at the office” superhero demeanor when it comes to facing the supernatural. Sara does an incredible job switching up the artwork between Miles’ interpretation of memories as Spider-Man, which come across as cute caricatures with more cartoonish detail, and then when Miles is in the present moment then the art is …