Spider-Man and The X-Men #1Review

Writer: Elliot Kalan Artist: Marco Failla I have been waiting for this issue for the longest. When I heard that Spider-Man would be teaching at the school under Logan’s request I remember thinking, “Smart. Very Smart”. It made sense, a hero that has been ostracized by the media from day one guiding teens being ostracized for just being who they are. Parker might not be a mutant but he is someone that can relate in doing the right thing and still getting shit for it because of who you are. The only difference is Spider-Man wears a mask which for those with vastly visual mutations doesn’t make a difference. If you check Taj’s review for Amazing Spider-Man, he praises Dan Slott’s risks and direction with the wall crawler. Well, I’m not familiar with Elliot Kalan writing but I knew within the first few panels of reading this issue he gets Peter Parker character. We’ve seen Parker out of his element before but never to the capacity where he is now being placed in charge of mutant students in such a dire time as well. It isn’t clear if the Axis story line is running along with this but I hope it isn’t because unlike the big cross over this book is fucking fun. We open up with Storm not seeing why Logan would want Parker as a teacher, even Iceman who is boys with Parker thinks he has no right in mutant affairs. The fact that they don’t know Parker’s identity plays a big part in the issue and whether or not he is spying on them for Shield, The Avengers, etc. Peter plays the “Well W…