Dan Slott has written a lot of Spider-Man comics, to put it mildly. And while he's drawn in pretty much every major villain supporting character during the course of his long run, the high point of that saga is and probably always will be Superior Spider-Man. Otto Octavius' brief tenure as Spider-Man made for compelling reading, and it's a story that has continued to unfold now that Otto has cheated his own death and been reborn as the Superior Octopus. So the appeal with Slott's latest Amazing Spider-Man arc is less its status as a Secret Empire tie-in and more the opportunity to see Otto at the forefront of the series once more.
Not that the Secret Empire angle isn't without its charms. Outside of Secret Empire #0, we've seen surprisingly little of the early days of Hydra's uprising and how Earth's heroes responded to that global catastrophe. This issue allows Slott and co-writer Christos Gage to explore the rise of Hydra from Peter Parker's perspective, mixing equal parts witty banter and an increasing sense of desperation as the magnitude of the situation becomes clear.
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Not that the Secret Empire angle isn't without its charms. Outside of Secret Empire #0, we've seen surprisingly little of the early days of Hydra's uprising and how Earth's heroes responded to that global catastrophe. This issue allows Slott and co-writer Christos Gage to explore the rise of Hydra from Peter Parker's perspective, mixing equal parts witty banter and an increasing sense of desperation as the magnitude of the situation becomes clear.
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