CBR Review: Amazing Spider-Man #641

I recently reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #641 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "While 'One Moment in Time' hasn’t been as controversial as 'One More Day,' its following up on the consequences of that story arc have been somewhat mechanical at times. When discussing last issue, I mused on it simply being an exercise in checking off the continuity loose ends created by 'One More Day.' In the finale, Joe Quesada checks off the final two: Spider-Man’s real identity being public knowledge and the break-up of Peter and Mary Jane. That mechanical feeling remains, but it’s lessened by the playfulness in Quesada’s writing as he revisits the finale of 'One More Day,' but with things playing out differently. The cuteness takes away from the emotion somewhat and the logic of how it plays out is somewhat questionable."

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CBR Review: Amazing Spider-Man #640

I recently reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #640 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Let’s run down the checklist of story points created in 'One More Day' that 'One Moment in Time' has needed to solve. Peter and Mary Jane no longer married? Check. Peter and Mary Jane remaining a couple and, basically, living out their married life despite not being married? Check. Aunt May’s life saved? Check. Spider-Man’s identity no longer known by the world? Not yet. No, that’s what Amazing Spider-Man #640 focuses on to lead into next issue’s conclusion where Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera will no doubt check off this plot point."

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CBR Review: Amazing Spider-Man #639

I recently reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #639 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "While the first part of 'One Moment in Time' mixed Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 with new material by Quesada and Paolo Rivera, this issue is those two artists (aside from some flashback panels from other comics) with a more coherent feel. With Peter prevented from making the wedding thanks to a cinderblock to the head, this issue picks up immediately after and has Peter trying to explain what happened to Mary Jane. To her credit, she doesn’t need an explanation and sees that Spider-Man will always be the third person in their relationship and, sadly, someone that will always come before her. That leaves the two broken up with the second half of the issue needing to put them back together again."

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CBR Review: Amazing Spider-Man #638

I recently reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #638 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Two-and-a-half years and nearly 100 issues later, Amazing Spider-Man returns to 'One More Day' to answer the lingering questions raised by that story and the deal made between Mephisto and Peter Parker and his then-wife Mary Jane. Reactions to 'One More Day' were decidedly on the negative sign, but the 'Brand New Day' status quo that followed has won over many, especially in recent months with a series of solid stories with great art on the title, so, if there were ever a time for Marvel to play off the good will of Spider-fans and return to the subject matter that pissed so many of them off, now is it. And, the first part of 'One Moment in Time,' the story that will show how it happened that Peter and Mary Jane never married is a solid, interesting read."

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