This is Aguirre-Sacasa’s final issue. I can’t say I’ve loved his run, but I can imagine writing a “side series” to the JMS “Amazing” title was really hard, given how many big changes happened for the character in that title. This issue, e.g., has the “Back in Black” sidebar on the cover because it takes place after Aunt May was shot by Kingpin’s assassin but before “One More Day.”
This one is largely a “here’s Peter” issue, where he questions why he does what he does since he feels like the people he loves keep getting hurt. The retrospective and introspective nature of the issue is evident from an early panel paying tribute to Amazing Fantasy #15…
Peter’s “why me” introspection is interrupted by a guy who I think is supposed to be God (but looks an awful lot like Lance Henriksen).
He shows Spider-Man all the good he’s done (and could do) and gives Peter the motivation to go on.
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