“I’m just gonna rate the first issue and review the series, spoiler-free, in hopes that you’ll pick this up when it becomes available in trade.
This is a great book.
Quick summary: Wolverine is gone. He puts Spider-Man in charge of a small class of mutant kids. Wolverine suspects one of the kids is a mole (not, like, an animal, but a spy of some kind. That wouldn’t normally be necessary clarification, but we’re talking X-Men here) and he wants Spider-Man to ferret (not the animal, but the behavior of…never mind) out which student it might be.
Highlights include a team-up of Jurassic proportions, a battle of the brains between Spidey and a certain blue, furry scientist (The Beast,not a hung over, unshaven, sad Albert Einstein) and one of my favorite Spidey jokes, the question of whether Mr. Sinister’s first name is Ted. Ted Sinister.
If you’re still not convinced, how about knowing that this is an accessible mini-series for newcomers to comics, and it’s written by the head writer of the Daily Show? How’s that strike your fancy?
If it doesn’t, then I question just how fancy your fancy really is. Because it should have been struck like a certain Hydra baron. A HYRDA Baron? Baron Von…Strucker? Struck like Strucker?
Ever write a review and realize how you really should have ended it, like, TWO lines earlier?”