Amazing Spider-Man #587 Review

Creative Team  
Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Pencils: John Romita Jr.
Inks: Klaus Janson

Story Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10
Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10
Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10

I liked this cover. It is very dramatic with the contrast between the background, Spider-Man, and the word “Accused”. Hats off to the designer.

The story was good but suffers from being one of the middle chapters of a 4 part story. Matt (Daredevil) Murdock is brought in as Spider-Man’s lawyer. Most of this issue is a look at the reaction of various characters to Spider-Man’s arrest.

The best part of the issue was the continuation of the Spider-Tracer Killer storyline. When one of the supporting characters uncovers the truth, they go to a person they think can be trusted. It turns out that person is part of the group setting Spider-Man up. The fall out from this is the highlight of the issue.

Recommended if you have read the other parts of this story. If you have not, this is not a good issue to try and get back into reading Spider-Man.

1 thought on “Amazing Spider-Man #587 Review

  1. When it comes to Spidey I have to always put the disclaimer that I cannot let go of the OMD/BND thing. So long as it is still going on I cannot forget.

    That being said, I started picking up ASM again for this particular storyline simply because I had gone a few months into the BND storyline and had invested some time with the Menace character as well as Jackpot. With the Jackpot identity having been revealed and possibly the storyline resolved, only Menace was left and I wanted to see who was behind the “mask”.

    I was drawn to this issue by the fact that Spidey was captured and wanted to see how it was handled. I wasn’t expecting Spidey to get unmasked, but I think I hurt myself from the amount of facepalms I did while reading this issue.

    I know that heroes aren’t going to be unmasked easily, but seriously, how the hell can someone who is a suspect of being a serial killer not be unmasked right on the spot by the NYC police?!? Oh, and I looked up the law that was cited in connection to the reasoning… hence the facepalm.

    I live in NYC and if someone like that were caught, and were a federal fugitive he would have been unmasked right on the spot. But, I think this would probably apply to any state. I tend to think cops want to make sure they can recognize the suspect if they happen to catch him again.

    Sometimes I try to suspend my sense of logic when it comes to comics, but this was not a case where I could do so.

    Overall, I think I could do without the Spider-Man being caught and more of just the Menace story portion of the comic. It seems that that storyline makes more sense then the rest. Well, until the next facepalm issue, look for me at my nearest emergency room where they try to save me from the multiple concussions I’ll probably give myself.

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