Kick starting the Spider-Island storyline, Amazing Spider-Man #667 begins with a quick recap of Spider-man’s current situation including his lack of Spider Sense (nothing’s ever simple) and the Jackal’s villainous master-plan. As you read on it is clear that this story-line is something that Dan Slott has been building up to; a master-plan of his own.

Twisting and tearing into the true nature of Spider-man/ Peter Parker is something that many of Dan Slott’s plotlines attempt to achieve and I would say that this first issue reveals more of this to come with a particularity interesting story arc.

At the beginning of this issue we are introduced to New York as a living entity itself. This is clearly intentional, as throughout this story line New York itself is treated as a character. This is reflected in the depth of art by Ramos and is shown through the relationship between the city and the upcoming plot-line.

With a particularly humorous turn of events involving Peter Parker and current love interest, Carlie Cooper, an intelligent and independent New York Cop, Slott starts this issue with punch, while also hinting at what is to come during the rest of the issue. This situation is seriously laugh out loud funny and Parker’s (Slott’s) wit is on point, as always.

The following events lead to a wave of organized chaos sweeping across New York, with petty criminals and gangsters terrorizing residents and generally reaking havoc …with the Jackal’s supervision of course.  This pandemonium warrants the attention of some of the finest of Marvel’s heroes with epic artwork depicting the disorder; but things aren’t so simple for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

At this stage of the comic, Parker is about to learn that his current problems are about to become a whole lot more complicated (don’t they always) and during the ensuing discord, while old brush top Jonah Jameson rants on (some things never change), Peter Parker learns that perhaps being Spider-Man is not going to help him this time.

Story: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8 Recommendation: Buy