You are the only person in this thread who it would seem read the same issue as me.
Overall it was pretty lacklustre. This is my least favourite creative team since BND began. Gales story is less interesting to me than the preceding two and Jimenez, while good at most of what's going on draws a real crappy webhead. What's up with the front cover? It looks like Spidey's dome has been reshaped in a vice -Yuck. The premise of Freak was pretty cool and as a new villain, he has potential, but as you noted the standard cliché of- 'I blame the world for everything that is wrong with me' is tiring to say the least.