Before I start my rant let me point out this issue helps my theory that they're shifting stories out of their intended order to accomodate last minute changes that are being announced. Remember in the arc before last where the creepy Mayans covered the city in snow, then in the next issue the snow melted? Well it's back and it's also referenced as being the snow from that same storm.
Read the previous issue (which took place exactly AFTER the blizzard issues)... there are snow patches all over the place, so I guess it DIDN'T all melt as you mention in your obviously negative bias.
Before starting a rant, you should really get your facts in order.
So, there's a new villain introduced that robs some bank, and Spider-Man can't catch her despite her having no super powers since she practices Parkour, or urban gymnastics. I know exactly what they're talking about here but Spider-Man can run faster than a normal human (anywhere from 50-70 mph) AND not only his abilities are on an unnatural level he should've caught her no problem. So he get's close enough to nail her with a spider tracer (Enough with the spider tracers and malfunctioning webshooters already.) So she sees the webshooter, cries to the cops, and turns herself in because she doesn't wanna be murdered.
Did I mention she also had a bunch of guys with webcams film her, so she could commit crimes and have them simultaneously stream on the internet.
What are you? On DRUGS???
Spider-Man has NEVER been able to run at 50-70 mph... he obviously has speed and agility, but has never demonstrated that kind of running prowress.
And we haven't seen a malfunctioning web-shooter since the second month of BND, so that's about 8 issues ago...
And Spidey used to use his Spidey Tracers all the time... practically every issue... so why the big deal about him using one in this issue, which happens to be the first one he's used in a bit... he might have used one in the original Freak storyline, but I'm not so sure...
So Peter get's his camera back, tries to sell the pictures to the DB, and Dexter won't buy them since everyone has cameras on their phones or carries digital cameras making the whole Spider-Man photographer angle dated. It's been dated for years, but Marvel made him go back to that. Probably just so they could tell this crap story. He then offers Peter two million dollars to do some paparazzi shots and then Joe Robertson questions Peter's integrity if he goes down this path. Bennett also offers this to Peter, because of the photos he can get from views no one else can capture, because he knows he's Spider-Man. Actually he didn't say that he referred to Peter as some sort of photographic ninja.
Clark Kent is a reporter, Peter Parker is a photographer, etc... did you complain about how stale and boring it was when Peter was promoting his "Webs" book (about the pics he took of Spider-Man throughout the years) because he had been still taking pics of Spidey for over 300 issues?
Please... you're grasping at straws...
And Bennett does not know Peter is Spider-Man... I didn't get that at all from reading the book... again... more grasping...
We get a scene of Jonah doing tai chi, and then he flips out seeing a DB billboard. Two cops come up to him trying to calm him down, and one just happens to be the cop that hate's Spider-Man that Peter might move in with. Another stupid subplot that's been done before where get's close with someone that happens to hate Spider-Man.
Not with a police officer roomate... and now that Spidey is both wanted for questioning of the Spidey-Murders as well as being an unregistered super-hero, it could prove to be interesting.
Next Peter goes to the club where some heart throb *****ebag celebrity is. It's referenced as being the club from the first BND issue. We see some chick made out of paper meanwhile Peter's walks past her to the rafters (she's blended in the wall, but the spider sense should've warned him about this) of some VIP section trying to get pictures of the guy doing something celebritylike. The guy get's sassy with a waitress that asks for his autograph,
If she's just standing there, NOT being a threat, why would his Spider-Sense tingle?
More straws...
Peter get's pictures and then they start chasing him. He get's in to the club section of the building and the spider sense is forgotten yet again by Dan Slott as Peter get's stonewalled by a bouncer. Harry and Lily see him ask if he's ok, then Harry immediately pretends he doesn't know Peter as bouncers drag him out and stomp his camera. Luckily his memory card is undamaged, but we know he's not getting two million dollars so who gives a crap? Then we see the Paper Doll chick with a room decorated in newspaper photos stroking that same celebrity's photo. I'm willing to bet she's not infatuated with photos so much as the photographer. I guess if this is the case Dan Slott saw Clueless recently.
Peter has always been careful not to use his Spider-Powers in front of his friends, so why would this be any different? Not to mention that he can still get a punch in the head when he's distracted by the sudden appearance of his friends, and the cub lights & noises, etc...
And as far as Paper Doll goes, it's all just speculation on your part...
So there's more crap puns, thinly veiled nostalgic throwbacks, and two new crap villains no one could give a crap about. And the sales continue to drop.
All good Spidey puns, awesome nostalgic Spider-Man feel, two new villains that could prove to be interesting, and I hope sales continue as they are or get better.
