I love how Norman Osborn makes sure to have a video image of Daredevil of all heroes there. Because when he's fighting a little war with the X-Men, two teams of Avengers, Hulk's son on another planet, and even the Punisher who is mowing down his allies, that Hell's Kitchen dude is SURELY a lot of trouble.
I am curious to know who is writing this. If it's Bendis, it will be terrible. If it is Bendis and a co-writer, like Hickman who is on FF and SECRET WARRIORS, then it could maybe be decent. Bendis sometimes does better or at least slightly less predictable work when he has a co-writer. If it's someone else entirely, it could be good.
There's that title, though, an obvious play on the infamous "Patriot Act". I'd mention that stories that seek to rip into the last administration technically lost all relevance in Jan. 2009. But then again, that idea was lost when Norman Osborn, who may as well be called "Super Armored Nazi Cheney", came to power by bloodless coup. How can the same Marvel that idolizes Obama in ASM comics and even his dog in PET AVENGERS turn around and claim that he'd allow Osborn to run rampant? Nominating people with tax evasion problems is one thing; allowing convicted terrorists and murderers to basically control everything is quite another. But methinks Joe Q is thinking the same thing that Seth MacFarlane is with AMERICAN DAD; their big political story motivation is suddenly gone after eight years, but they find themselves, ironically, "staying the course" rather than adapting their commentary to fit the times.
Social commentary that is not flexible or bipartisan usually becomes moot at some point.
Osborn is Spider-Man's enemy so he likely will be involved in taking him down. He won't, though, if Bendis writes it. He writes Spider-Man as an incompetent man-child, and they don't get to save the day. It could be Luke Cage, or Iron Man. But who knows.
It'd be fun if it was Hercules, or the Agents of Atlas.
