Sure, the Avengers made the cover. But this would have been
my #1 read of the week had I known that CARDIAC was appearing!!!! Cardiac! The
crusading doctor who looks out for the little man while blasting his foes with
his beta-staff. One of my favorite relics of the 1990’s is back!
Dan Slott pulls off a great, natural intersection in this
one. The book opens at Cardiac’s clinic, where the crusading doctor is looking
for some specific equipment to save a young patient. The reader instantly
sympathizes and roots for Cardiac, there is no doubting the guy’s motivations
after those first few pages. Contrast that with the always annoying Superior
Otto-Spidey. Otto gets summoned to the scene where he enlists the local cops to
aid him and then barges in. Peter Parker’s consciousness continues to sit in
the backseat, mentally speaking. He spends the issue yelling at Otto that
Cardiac is really just a good guy.
Thanks to the groundwork laid in the last few issues, there
is a real concern at what Otto might do to Cardiac after seeing the Superior
Spider-Man put Boomerang, Vulture, Jester, and Screwball in the hospital, and
Massacre in the morgue. Will Otto go too far and take out a good-hearted
vigilante? I won’t say, but remember that Cardiac might have something to say
too.
The rest of the issue has the Avengers finally picking up on
Otto’s odd behavior while he’s been Spider-Man. When the team wants to do a
full examination on Spidey, Otto’s not having it. I love that the Avengers
aren’t letting him leave, too. I expected Spidey to get kicked off, but not an
actual battle!
I’m not the world’s biggest Humberto Ramos fan. But man,
does he hit a homerun with Cardiac. The guy looks awesome; bulky, powerful, and
heroic all at once. I always liked his design, but Ramos updates it and amps up
the features while still retaining the classic feel. It’s a great piece of
super-hero design. What other 90’s classics can he take on? Anyone remember
Mongoose?
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