As I said in my first Omnibus review for this run that JMS was a big reason I became a Spider-Man fan. His run is one of the ones alongside Ultimate Spider-Man to get me into comics really.

So we got through Sin's Past in the last volume which is a pretty crappy arc. Now we have Peter trying to put his life back together but also now he's a New Avenger. This volume starts off with the past of Peter's high school days haunting him. Pretty much a anti-bully message that results in a sudden loss of a home. This leads us to Peter spending time at the Avengers mansion with his Aunt May and MJ, and also kind of having Tony as his mentor.

But things go bad quick as we reintroduce Murlan and things get wild for Peter as his body is "dying" and begins The Other arc which is very very long 12 issue crossover event for Spider-Man all to really make him more like the Toby version of Spider-Man having webs shoot out of his hands. Really...that was the reason.

Then we get a tie in look to back in black for Spider-Man 3. Basically a lot of what's being done in this book is either to relate to the movies, or Civil War event or the forced One More day storyline that is now infamous. In one more day Peter has to make a deal to sacrifice his marriage in order to let May live. A very old may who was injured, and dying, but very old, lived a full life, but he gives up his life and marriage with MJ for her. Which really was just the easy way to reset Peter's life after being outed by the media for being Spider-Man thanks to the events of the Civil War arc.

So all in all this is a messy Omnibus. Even though JMS is a strong writer, the constant crossovers and forced mandates can be felt ALL throughout this Omnibus.

Now it's not all bad. I actually enjoyed the Back in Black storyline. It's dark, and not our typical wisecracking superhero fun. If Aunt May is shot, Peter pretty much goes on a rampage. Makes for a lot of fun moments and brutal moments for our Hero. I also enjoyed most things with Peter and MJ. They have a special bond, and work as husband and wife, and JMS writes them both very well that it feels sad he was forced to write one more day. Feels it goes against everything he was writing them for.

The art is all over the place as well. Sometimes fantastic, sometimes not so much. Especially with The Other crossover, some of the art is really really mismatching with the tone it is going for. I also think too much shadowing at times but that's on par for this artist.

Overall not the worst thing, not the best thing, kind of right down the middle in terms of quality. Most of these stories I rated a 3 out of 5, and one a 4, and one a 2. So I feel like a 3 out of for the Omnibus makes sense. Almost a 2.5 but the charm and dialogue of Peter and MJ bump it to a 3 out of 5.