Mark Millar can have some really great ideas, but a lot of his comics do come across as pitches for Hollywood.

And that's not a shot at him. Make that money. But it's nice to see a actually decently written story.

That's not to say this isn't dark/edgy. Because plenty of people die, everyone is saying goddamn, shit, and more every other line. So it has the Millar edge no doubt. But it also has a Peter Parker pushed to his limit, ousted, and haunted. And Millar smartly makes Peter push back and get his inner thoughts, leading to some great fights overall. Also electro and vulture actually doing work was interesting. The humor was hit or miss, sometimes I did laugh, sometimes I cringed at out outdated or sexist it was.

Overall, it's a solid read for a darker more screwed up Spider-Man story. I enjoyed it for that, even if the edge was bleeding through thick at points. A 3 out of 5.