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Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Vol. 1: A Day in the Life by Mark Buckingham, Paul Jenkins
3.0

This was a darker take for Spider-man but a tasteful one.

First off the 3 part Chamleon storyline was a interesting way to go. I never much thought of the villain and to see him displayed here, with actual depth, made me second guess everything. His ending was really well done and gave a lot of interesting ideas for Peter. I also really enjoyed the issue about Peter visiting Uncle's Ben's gravesite and just chilling there. It had a really sweet ending too.

The other stories range from decent to good. A story of Sandman ends in a much darker way than expected but also some happiness. Kind of a fun story and interesting style to go with. Another one documenting what Happen to Gwen while also focusing on Spider-man and then Peter's view points. All good stuff.

While it can be wordy and some of the art outdated, I enjoyed a good amount of this book. Enough to try out the 2nd one for sure. A 3.5 out of 5.