Monica Rambeau joins forces with the other heroes in a likable if cliché story with cohesive art in The Amazing Spider-Man #92.BEY.
In The Amazing Spider-Man #92.BEY, the vengeful Monica Rambeau has made it her personal mission to see the heroes suffer in her most recent battle with the help of Colleen, Misty, and Morbius. Now aided by flesh-hating Machine Man against more of their creations, it looks as though she is poised to make good on her threat. Spider-Man isn’t far behind on his chase, either. Even members of Beyond Corp’s ranks may have a few misgivings about what’s happening. With the series coming closer to its conclusion, time may be running out for Beyond Corp, but they aren’t without a few last tricks.
Despite being a Spider-Man comic, The Amazing Spider-Man #92.BEY has very little Spider-Man in it. In fact, the hapless Doug Siravanta, a lowly member of the Beyond Corp, gets bigger billing here. However, Doug has played a role in Spidey’s last few rescues and dealings with Beyond, and he may be more relevant now that he has rather sneakily made lemons into lemonade regarding his would-be termination. Even the ending stingers, with brief vignettes of the Goblin Queen and her potential score to settle with Harry Osborn and Morbius’s discovery on the ruins of Staten Island, hold more weight. For The Amazing Spider-Man BEY entries, this perspective flip is normal and expected.
Similarly expected is the archetype of the idealistic hero turned cynical, bitter, and snarky after trauma, which at this point feels almost cliché. To her credit, Monica is self-aware of her status as a stereotypical antihero in The Amazing Spider-Man. In fact, her entire rant about how she had to become “unlikeable” to get ahead is practically a meta-joke, as it was in her tenure with Nextwave. She and her fellow agents were exaggerated parodies of the superhero genre, hilariously warped and twisted versions of Marvel Heroes, and it was a riot.
On her own, Spectrum isn’t as much fun. Her monologues boasting about how efficient she is because she’s unlikeable are apt to receive eye-rolls, mostly because she proves the opposite. Monica may swear, snarl and snap, but gets a lot done because she still plays well with others. She leads Morbius into making the winning move at the beginning of The Amazing Spider-Man #92.BEY and her roughness snaps Machine Man out of his depressive funk so his big beautiful robot brain can save the day. No matter how much of an edgy antihero she wants to be, Monica Rambeau can’t shake off her old Captain Marvel instincts.
The Amazing Spider-Man #92.BEY has reasonably strong artwork, considering its impressive and huge roster. Depending on who the story focuses on, there is a noticeable shift in line art and palette. Monica Rambeau’s chapter has a signature soft yet slick lines and vibrant crayon-box palette, seasoned with earth tones and blood-red during the more grounded moments. Doug Siravanta’s bargaining for his job is alight with unnatural yet warm sunshine hues and earthy browns, with soft and stylized line art. This shift in art and tone isn’t particularly jarring, since each chapter gives the reader fair warning that it has come to an end and a new section is starting. The issue comes across as a smoother selection of vignettes rather than an unfocused jumble, which is no easy feat.
Ultimately, The Amazing Spider-Man #92.BEY is more likable than its protagonist claims to be, with good character interactions and creative fight scenes plus a bonus tease of future arcs. However, it can fall on some old stock character traits that Marvel has repeatedly utilized, which slow its web-slinging momentum.
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