the plot: Despondant over having inadvertanly causing the death of the Chameleon in Webspinners #11, Peter returns home to confront the demons from his checkered past, including Uncle Ben, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn and Ben Reilly.

the review: This was an amazing piece of work. Not only did Paul Jenkins being a very cerebral and emotional feel to Spider-Man missing at the time, but he also wrote a story that featured the death of a long-time Spider-Man villain, examined Peter's tragic life and the mess it has become but also developed Peter's character, and whether intentional or not, led the way for the future death of Mary Jane story.

Another piece of genius on Jenkin's part was having the flashbacks shown via old comic panels, and new art by J. G Jones. It was also nice to see Ben Reilly amongst the dead flashback's in Peter's dream since he is very often left out of such things despite his and Peter's bond. Also very appreciated was going back to the Stan Lee and Steve Ditko history of Spider-Man, rather than the John Byrne "Chapter One" (which I refuse to refer to as "Crapter One", no matter how annoying it got). I think that Jenkin's run on this title, more than any other book, brought back the original issues as the established history, as they should be.

Finally Jones' art is excellent in this issue, with an almost 'photo-like' quality to it. I only wish they could have gotten Jones' colorist from the Black Widow mini-series for this since the coloring in this issue is very flat and takes away, however slightly, from the art.

Well, after reading this it's easy to see why Paul Jenkins has a regular job writing Spidey. The story is moving, and in the words of a friend/rival of mine, was "thirty years in the making".

I give Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #12 **** out of *****.

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