the plot: After investigating electrical bursts in Times Square, Spider-Man discovered that Mendel Stromm's creations were behind it, having gained sentience. After explaining to Spidey that he would eventually lose any control he had over his machinery, and that it would cause hundreds of deaths, Stromm pleaded with Spidey to kill him. In the end Spidey realizes he can't shut down Stromm for good, but places him in a suspened loop until a cure can be found.

the review: As interesting as the set-up in Peter Parker: Spider-Man #27 was, this issue is unfortunatly a let down. Mendel Stromm being taken over by his machinery is an interesting story, but in this particular issue too much time is spent on Stromm's death wish. Not that that in itself isn't an intriguing thought, but for twenty-two pages it tends to lag on a bit. It would have been nice to have a little more of the Glory/Randy shoe-shopping story inbetween, or a little more with Aunt May or the Daily Bugle.

Paul Jenkins wrote an interesting story here all things considered. Aunt May's story of her dying uncle was well done, but the other characters here were sadly under-written. It would have been nice if there was sometime more to the story than Stromm's plot. Mark Buckingham's artwork is nice here, and the computer graphic bits are well drawn. Buckingham's visuals are expressive and you can feel the emotion given off from the characters. Dan Green sketchy inks take away from Buckingham's art, but not by much.

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #28 was a fair read. It was well done by the creative team, but unfortunatly isn't all that interesting.

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #28 gets **1/2 out of *****.

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