the plot: His neck broken following his encounter with the power mimicing mass-murderer Fusion, Spider-Man lies at his foe's mercy, his thoughts of those he's leaving behind like his neighbour's dog he's looking after, J. Jonah Jameson and Mary Jane. Sprawled on the floor of Fusion's lair, the masked villain goes into detail surrounding his motives for revenge, that his son died mimicing Spider-Man and Fusion can't rest until Spider-Man is dead. Spider-Man tells Fusion that if he keeps saying that Spidey's responsible, Fusion won't have to deal with his own guilt. Fusion throws the paralyzed Spider-Man across the room, though quickly Spidey realizes that his neck was never broken, and that Fusion is just a poor man's Mysterio, capable of nothing more than illusions. Fusion admits this to be true and that his powers are mutant related and that the guns belonging to the guards at the Edgar Building didn't blow up, but he made the guards kill themselves. Now aware of the true nature of Fusion's powers, a brief fight ensues between the two foes, until Fusion causes a car to swerve off the road and gets away while Spider-Man stops it. Later that day, as Peter reflects on what's happened he makes sure to feed Barker, the dog, he comes to the conclusion the line between hero and psycho is thin, that tragedy sent Spidey and Fusion in totally different directions.

the review: I'm kind of pressed for time, so I'll be brief. Did I like this issue? The answer is yes. Was it an excellent issue? Unfortunatly no. It was nice to get everything wrapped up in a nice little package, but the Fusion/Spidey storyline would have definatly benefitted from a sub-plot. The main story left me with mixed feelings. It also would have been nice to have seen a greater reaction on Peter's part to the fact that Fusion killed over three hundred people. Aside from that the story was decent, the artwork dynamic. The pacing too reminded me of those old Stan Lee & Steve Ditko issues where they'd pack in a couple dozen panels a page. And that's a good thing.

So, finishing, Peter Parker: Spider-Man #32 gets *** out of *****. A solid, though non-outstanding issue.

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