the plot: As Peter and Aunt May reflect on the anniversary of Uncle Ben's death, Peter heads out to Shea Stadium to see the Met's game he and Uncle Ben used to go to. Peter recounts his first outing with Uncle Ben to the game, the time he almost caught a ball and got hit on the head, only to be surprised by the team mascot, and their final outing to the annual game where a reluctant Peter was overjoyed when the Mets actually won the game. Three days after that Uncle Ben was dead. As Peter heads home after the game he swears he hears Uncle Ben's voice, "whispering across the years.

"Maybe Next Year."

the review: What a powerful story! This is by far one of the more moving issues in recent times, and like Paul Jenkins' first issue of Peter Parker (issue 20), it sheds some light on Uncle Ben, and actually makes you care about him and Peter. Ben Parker is really portrayed as a person here, rather than a device and you can really see how he and Peter were best friends. The final game shown, which was also Ben's last was moving, and well paced, and the brief bit of Aunt May at Ben's grave was unbelievably touching.

You know, I'd like to go on about this book, but there's really not much to say beyond how touching and wonderful this issue was. The final pages brought tears to my eyes. Kudos to you Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Buckingham.

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #33 gets a full ***** out of *****, for an excellent and heartfelt issue.

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