All of the local comic store's Marvel books last week showed up damaged. I figured I would just pick up Deadpool this week, but either the replacements hadn't arrived, or they were already sold out, so we've got just one book to look at.
In other news, it is cold as shit today.
So, Dark Web, aka Inferno: The Sequel, is underway, and Spidey has asked Felicia to look after Mary Jane. Felicia finds MJ is pretty capable of protecting herself, as she's got superpowers now. Which she does not want to talk about, thank you. Well sure, why not? After all, Felicia doesn't want to talk about the fact she and Spidey are fooling around, after she told MJ that definitely was not going to happen during the team-up comic I bought back at the beginning of the year.
So? MJ is living with another guy, raising his kids with him, and being a rude asshole to Peter every time I've seen them interact in Amazing Spider-Man. If she doesn't like Felicia fooling around with Peter, she should have held on to him. Anyway, the two of them are pulled abruptly into Limbo by Belasco, who is wearing someone's skin like a tunic or something.
So, MJ's powers. She's wearing something on her wrist, and it shows slot machine symbols, and then she gets powers based somehow on the symbols that come up. Basically the H-Dial, but as a slot machine. I assume for the opportunity to do "jackpot"-themed wordplay. I guess if it gives MacKay and Carratu the chance to get nuts or silly with the powers it could be fun. At one point she gets some sort of pudding control powers, but 1) it looks like green slime, not pudding, and 2) she uses it to propel herself and punch people with it, not very creative.
There's also a back-up story by MacKay and Dowling, where Felicia tells the story of how she stole Dr. Doom's mask and lived to tell the tale. It involves time travel and lots of making out, who could ask for more?
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