Review: Spider-Geddon No. 4 requires some planning

Spider-Geddon No. 4 gears us up for the grand finale and the Spider-Heroes have to formulate a plan. However, Doc Ock has his own idea on how to handle things.

If there’s anything I’ve taken away from Spider-Geddon, it is to never trust Doc Ock no matter what he says his intentions are. He makes decisions without telling anyone else and it sets up the big finale. I know that it shouldn’t be too surprising to see Doc Ock take matters into his own hands, but I was hoping this event would take a different direction.

The Inheritors returning is Doc Ock’s fault, so it makes sense for him to try to fix it. However, his ego will always get the best of him and there’s a mutual distrust between him and some of the other Spider-Heroes. Although, in this issue, the heroes are betrayed by both Norman Osborn and Doc Ock. Both men think they hold the solution in their head and Norman ultimately leaves because everyone trusts him even less (and rightfully so).

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This event is dwindling pretty quickly for me. I like the idea of the Inheritors coming back, but the execution could have been better. The event is based on a story by Dan Slott, but written by Christos Gage. He’s definitely working with what he’s been given and it’s hard when you have so many characters. Did we need to have such a huge focus on Doc Ock again? I’m actually enjoying some of the tie-in series more than this main title.

Most of this issue deals with the team trying to figure out a plan. There’s a good amount of disagreeing with some compromise mixed in. Not that it mattered, though, since Doc Ock did whatever he wanted anyway. I haven’t read every Spider-Man comic ever, but I was hoping for something a little more exciting out of this event. Instead, it’s revisiting some familiar tropes that aren’t as exciting to read. Hopefully the finale will make up for this lackluster issue.

Grade: C