Rest In Peace Parker...until your new movie comes out.
Do you remember when Ultimate Peter Parker died? Do remember how well done and emotional it was? We may not have wanted Pete to die, but at the very least it was done with respect and actually had some intensity and solid art to it. ASM 700 has neither. As a matter of fact, the main problem with the conclusion of this issue is the fact that we have already experienced the death of Peter Parker before. So to witness Peter die again, albeit in the core marvel universe, just feels like a desperate attempt to catch lighting in the bottle twice. It also does not help that the final story arc as a whole, as well as the art, is not really compelling and because of that, the scenes in this last issue that should have an important impact on the reader, just fall flat. The idea of Spidey and Doc Ock switching bodies could be solid as a regular spiderman story, but not a grand final send-off to a series. Going back to the art, it does not match the tone that some of these scenes are trying to convey. It is incredibly hyper exaggerated and kinda sloppy at certain points. For example: There is a scene where the superior spiderman knocks scorpion's jaw off, but by just looking at the panel by itself you would never have known. This comic also suffers the same problem that All New X-men #1 had: you have already seen the comic online before it was released. Granted this comic was leaked whereas ANX#1 was shown through previews but still the fact remains that most of the comic, including the ending, is already available to you through the internet if you paid attention to your comic news. While there are a few decent moments, ASM#700 in the end is a real disappointment of a last issue and not even a solid one.
