Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business - Graphic Novel | Superhero Comic Book for Teens & Adults | Perfect for Collectors & Marvel Fans | Great for Gifts, Reading & Display

This graphic novel gives us a great story with Peter Parker suddenly finding himself the target of a massive manhunt for no apparent reason. Rather than save himself, Peter is rescued by a woman claiming to be his sister. Fans of the Parker years (even those years massacred by the reboot of "One More Day") know that Peter never had any siblings, so the premise seems like it might lend itself to some non-canon fantasy tale. Instead, Mark Waid does a great job of letting the characters work together while bringing it all to a satisfying (and somewhat safe) conclusion.Kingpin is here and up to no good. We find out that Peter's secret agent father had a bad habit of cracking jokes during battle, which explains a lot about our web-slinger's own personality quirk. The Parker's secret past is given a little more back story, and Theresa (Peter's sister) is just about as cool a character as any introduced in years. The artwork here is very good, with a painted look a lot like Alex Ross is known for.As a stand alone tale, it's great. It's a very nice visit from Peter while we patiently await his return to the Marvel Universe in his own title soon. Waid perfectly captures Spidey's personality while giving us some great action and a compelling story.