SPIDER-MAN: CRIME AND PUNISHER
MARVEL
On the heels of the epic “New Ways to Die,” this Amazing Spider-Man trade features shorter tales about Flash Thompson, Spidey’s run-in with an amped-up Hammerhead and a team-up with the Punisher. Joe Kelly and Chris Bachalo’s Hammerhead story really shines with spot-on Spidey banter and kinetic action sequences, but that’s saying something as Zeb Wells and Paolo Riviera deliver an exciting Punisher tale and Marc Guggenheim and Barry Kitson keep things almost harshly grounded in reality as they relate Flash Thompson’s story covering his time in Iraq. Though the Hammerhead stuff seems to be the only part necessary for readers concerned with “Brand New Day’s” broad strokes, this trade has plenty to enjoy for any diehard fan of the Wallcrawler. MAR 4 | $16.99 • JG
