'New Ways to Die' ends in an old way

Amazing Spider-Man #573 Review
"New Ways to Die" began on an extreme high note. We read solid writing for Dan Slott and saw great art from John Romita Jr. It almost appeared some questions regarding a few of the stupid new villians were going to be answered.Unfortunately, nothing is resolved and what the reader is left with is a profound sense of disappointment.

I understand you can't kill off a villian. It's an unsaid rule. But the writer can explain the origin of the character i.e. Mr. Negative or Menace. It looked like we were going to get some answers as to why Menace looks so much like Green Goblin, but no. Instead, we get another villian in Antivenom and no explanation to anything. God, this is awful.

It wouldn't be as bad if it didn't start so strong. Readers thought their diligent waiting was about to payoff in the 6-part story. Nope...sorry.

The series almost seems to be going for a "Lost" story where they just keep introducing question after question. The problem is that the story for ASM is just stupid and won't keep any intelligent reader interested. There has to be some sort of storyline and not a series of events which provide no character development. All the villains are alive and well, Spidey's life still blows and there's no sign of Mary Jane.

I don't know how much longer I can go reading this. I've loved Spidey since I was a tike, but sometimes you just have to move on.

2/5 stars