Spider-Man: Fever #2

by Brendan McCarthy

This really is a cool comic.  Spider-Man's spirit or soul is trapped in some weird spider dimension, and he has to either capture the Sorror Fly, to prove that he's a spider, or the other spider demons are going to eat him.  Meanwhile, Doctor Strange is scouring the Webwaze dimension in order to rescue him.  That's about it, except that Strange chats with some dog creatures and rescues a beautiful woman from a trap, and Spidey has a chat with the spider that bit him, giving him his powers.  Oh, and because it's a Spider-Man comic, he suffers acute feelings of guilt and helplessness.

The story is a throw away, but that's because a comic like this is all about the art.  McCarthy's stuff is always cool, but he does some very neat things with this issue.  I love Spider-Man's desert nomad look, and many of the other design touches he incorporates.  When Doctor Strange is in the dog creature house, their wallpaper is a pattern of cat heads.  Many of the pages are splash pages, and the whole thing looks fantastic.  I would love to see McCarthy do some more superhero work.