Amazing Spider-Man#612: It's here! The Gauntlet arc that has been hyped for months is finally here! And... it's good. Surprisingly good. The first part of the storyline is a small arc called Power to the People which sees Electro, long time villain, becoming... champion of the people? Apparently, after years of using his electrical powers, Max Dillon can no longer control them; alternating between powerful bursts and periods of no power, he has run out of options and aims his anger at Dexter Bennet, newspaper fat cat. Anyway, the writing is good; I'll read just about anything Mark Waid writes and his characterization of Electro is interesting. The art is similar to Steve Ditko's style which definitely helps the current arc. However, sometimes the panels looked odd and out of place compared with the rest of the issue. Also, the people accept Electro's new idealogy very quickly and it made me feel as if I'd skipped a few pages. Overall, a good, unfortunately not great start to The Gauntlet storyline.

Grade: 8.6 (out of 10)