Does Whatever A Spider-God Can — Reviewing ‘Miles Morales: Spider-Man’ #29

A path to curing vampirism has become clear for Miles Morales. He just has to go through the Black Panther. Should be pretty darn easy … yep.

One chapter closes, as the trappings of another begin with Miles Morales: Spider-Man #29 from Cody Ziglar, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Bryan Valenza, and Cory Petit.

Be still, my Spider-web covered heart. Every single issue of this series really stirs up a lot of emotion. They remind me of what first grabbed hold of my heart when it comes to the web-swinging brand of heroes. Ziglar just knows what to do with Miles and all the characters around him, regularly and as guests.

Spider-Man and totem aspects have been a thing since the early 2000s era of Amazing Spider-Man. Off and on they’ve been touched and not really delivered on. This is truly one of the best usages of that sort of idea. Bringing the Spider God Anansi into things and turning Miles into a champion for Anansi. Building up some new ideas and plans for the character in the future.

Which is what this run has done so well. Even when Ziglar taps at the old enemies of Miles in this issue, it has purpose to it. It’s not just multiverse, or rehashing things for the sake of circling. Even the vampire stuff that was an unexpected curveball was used so well. We see it end here, but Ziglar used the storyline to really play with Miles and dig into Wakanda stuff to boot.

This whole issue is taking place in the Godly spirit realm. Di Nicuolo plays into that so well, letting scenes flow and bounce around. He pumps every panel full of the deepest powerful emotions, with so much depth and detail to really bring things to the forefront. The art style just works. Coming with so much whimsical energy which is balanced with solid textures with a smidge of roughness.

All of it is boosted by Valenza’s color palette, which is always here to really bring such energy to the overall series. He lets the colors shift and change to match whatever art style happens to be in place for the different stories. Being in this Godly realm means a different variety of colors compared to the regular world. A lot of whites and more faded colors are used to sell the otherworldliness of these spaces. There are still plenty of vibrant flashy colors to fit the fantastical and superhero vibes the story requires.

So many voices are here, with their own little intricacies and needs. Petit always makes them work so smoothly. Dropping colors and shifted fonts to let the different voices sing. Infusing them with personality and energy. The interplay between Anansi’s captions against those of Miles works so much from the way they are presented. Bouncing around and flowing smoothly.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #29 is now available from Marvel Comics.