Spider-Man 1602 #2 (Of 5)

Neil Gaiman started it: an alternate Marvel universe from another timeline where beloved characters are reimagined in different settings, with new versions of their costumes and maybe giving them some old-time speech patterns. Given that limitation, writer Jeff Parker actually makes this issue enjoyable, with Peter Parquagh, known as the Spider due to the powers he gained from a spider bite (presumably not one dosed with radiation or genetically engineered), making a voyage across the Atlantic (on the May Flower!), accompanying the criminal Norman Osborne to England for trial (for killing Peter's girlfriend Virginia Dare, the 1602 version of Gwen Stacey). Jeff Parker shows how he can work underneath all the 17th century constraints and Ramon Rosana's artwork makes everything comes to life.

On the high seas Peter learns the ropes aboard a sailing vessel, and the superstitious crew learn that their new powder monkey is no ordinary sailor. The real danger at sea comes when the Jolly Roger is hoist from the approaching ship of Captain Fiske, feared around Europe as The King's Pin! By: Jeff Parker, Ramon Rosanas, Michael Golden --

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