Book Review: Araña Vol. 2: In The Beginning

Araña Vol. 2: In The Beginning by Fiona Kai Avery

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


After the mini-series that set up the premise of the book Araña's own series proper kicks off in this book. Having thwarted the plans of the Sisterhood of the Wasp in the Amazing Fantasy series, Anya Corozon has to thwart the Sisterhood's interim plans with the help of the Spider Society's mage Miguel. However, when Miguel is seriously wounded, she finds herself alone having to deal with an Egyptian teenage assassin brought in by the Sisterhood of the Wasp.

This is an odd book. It's set in the Marvel Universe, but you would barely know it. The only clue is a Spider-man cameo. Other than that, we're not dealing with existing Marvel villains and there's no reference to other heroes. This is practically a teen indy book and for that, it's not bad.

Anya is a likable character and she's got a decent enough if not well-developed supporting cast. The story is good. It takes up the entire six issues which gives it a chance to breathe. I do like the confrontation that happens in Issue 5 where she has to (for once) use her powers outside of the long Spider-Wasp war. The way the book turns in the last couple issues is interesting.

The Spider-man cameo may be the oddest part of the book as it's not given any set-up and little explanation. Still, this book works. It maintained my interesting and left me ready for the third volume.



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