Comics : Daily Bugle #2
Background...
The presence of the Daily Bugle staff has gradually diminished over the years. So it's really refreshing to see a limited series devoted solely to them. This is not a Spider-Man story. It's not even a Peter Parker story as he's barely around. This is story about JJJ, Joe "Robbie" Robertson, Ben Urich, Ken Ellis, Betty Brant and the rest of the staff as they chase the stories of the day on the streets of New York.
In Detail...
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Daily Bugle #2
Jan 1997 : SM Title |
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Staff Only
Issue Review |
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| Articles: Betty Brant, Glory Grant, Jameson, J. Jonah, Robertson, Joe "Robbie" | |||||||||
JJJ is outraged at the proposed front page. The headline is "Spider-Man Fire
Rescue". JJJ thinks Spidey staged it and decides to visit the scene himself and
investigate. One of JJJ's old friends, Niles, runs the company called Williams
Developments that owns the tenement which burned downed. Niles informs him that
three others have been burned recently and mentions a possible suspect, Jake
Carlton, a tenant who's been organizing a campaign against the company. JJJ
meets Carlton at his appartment who claims that tenements owned by Williams
Developments purposely don't conform to basic safety requirements and that they
just wait for the tenements to break down so they can be replaced with office
skyscrapers. He's proven right when a faulty electrical outlet causes the
building to catch fire. There are no extinguishers and JJJ helps evacuate
everybody from the building. JJJ has his front page story but can't use it.
Meanwhile Betty discovers from the police that the deceased mystery man was
Jimmy the co-owner of Food Factory and brother to Tommy Fude. She goes back to
talk with Tommy at Food Factory. He asks her if Jimmy told her anything. She
replies he didn't and was hoping that Tommy could shed some light on the matter.
She returns to her apartment to find it's been ransacked. Then someone from
behind puts a rag over her mouth and she passes out.
In General...
There's some good humor in this issue. This is vintage JJJ and it's great. Brant's plot concludes in the next issue.
Overall Rating... 
4 webs for the entire series. Sure it has no effect on Spider-Man continuity but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. The writing and art are both excellent and mesh perfectly together. The choice to use black and white art is striking and original.
