About Heroes

Writer: C.B. Cebulski
Artists: David Finch with Danny Miki
“Without A Trace”

Oh Hell Yeah! David Finch working on a Spider-Man story! Plus, Black Cat and Dr. Doom show up. I’m so there! The story picks up with Spidey and the Black Cat swinging over to the Latverian embassary. Cat is twisting and turning in every form, much to Spidey’s (and my) delight. Spider-Man can’t quite figure out why they are breaking into Dr. Doom’s personal quarters, but Cat tells him that he owes her a favor, no questions asked. (See Marvel Knights Spider-Man 10-12) Peter agrees, and the two bust in. They enter Dr. Doom’s bedroom and Felicia makes her way to the wall. Spidey makes a joke about Dr. Doom strolling out in his pajamas, and wishes he had his camera with him to take a picture of himself on Doom’s bed to taunt the Human Torch with.

Our heroes find a hidden elevator and Spider-Man tells the Cat that any minute now flame throwers, laser beams, and killer robots will descend upon them. Sure enough, they open the elevator door and are attacked by those three things. They dispatch the weapons with ease, and then Dr. Doom shows up. Felecia and Peter have to take him down, so they web and punch their way to victory. They discover this is only a Doombot, and Felecia makes her way to the hidden vault. Peter gets mad, thinking she only used him to deal with the security while she steals whatever. Felecia shows him that the item they went after was a spider-tracer. Peter doesn’t know why this is important, and Felecia shines a light on it, showing off a huge fingerprint. Peter’s fingerprint. She tells him that Doom was going to sell this to a scientist who wanted to figure out the identity of the man behind the mask.

Back at Avengers tower, Peter is still amazed. He realizes Felecia put her life on the line for him and his family. MJ comes in (wearing very little) and gets upset when Peter tells his wife that he was out on a mission with Felecia. Before MJ looses, Peter tells her about the spider-tracer and his fingerprint. He tells his wife that Felecia put all of them before her, and realizes she has come a long way as a friend to them over the years. MJ realizes this and tells Peter to “put his fingerprints were no one else will find them.”

Thoughts/Comments:
Whew, need to cool off after reading this. David Finch can draw some of the most beautiful women ever. Please, Please, Please give him a monthly Spider-Title after his Moon Knight run. His Spider-Man was great and so was his Dr. Doom. But wow, the Black Cat was just smoking hot in this story. A great story, great character growth and development, great action, makes this highly recommended. The most fun Spidey one shot story I’ve read in awhile. Plus, did I mention how hot his BlackCat and MJ are? B+Go pick this up, you’ll be very glad you did!