A future Peter Parker is talking into a recorder and remembering the events that led up to Valentine's Day that he had with Gwen Stacy back when he was in college and had just met both her and Mary Jane Watson and his world changed. While fighting the Green Goblin an explosion causes Norman Osbourne to forget that he is the Green Goblin and that Peter Parker is Spider-Man so Spider-Man burns his costume and rescues him from the burning building to deliver him to the waiting fire department hoping he did the right thing in saving his life.
Peter goes to the Daily Bugle with pictures declaring that the Green Goblin is dead. Now J. Johah Jameson wants pictures of Norman Osbourne for the paper so Peter goes to the hospital and soon becomes friends with his son Harry which is where he meets Gwen Stacy. When classes start up Peter has a lab with Gwen and Flash who is determined to keep Peter down, while Gwen tries to flirt with him and makes a study date with him and the gang that he winds up bringing Mary Jane to, whom he has just met, and then leaves with her on his new motorcycle.
Meanwhile, the Rhino has escaped custody and Peter will need help from Dr. Connors, aka the Lizzard to figure out how to get past his tough hide. Unfortunately, the materials that Dr. Connor must work with to help defeat the Rhino cause him to become the Lizzard just when his family is coming up from Florida for a visit so Spidey must try to turn the Lizzard back into Dr. Connor. But these aren't the only creatures Spider-Man will face nor is this all a coincidence.
Gwen and Mary Jane spend time going after Peter full force and for once Peter has the trouble of too many women. But the girl he seems to really want to be with is Gwen Stacy, however, Mary Jane does seem to be a very pretty distraction. This comic is called Blue for a reason. Some of the pages are colored in Blue and his memories of this Valentine's Day make him blue. This is an excellent comic in tone and content and characters. Loeb and Sales are excellent writers and are known for writing the Batman comic The Long Halloween, Batman Hush comic (Loeb alone), the Daredevil Yellow comic, the Hulk Gray Comic, and the Captain America White comic. Loeb also wrote the movie Teen Wolf, the TV show The Ultimate Spiderman, Smallville, Heroes, and Gotham. He also executive produced such TV shows as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Legion, Cloak and Dager, and The Gifted. The smart-ass humor is there but so is the dark emotionality of someone who misses a girl he loves, perhaps his first love. This is a must-read for all Spider-Man fans and I strongly recommend it for those who just love comics. I give it five out of five stars.
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