Spider-Geddon

This collection is something of a mix. The individual stories are good, but they're all segments of something larger, most of which isn't included here, making the end result rather disappointing. The main story is a side trip within a larger storyline, in which Gwen explores yet another parallel universe - one where her local counterpart is a supervillain. There are a number of twists on the characters here, as usual in these alternate reality stories and it's a decent cutaway from the main plot, but hard to see as any more than that. It's followed by a one-episode piece reflecting on loss, which makes even less sense out of its context. And then, for some peculiar reason, there's a repeat of the first section of the longer story, with a different artist. It's a bit like the alternate covers that always round out these collections, but lasting several pages... I'm not clear what the point was, to be honest.