Not sure if Dan Slott would be laughing…..

I have a confession to make: I haven’t read the “One More Day” or “Brand New Day” arcs. I came back to this series on the “New Ways To Die” arc. I have recently invested in buying all the TPB’s of MJS’s run to catch up and see what all the hoopala surrounding the BND change.

That being said, just coming clean to this series, I find the supporting cast to be horrendous. Every time one of them opens their mouth the comic flat-lines. I think they all need to be reworked and weeded out to make their roles more conducive to the stories.

As far as your comment about McKone’s art–I didn’t feel it was enough to salvage it from the pits. For me, art alone never saves a comic.

Regarding the secret identity thing, I hate it when it is done cheaply in all comics with any hero. It grinds me more with Spider-Man because Peter is supposed to be a genius and the switching of identities makes for a cool oppurtunity to show off his wits. I detested the lame excuses in the 90′s when I read this book habitually, so my critique is not localized to BND.

I can tell that you are passionate/defensive about this series. Right on! I hope you’ll continue to read our site and share your opinion.

“It’s becoming a rule of thumb that any issue that involves the new supporting cast warrants grabbing any other comic off the rack.”

Nice try. This might sound like a bad Jeff Foxworthy joke but…

If you have a ‘rule of thumb’ to skip issues with the ‘new supporting cast’, you may be a ‘Brand New Day hater.’

If you give an ‘F-’ to a book and don’t even give it points for its good Mike McKone art, you may be a ‘Brand New Day hater.’

If you say Spidey ‘brain trust’ with snark, you may be a ‘Brand New Day hater.’

But the most obvious sign?

If you complain about people not being able to figure out Spider-Man’s secret identity, even when the clues are right in front of them, even though it’s happened in the new book multiple times, they’ve alluded to it being part of a bigger mystery, AND they’ve drawn attention to it every time it’s happened… you are obviously a ‘Brand New Day hater.’

Well done, sir.