While constantly balancing power and responsibility between bouts of superhero melodrama, it's sometimes easy to forget that the continuing adventures of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man can and should be a lot of fun. Featuring a whole host of superstar comic book creators pulling writing and art duties, Marvel Comics' latest oversized one-shot issue focusing on the webslinging hero, Spider-Man: Full Circle #1, remembers that relatively simple concept in a reality-bending adventure that's among the weirdest and wackiest Peter Parker has had in years.

And, while certainly uneven at some points given the nature of the rotating creative teams and the story itself, the special issue largely succeeds in weaving a fun thrill ride for readers -- as long as they don't get too hung up on the minutiae of it all.

The issue sees Spider-Man recruited by Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan for a top-secret mission involving the infiltration of an A.I.M. base to recover an unseen devastating weapon. Spidey quickly discovers he has walked into a trap, resulting in a lengthy capture that leads to Nick and Dugan personally rescuing their wise-cracking recruit. Then things really go off the rails as the action returns to Earth, with nods to surprising members of Spider-Man's supporting cast, monstrous things afoot in the streets of New York City and some genuine, laugh-out loud moments from Fury of all characters.

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Perhaps the most impressive thing about the issue is that despite the presence of seven (!) credited writers, each handling a segment of a single story where the only breaks between creative teams is signaled by a visual change in art teams, the transitions and characterizations across the entire issue come off as largely seamless. This is a not a testament to the cohesiveness of the writing team but to the editorial team sanding down the narrative's rough edges to ensure the story carries the same tone and voice across nearly 90 pages.

The same can largely be said for the various art teams. There are 20 credited pencilers, inkers and color artists all working together on different segments of the issue. Obviously, changes are visibly distinct -- you don't bring in artists of this caliber and expect them to ape each other's styles -- but when the artistic baton is handed off, the breaks come at natural narrative points.

For the most part, the respective visual sensibilities are similar, without compromising consistent characterization or action. The biggest exception is Chris Bachalo's madcap opening that sets the tone and pacing of the entire issue moving forward. Bachalo brings that sense of kinetic action, and a wicked sense of humor, that he's perhaps best known for to the proceedings, and it's distinctly different than the art teams that follow.

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This isn't to say the entire issue is an entirely smooth read. Some of the middle installments run noticeably heavier on the exposition than others, especially in comparison to the bookends, which run much tighter and with more storytelling precision. As the issue nears its conclusion and the true stakes begin to rapidly unfold, the story quickly becomes increasingly convoluted before resolving itself. Interestingly, back matter published with the issue reveals the writers and editor Tom Brevoort were concerned about this when they began plotting the final segment of the story, and this is apparent while reading.

As a grand experiment in bringing top writers and artists together to craft a single, cohesive comic book issue, Spider-Man: Full Circle #1 largely succeeds. The story pushes its eponymous wallcrawler to new heights and makes him as wacky and wonderfully weird as he's ever been before without losing sight of the fun of the character and medium.

The premise and dialogue is some of the funniest and most fun stuff Spidey's gotten to do in years and really gets to the heart of the character at the same time. While not of particularly lasting consequence, Full Circle offers a nice diversion starring Spider-Man and his amazing friends and featuring the creative talents of top shelf creators at the height of their respective powers.

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