Clark and Lois' bachelor and bachelorette takes a turn for the worse when the couple plus their respective parties (Chloe, Tess, Oliver, and Emil) drink enchanted champagne sent by Zatanna. Then, Clark wakes up with a lemur, Chloe, and a whole bunch of questions. The two find the limo they took and start to get a lead on clues to finding out what happened that night. After Clark superspeeds into a wall, he goes and finds Emil, dressed as Elvis, and Tess singing on stage. Emil is arrested for allegedly stealing an armored car and Clark then realizes that he might have stole it. Lois and Oliver then wake up on some railroad tracks and Lois discovers that her wedding ring is missing. After Clark discovers that he did steal the armored car, Lois finds a clue to where her engagement ring might be in her bra: a chip from the Metropolis Fortune Casino. Back at Watchtower, Chloe discovers that Emil never was booked and that leads Clark to believe that Emil wasn't really arrested by real cops. Lois and Ollie arrive at the casino and discover that Lois bet her ring and that the ring winner, the guy who is leading the torture session against Emil, cheated his way into getting it. Ollie and Lois end up getting tied up backstage and, after freeing themselves, find show girl costumes and decide to use the costumes to escape and get Lois's ring back. They take the stage just as Clark and Chloe enter the casino, looking for Emil. As Clark takes off, Chloe notices Lois and Oliver when they start to perform. Amos Fortune, the owner and owner of Lois's ring, notices Chloe and orders his men to attack her. This causes Oliver and Lois to take action. Oliver, in drag, and Chloe take down Fortune's men while Lois scampers across the ground to get her ring back. In the end, Clark saves Emil, Lois gets her ring back, and Chlollie beat Fortune's men. After, Clark and Chloe talk in the barn loft and Chloe tells Clark that she is leaving again, as she got a job at a Star City newspaper. Chloe also let slip about "a billionaire with high tech toys and a wondrous woman". Later, the gang find and watch the infamous tape and realize all their shenanigans, including Tess and Emil in a steamy situation. The episode ends with Oliver showing Chloe that they got "married" and they agree to go to Star City together.
I did not really enjoy this episode. There were parts that made me laugh and that I liked, but for the most part I thought it was a waste of an episode. There was barely any superhero-ing in this episode and it just gave that cheesy feeling. I did like the Batman and Wonder Woman references and I must say, Cassidy Freeman looked amazing at the end of the episode. It was kinda weird seeing Tess and Emil hook up like that but it's nice to see Emil let loose and to see Tess actually laughing and having a good time for once. I'm going to give this episode a 7 out of 10, and that's being generous.
As promised, I'm going more in depth in my review of Amazing Spider-Man #655. It starts off silent, with Jonah and Pete both getting ready for the funeral of Marla Jameson. With Jonah's friends and family all there, Pete can't feel anything but guilt. After the funeral, Pete lays in his room, unable to sleep, but eventually falls into a trippy dream. Pete sees Uncle Ben, his faceless parents, and the burglar and they all get onto a plane, preparing to take off. Aunt May tries to get on but Pete stops her. May then changes into Marla, who tells Pete that if she was a supervillian, she would be back as villians always come back. We then go to a trippy yet astounding double page spread with Pete seeing everyone who has died since he became Spider-Man. Pete eventually spots Gwen Stacy and chases her, eventually meeting Charlie, Wolverine's friend that Pete killed. Pete lements that he never meant to kill her but the Green Goblin shows up with Gwen. Pete swears to kill Gobby but Gwen tells him that he couldn't, not even for her. Then, a bunch of villains, including Goblin and Mysterio, saying that they keep coming back because Spider-Man never killed them. The villains are then gunned down by the likes of Scourge, Punisher, and Wolverine, saying that killing villains is the only way to make sure they don't come back. Even heroes like Captain America and Sentry tell Pete that sometimes killing is the only thing to do. Pete then sees the Burglar again and procedes to beating him to death. The Burglar then morphs into Uncle Ben and then Marla, in front of everyone who has died, asks Peter what he will do now? The next morning, Pete swings around the city and declares that as long as he is on the scene, no one will die. Unfortunately, someone already has during the stand off between Captain Watanabe and Massacre.
As I've stated before, this is and probably will be, one of my favorite issues I will ever read. The writing was amazing (excuse the pun) and everything flowed together perfectly. However, as much as I liked the writing, the section that was silent seemed to be the most moving. All you have for those pages is Marcos Martin artwork to tell you the story. Speaking of Marcos, the art in this issue was better than awesome. I know that some people don't like Marcos for whatever reason, but I am not one of those people. Marcos's art is both old school yet modern at the same time. His double page spread of Pete chasing Gwen was astounding, along with his Spider-Man/Burglar spiral scene to start off the dream sequence.
This issue was way to good to be rated. There is no possible way I could even rate something of this caliber. Let's just say that if you haven't read this issue, you are missing out on a modern day masterpiece. Too bad there is a three week wait until the next issue. :(
More reviews and news later in the week.
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