Rodi's script fits in between the beats of Mighty Avengers. Even as Spidey and his new allies battle Thanos' invasion force, a hipster college girl (complete with Where's Waldo attire) is transformed into a new electrically-charged heroine. Spidey finds himself with a potential new protege, but not if she lets her newfound abilities run away with her first.
It's easy to sense the skeleton of a good story here. Rodi handles Otto's voice well enough, as well as the team dynamic of the Mighty Avengers. But the Infinity half of the issue conflicts with the other half. There's no reason this team-up needs to take place in the midst of Infinity. Fulmina's transformation is completely random and unexplained. I would have rather seen this story condensed to one issue and not burdened with the need to tie into an event that already has more than enough tie-ins. Fulmina needed more character development prior to her transformation.
Del Mundo was an interesting choice of artist, as he's recently distinguished himself not for interior art, but for his striking, artistic cover images on X-Men Legacy. That strong sense of design translate reasonably well to a sequential format. This issue carries a loose, watercolor style with frenetic figures. It's not always well suited for dialogue-driven sequences, but Del Mundo certainly captures the fury and chaos of battle.
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