Superior Foes of Spider-Man #15 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

I have to say, it's a little difficult to find everyone in this series as charming as Spencer wants me to find them when they're burying the poor Shocker alive.  It's not like I expected them to be angels or anything.  As I've said previously, Boomerang did kill Jackplot's husband in front of her in the "Amazing Spider-Man Presents:  Jackpot" mini-series.  But, in the first few issues of this series, the crimes that the team were committing weren't so awful that you couldn't look past them to appreciate the humor.  However, the gap between the tongue-in-cheek vibe that Spencer has used throughout this series and the increasing seriousness of the team's crimes is starting to get too obvious to ignore.  Can betrayal and murder really be funny?  It was one thing when the gang was just trying to steal the Dr. Doom painting or Silvio Silvermane's head, but it's starting to feel like another thing when they're burying people (particularly their own teammate) alive.  Can burying someone alive be funny?  I'm not sure.

** (two of five stars)