I've never been much of a Spider-Man reader, outside of a few crossover titles, but the concept of The Gauntlet really interested me. After just finishing the second book in the series, that interest has not waned.
This is a collection of three stories. The first deals with the Rhino and is my favorite of the bunch. It has heart and strong characters. The second features Mysterio and gets a little busy and confusing very quickly. The plot comes together, but I found the story to be all glamour and no depths or guts. Mysterio is pretty much the dime store conman version of Loki. Finally, the last issue in this collection deals with Mr. Negative, and for what it was, was not bad. All of the stories are left a bit open ended, but since the Gauntlet is far from over, I'm ok with that.