David Baldeón welcomes Jay Fosgitt into the panels in Web Warriors #10 for an assist in this penultimate issue of Web Warriors. As Octavia Otto leads a battalion of Spider-Folk to try to retrieve the long-lost (really, only a couple issues displaced) members of the core team of webslingers in Web Warriors #10, writer Mike Costa provides lots of variation for the artistic duo to draw, giving readers another visually fun comic in this series.

Unfortunately, the tag out between Baldeón and Fosgitt doesn’t occur at the smoothest spot. Yes, it does happen as scenes shift, but Fosgitt’s much more cartoony style comes into play on Earth-803, the pseudo-Victorian world of Lady Spider. He sticks around for Earth-138 and Earth-90214, but Baldeón returns mid-scene for the visit to Spider-Man Noir’s home. Fosgitt’s work isn’t bad, in fact, it’s quite good, but his style is as far a shift from Baldeón as Baldeón is from, say, George Pérez. All three of those artists are capable of solid storytelling and wonderful character moments, but transitioning between those three needs to be intelligently managed, which is only partially accomplished in Web Warriors #10. For starters, George Pérez isn’t around, but the shift back from Fosgitt to Baldeón is slightly jarring. Luckily a scene change follows closely behind, packed with action that rolls through to the end of the issue.

Fosgitt is best matched to Spider-Ham, but the other characters are charming and fun in his panels. Baldeón, as he has done all series, adds more “Wow! Check out that character!” moments to Web Warriors #10, as Octavia brings along an assortment of never-before-scene and fairly familiar characters to this issue. Visually, the issue is fun, even with some artistic hiccups. The inking duo of Walden Wong and John Dell keep Baldeón’s work bold and sharp, and the coloring pair of Matt Yackey and Andrew Crossley do a fine job of keeping the palette crisp and bright throughout, regardless of the drawings underneath.

The story itself is a bouncy sample of what Web Warriors has been about the whole way along. Costa works in some humor, some suspense, some action and heroics, all with a wide array of delivery from a fun assortment of characters. Web Warriors #10 feels like a chapter in an epic tale, and, judging by the scope of multiple worlds swept up in the tale, that is exactly what it is. Light on continuity, but lush on personality, this comic, like the series itself, gives readers a nice sample of what a multiverse can provide, especially in the pursuit of fun storytelling.

In the absence of proper team-up books, sometimes a multiverse-spanning adventure scratches the itch. Web Warriors #10 balances nicely between a team-up tale and a team adventure, it’s just a darn shame that it’s the beginning of the end of this series. Costa and crew appear to be doing a solid job of trimming all of the dangling plot threads, but they’re not done yet. There’s still another issue to go, and, hopefully, Costa and Baldeón will bring us some more surprises and smiles. I truly suspect they will.