Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 6: Venom

Ultimate Spider-Man (Collected Editions)

by Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Mark Bagley (Illustrator)

After reuniting with his childhood friend Eddie Brock, Peter Parker discovers a terrible secret about their fathers' past a secret which quickly results in a confrontation with Venom, Spider-Man's evil, dark twin.

Collecting: Ultimate Spider-Man 33-39

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Spider Man, Comic Book, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was actually pretty good!

It starts with Peter reminiscing about his father and hen coming across old video tapes and then meeting Eddie to give him the tape and all leading to him showing Pete V-252 sample and its fun the way its done, the familiar venom story but when the suit does something bad or sinister and the similar things happen and the way the birth of Venom happens is just wow. Eddie becomes the new Venom and well his enmity with Spider-man is so well chronicled here.

Its an epic volume with familiar twists but one of the best origins ever for the villain. I like the way Fury teaches Peter a few things and then friend vs foe happens and its so good plus MJ and Gwen and Pete and the drama ahh! Amazing must read volume!

[Garrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've only liked Venom a few times. I liked him a lot in the 90s Spider-man cartoons, and in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game. This is probably my favorite version of Venom in the comics and I like the different origin for the ultimate universe.

[James DeSantis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peter visits his old friend Eddie Brock from when they were kids to talk about their parents who worked together...what Peter finds is something far darker.

I remember when I was younger I didn't love this arc because I felt the black suit was wrapped up soooo quick. But reading it now, I actually liked the new take. Peter linking Eddie Brock to childhood is a neat idea. I also really enjoyed the parents stuff and felt it was a great idea to show one of the major reasons Peter is so smart. I also loved all the stuff with Peter and MJ and it felt so real after a breakup.

The thing this series does really well is combined great characterization with fun action and fun plots. Bendis obviously loved Spider-man growing up and got to tell his vision and it is one of the best Spider-man runs ever if not THE best.

This is great! A 4.5 out of 5.

[Lindsey.parks · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is no way Eddie and Gwen would ever be that excited about reggae.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars. I liked the scenes between Nick Fury and Peter and the continuation of the problem between Mary and Peter. I liked the guilt factor. But the carnivorous psycho suit known as Venom was disgusting and too weird; and not a lot really happened, since clearly we haven't seen the last of Eddie.

[Nicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was the first volume of Ultimate Spider-man that didn't really resolve at all in a single TPB -- at least monster-wise. I read spoilers for this one, so I can't really say that any of it surprised me, but I'm looking forward to seeing this storyline develop. I assume the stuff with Gwen Stacy's going somewhere, too, which should be fun.

[Stormy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So this Comics starts just where the last one ended obviously about Spider-Man's identity being took by someone else and then that person killing a cop who's Gwen's father when now has nowhere to go apart from to her Aunt in Minnesota but she doesn't even know her so and may decide to ask her to stay with them MJ is not too happy about this and her and Peter break up in this volume we also get to meet venom for the first time and the stories just felt Peter thinking the whole world hates him and him really missing his parents and his uncle so yeah yeah we see how Spider-Man deals with Venom and it just was a really good volume can't wait to get into volume seven

[Chris Borror · Rating 5 out of 5]

This 168 page volume contains issues 33-39 of Ultimate Spider-Man and is the Venom story arc. The Ultimate Universe version of Eddie Brock and Venom is a unique take on the black suit saga and it’s fun if you go into it expecting an alternate universe story. That’s kind of the point isn’t it?
I highly recommend this volume!

[Youssef · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Doctorjimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

Δίαβασε όλο το review εδώ

Το κύριο πρόβλημα με το Venom είναι απλό: για πρώτη φορά στα χρονικά, ο Bendis βιάζεται. Πολύ. Που πήγε ο αργός και μεθοδικός ρυθμός των ιστοριών του μέχρι τώρα; Μιλάμε για τον άνθρωπο που έκανε 7 τεύχη να πει το origin του Spidey (το οποίο ήταν μόλις 10 και κάτι σελίδες), αλλά για κάποιο λόγο θεωρεί πως το arc με το symbiote (το οποίο κράτησε έναν χρόνο και με δεκάδες τεύχη) μπορεί να ειπωθεί σε 7 τεύχη. Εδώ, ο Pete φοράει τη στολή για 1 μόλις τεύχος πριν την ξεφορτωθεί! Πού είναι η σταδιακή αλλαγή της συμπεριφοράς του; Και πέρα από αυτό, η βιαστική φύση του arc εμποδίζει τόσο τον Eddie να αναπτυχθεί επαρκώς, όσο και την αυξανόμενη κόντρα τους σχετικά με το τί πρέπει να κάνουν με την στολή να φανεί φυσική. “Δεν συμφωνείς μαζί μου, αρά τώρα θα γίνω ένα αιμοδιψές τέρας”. Τί; Όλα τα βασικά σημεία της ιστορίας είναι διεκπεραιωτικά και χωρίς αντίκτυπο: είναι λες και ήθελαν να ξεμπερδέψουν με την όλη φάση.

[Meredith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I have a wee crush on the Bendis Spider-Man series. I've really enjoyed his interpretation of the character and he does an excellent job of showing the reader the story rather than simply telling it.

I like that Peter Parker is an extremely introspective character with easily recognizable personality quirks. Parker is written in such a way that any reader should be able to identify and sympathize with him, which means that it's easy to either imagine oneself into his shoes (or unitard) or think of him as a best friend.

While this series is a little dated at this point (both the artistic style and story details like pop-culture references and technology are very reminiscent of the late 90s) it's not distracting or off-putting in such a way that detracts from the plot. I think this could easily stand the test of time for another ten years before it starts to feel "old hat."

[Jedhua · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book Info: This collection contains Ultimate Spider-Man issues #33-39.


ABSOLUTE RATING: {2.5+/5 stars}

STANDARDIZED RATING: <3/5 stars>



Peter is in the process of coming to terms with his recent break-up with Mary Jane. One day, and quite by accident, Peter discovers an old video tape holding footage of a family picnic with his Aunt and Uncle, both his parents, and a childhood friend named Eddie Brock. Eager to investigate a forgotten link to his past, Peter reaches out to Eddie – now a college-aged bioengineering major – and he informs Peter that both their fathers were working on a top-secret science project before they died. Evidently, the two were on the brink of discovering the cure to cancer. Eddie shows Peter a sample of their miracle drug, which turns out to be a vial of a black protoplasmic liquid. Growing increasingly impatient to continue his father's work, Peter breaks into the lab where the sample is kept, and accidentally gets some of it on his skin. Suddenly, the liquid comes alive, and envelops his entire body!

I think the main flaw of the story was that it directed far too much focus on the details of the lives and the project the two fathers were working on. Beyond what I've told you already, literally all you need to know is that they were cheated out of their invention by another company looking to weaponize it, and that the two men died before they could complete the formula and prove ownership of it. All that information is spread over the span of the first two issues, when it could easily have been covered in one. And the science talk and philosophy Bendis included as filler only made matters worse. Honestly, Bendis is no Warren Ellis; few writers I know of could have gotten away with that kind of approach, and he should have just stuck with what has worked so far.

Another problem was that this book failed to make Peter's quest for closure feel meaningful. Up until this point, the deaths of his parents did not seem to be very important, especially compared to the strain Uncle Ben's death has put on Peter and his relationship with Aunt May. But now, since Mary Jane suddenly wants to spring all her personal issues on Peter and break up with him with little prior lead-up, I guess Peter feels he needs a little something to take his mind off things. I suppose this does make a kind of a sense, but because Bendis has had so much else going on throughout the story, there wasn't nearly enough of an opportunity to build up to this split. So maybe it could have been more engaging if it wasn't surrounded by so much other crap, but unfortunately, I think the romantic melodrama is really starting to bore me.


[Okay. So Peter misses his parents. I get that. But I'm not Peter; I have no previous memory of them, so there's no history of attachment. Since the writer doesn't do a good enough job facilitating one in the midst of everything else that's going on, a full arc devoted to this may not have been best (given the circumstances).]

And as for Eddie, there wasn't much here to make me connect with him as a character. Before meeting up with him again, Peter admits to his Aunt May that he doesn't even remember the guy very well. And when he does meet him, there is so little they share in common beyond the deaths of their parents and their interest in science, that it's not even funny. For this reason, the "friendship" never seemed to take off, and the eventual confrontation between the two lacked emotional impact. Worse yet, Bendis makes the exact same mistake with Venom that he made with the Green Goblin in volume four; they feel like the exact same character, only Venom's dumber and they wear a different exterior. It's sinfully redundant, and executed even more poorly this time around. (See postscript for more on the Venom/Green Goblin comparison.)



[Tell me honestly: does this sound like a guy you'd like to be friends with?]

Venom is probably the worst volume of USM thus far. The first two issues seemed to drag on forever, and the setup nearly drove me out of my mind! It became noticeably less dull by the third issue, but fell flat given that the beginning did nothing to solidify my investment in the conflict. Considering the fact that Venom is probably one of the top three members in Spider-Man's lengthy rogues gallery, he proves to be more bark than bite, and is neutralized extremely quickly. I can only hope that if Venom makes a later appearance, it's a far more memorable one than this.

Postscript:


Look at how hard Bendis tries to artificially create a bond between Peter and Eddie:





Take particular note of the loving smiles Peter silently shoots back at Eddie in both pics. Unless you've personally experienced a similar reunion, I would think it takes just a little too much effort to ignore how awkward and forced this feels. Just like with the parents, I wasn't in a position to fully appreciate Peter's unconditional friendship.

Here's a snippet from volume four showing Osborn's hallucinatory perception of the world:



Here's a picture of Eddie's transformation:



See the similarity? They both got mixed-up thoughts and an irrational obsession with Peter. It's certainly possible that the character will return with more distinguishing characteristics, and a more sophisticated personality, but the Venom of this book was nothing more than a mindless monster – much like Osborn was in the first volume.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Venom (33-39). Moving past Osborne and Ock it's intriguing to have another major Spider-Man story element that's also being related back to Peter's own history. This time it's Eddie Brock and Venom, who have relations to Peter's lost parents. Great setup, great follow-through, and some more interesting character moments. Unfortunately, the arc is brought down somewhat by some boring fights with the Venom suit and then with Venom himself: fights that just don't have much depth to them [4/5].

[Jibug · Rating 3 out of 5]

This venom arc is okay. I didn’t get an emotional draw from the situation partly cause Eddie Brock isn’t portrayed as a sympathetic character. But, Peter on the other hand is tormented by the situation finding it his responsibility for what happened to Eddie. When Peter finds himself in the suit and sees uncle Ben in the face of a stranger who shot a man with a child by the body, I was detached from it. I was given a scene thrown in like passing landscape with no time to process it. It was jarringly unemotional for me. I think it’s partly cause I knew the writer was using this as a means for Peter to chase revenge and face the pointlessness of it all. It took me out of the story completely. Also, we didn’t get to pause to see Peter spend a longer time in the suit so the struggle he goes through spans across a few pages and we see this as an observer looking at the physical pain of him wriggling away from the suit. So in that way I also felt emotionally detached. But, the scene that got me wasn’t the fleeting chaos, but the quiet scenes with the tape of Peter’s father running in the background talking about his dreams to help others, the cruelty of the world now inherited by his son, and how at the end of the day all he really cares about is watching Peter grow up. This is what inheritance looks like. The compassion passed down to generations. This scene alone is why I’m still reading this run.

[nella ౨ৎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

"but i tell you, no matter how crappy things got with this whole mess, i found myself not really caring all that much. because at the end of the day, bottom line, no matter how bad my day is- i get to come home and see you. i get to watch you grow up. so how bad could my day be? and i can't wait to see how you turned out." EXCUSE ME WHILE I UGLY CRY HELLO??? 😭😭 (3.75 ⭐)

[Iva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Злитий класичний суперник! (вперше, але не востанняє, неїай клони і виправлять симбіота) Але гарний приклад того, як Венома можна ввести до світу без космічної дурні (бо ж "Таємні Війни", який би внесок у кросоверність усього з усім вони не внесли в якості першої адекватної глобалки, є маячнею)

[Shane Stanis · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Ultimate Year #6

Read for Venom! It’s a good version of the Venom story with some great battle scenes.

CW: like all the Ultimate comics,this suffers from unnecessary homophobia, slut shaming (tho at least Gwen has some things to say), fat phobia and ableism.

[Mysticpt · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Charly Troff (JustaReadingMama) · Rating 5 out of 5]

The further I get into this series, the more I like it. I'm really loving the intrigue behind his dad's experiment and death and Peter's character arc.

[Wing Kee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well that was intense!

Wow this is a Spidey arc firing on all cylinders, it's intense, it's emotional, it's character driven.

World: Not gonna comment on the art it's the same as the other arcs. The world building here on the other hand is amazing. It's dense, steeped in history and emotions and character development. It's just a great introduction to the Ultimate Universe's version of Eddie and Venom it's great.

Story: The pacing was spectacular. The writing, the dialog and the characters were firing on all cylinders. This is what peak Bendis is, it's emotional and relatable. The story of the Venom project is tragic and heart felt cause Bendis spent so much time paving the way for the payoff. The start is a slow brew until all hell breaks loose. There is so much to say, but just read it.

Characters: Peter goes through a lot of shit this arc. Last arc was pretty trying but man this is just another level. It gives him so much depth and development that it's an absolute delight to read. Eddie is also great, real and human and nuanced. Then there's Gwen and MJ...the list goes on. This is peak Bendis.

An absolutely wonderful arc and a perfect representation of a great Spidey tale!

Onward to the next book!

[Ryan McNie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I said I'd stop writing reviews on these but this was anazing!
And i think the main reason for that is the nature of the villain. Venom.
This isn't some guy who went mad and decided to direct it at Spidey. This isn't some goon that happened to be doing some criminal stuff and got intercepted.
This villain was a friend. A friend from way back in Peter's life, a friend that has a connection to his parents. A friend who's actions are prompted as a direct consequence to Peter's own. And as a result it feels different. It feels personal both because of the friendship and because Peter is inarguably at least partially responsible. As such Venom as a villain shines and the whole situation carries a heavy weight.

At the same time Peter's home life also provided an interesting story as he struggles to come to terms with his recent break up. The whole thing was just non stop.

The relationship between the characters, the themes being explored of morality and corruption, the humour, dialogue, action. All incredible. This issue has been the best by far.

[Amory · Rating 5 out of 5]

2021 review:
4.5 stars!
I did really enjoy seeing Peter's dad's background being explored, especially with how he was one of the first to pursue the kind of genetics tampering science that has caused so many tragedies in Peter's life. I still love the art style, and liked that Peter and MJ stayed broken up but Peter didn't try to pursue Gwen. Eddie only being mentioned for the first time in the volume where he maybe dies could have been done better.

2025 review:
Peter Parker being 15 years old and realizing his parents and a plane full of people were killed because his dad was close to curing cancer is absolutely insane for his sophomore self to be dealing with while also going through his first breakup and once again getting shot. Truly, no matter what I’m dealing with in 2025, Peter Parker is somehow having a worse day than I am, so there’s that.

[Jamieson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collecting Ultimate Spider-Man 33-39, this introduces Venom and Eddie Brock. In this universe, Eddie and Peter's fathers were partners who died in the same plane crash. Their last project was a skin suit that was intended to be a cure for cancer. Peter starts to experiment on the goo and in the process, becomes the black spider-man. He fights it off when he realizes the danger and tries to destroy it in secret. Unfortunately Eddie catches him.

So, I'm reading these through my local library and have missed Volume 5, so I'm not sure what I've missed. Dr. Curt Conners makes an appearance here, and it seems like Spidey's already fought the Lizard. Anyway, it's a good story, and a monlogue from Peter's father towards the end helps make this an emotional point on Peter's journey. As always, the art is great and works well with the story.

[Adam Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bendis's reimagining of Spider-Man's mythology continues to be a blast. His version of Venom's origin, and Eddie Brock's relation to Peter Parker is way more fun and believable than the cosmic origin / just some criminal story from the main universe.

Of course there are a ton of overly coincidental character connections, but it feels in the spirit of Stan Lee, rather than in service of forced plotting.

Bendis's run is consistently the best part of The Ultimate Universe. I've considered giving up the rest of the series, and just finishing this up.

[Graham Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Read as a kid, review from 2024)

I read this early in my Marvel fandom days and was in desperate need for more Ultimate Spider-Man and Venom stories. As far as differentiating this Venom from the main universe's I did think it was a cool change to tie it in with Peter's family background instead of being an alien symbiote (perhaps they would have done something similar in one of the Spider-Man movie universes if they ever wanted to drop the alien angle).

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yes, maybe the new twist on venom is interesting, and it sure ties everything together when Peter and Eddie were childhood friends and their dads created the venom suit, but I just couldn't get into this storyline like I have others. Not enough time with spidey in the black suit, venom might be a little overdone.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

great, great book...

[Hafeji A.D · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a story!

[Jack Herbert Christal Gattanella · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Ugh. how many friends do I have to lose in this superhero crap? Harry, MJ, now this. And he's so *angry* at me that he would *kill* me? Is he really like that? Or is it the suit! did the suit just totally drive him insane? Is that the deal?

oh man. Here we go."

Patton Oswalt said on a Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode, when asked/pressed who his favorite superhero is, tgmhat it was Spider-Man but with a distinction: "I live Spider-Man... as I get older." The idea being you look at Peter Parker and everything that comes with him a certain way as a kid or adolescent, but once your an adult - even staring down the barrel of middle age - the lessons of teenage f*ckuppery and responsibility and everything that goes with being 15 or 16 and having the powers of a multi-pronged insect with webbing (shooter extra S&H) gain a new resonance. You're not in the position of that time, you are looking back... but maybe a part of you never loses having to be responsible for others or oneself, but mostly for others. What all this is leading up to is that volume 6 kicked my mind's ass up the block. This is awesome melodrama with more deep consequences.

In other words, the last issue of this seven-story arc, which is presented with excellent, propulsive but taking-the-perfect-time set up and payoff by Bendis, is when Parker exclaims, with dead seriousness to Nick Fury, he doesn't want these powers any more. As a kid one might question this one way... as an adult, you can't blame him. not for a second.

This is the arc that also has made me realize what Venom is all about and why Eddie Brock matters so heavily in this universe. I should preface this by saying that I haven't read the original Venom series when he was introduced in the Spider-man (proper) comics. I know the gist of course, but the Ultimate series is really my first big dive into Spider-Man outside of reading the original Lee/Ditko run. Bendis therefore has one job to do: get me to see why Brock is such a significant character via the black goo that turns Parker bad. And while I'm still one of those rare defenders of Spiderman 3 (the movie) to boot (I have my reasons, don't come at me too hard please), seeing this makes me see why it's so important to set up and dig into who Parker and Brock were to each other,.... actually, their dads. Parker comes to Eddie not knowing who he really is all about.

Who is Eddie? A not too secret typical male-toxic masculine asshole, who hits on Gwen Stacy and, we're told, many others inappropriately, and despite the token nugget he gives to Peter about relationships that 5 years from now you won't remember such-and-such girl's name, he still can't quite let go of what happened to his father. one wants to try to have empathy for Eddie Brock, and he makes it so very difficult. Yet despite that, the lesson here is that if Peter Parker can still do it, can we too? probably not.

But Bendis is so confident in his storytelling so assured that he can pull off the pages of information that have to be given, or the pages of Parker's father talking to Peter from the dead on TV, that the mind boggles. Not everything so far in the Ultimate Spider-Man series is perfect, but it is Grand entertainment in the medium because the Creator loves his subject, but is finding new ways to write about him and question the material while still making compelling teenage melodrama and action pages that impress without irony.

[Krzysztof Grabowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Każda miłość ma jakieś granice i w pewnym momencie przestaje być ślepa, (niektórzy nazywają to małżeństwem) przez co zauważamy coś czego wcześniej nie widzieliśmy lub nie chcieliśmy widzieć do czegoś/kogoś kogo uwielbiamy. Przygody Pajęczaka nadal emocjonują, zwłaszcza że po ostatnich wydarzeniach Mary Jane rzuciła Petera i ten przechodzi załamanie nerwowe, szukając ukojenia w starych gratach należących do jego taty, a które były ukryte w piwnicy i czekały na odpowiedni moment. W taki sposób Peter natrafia na dane chłopaka, który był synem współpracownika i przyjaciela ojca Petera.

Eddie Brock, bo tak ma na imię, to postać zastanawiająca. Nieco starszy od Parkera, bo chodzi już na studia, z jednej strony wydaje się być tak samo zagubiony w życiu jak Pete, ale już z drugiej wyglądał mi na jakiegoś dziwaka, z zapędami do przemocy. I tu wkradła się cała masa błędów, które raziły mnie na tyle mocno, że uczyniły mi całą historię niewiarygodną (o ile historia komiksowa może takowa być). No bo jak wytłumaczyć luki w pamięci Petera, który nie pamiętał kolegi, będąc w chwili pewnego pikniku już w takim wieku? Man in Black? Jakieś uderzenie w główkę? Nie? Bendis nie przemyślał takiego zabiegu. Dalej jest jeszcze gorzej, bo to jaką osobą może być Eddie sygnalizuje kilka rzeczy, zwłaszcza rozmowa z Gwen, a mimo to Peter daje się "zrobić" w balona.

I Venom. Ciekawa geneza "kostiumu", który adaptuje się do nosiciela i pomaga mu w zwalczaniu raka oraz podnosi zdolności bojowe. Przecież to oczywiste, że każda firma chciała by położyć na tym łapy. Ich rodzice tego nie przewidzieli, nie testowali tego, skoro użyli do badań krwi ojca Petera? Nie wiedzieli, że zamiast "kostiumu" wytworzyli pasożyta, który pochłania dawcę? I najgorszy fakt. Venoma tu prawie nie ma, a sposób w jaki sobie z nim poradził Pete sprawił, że z moich ust wyszło słówko: Meh. Naprawdę. Venom to samograj. Bendis nie wykorzystał tej szansy.

To nie jest zły komiks. Czyta się go piorunem. Relację między Parkerem z Fury'm uważam za strzał w dziesiątkę, która wreszcie rzuca trochę światła na to o co szefowi SHIELD chodziło. Emocjonuje się też rozwojem relacji Gwen-Pete. Sądzę, że to mogłaby być ciekawa para i skoro Mary położyła na nim krzyżyk, to chłopak powinien spojrzeć prawdzie w oczy i zacząć coś na nowo. Tym bardziej, że Stacy jest o niebo bardziej interesującą kobietą, niż "męczybuła" Watson...

Na plus zaliczam też historię z zeszytu 1/2, gdzie wprowadzono Dannego Randa, czyli Iron Fista, ale był to króciutki wątek. Graficznie tom nie odstaje od reszty. Nadal są tu emocje, ale poprzez te wszystkie głupotki fabularne nie miałem takiego "czucia" wszystkiego jak wcześniej. Szkoda, ale i tak 3+/5. Niemniej czekam na rozwój wątku miłosnego Petera, bo akurat ten aspekt zrobił się o niebo interesujący niż jego wojaże w ciemniejszym kostiumie, jakie nam tutaj zaprezentowano.