BDCHS Advanced Reading discussion

Ultimate Spider-Man #6 by Michael Bendis is really fun to read, especially if you like Spider-Man comics. It takes place in New York (obviously) with you typical character; Peter Parker (Spider-Man) is a student by day and hero by night (and sometimes day). Mary Jane, Peter's love interest and eventual girlfriend. S.H.I.E.L.D (mainly Nick Fury) a government organization that deals with international threats by using mutants and heroes like the Avengers. Aunt May is Peter's mother figure and is his caretaker. The last main character is Eddie Brock (AKA Venom) who is an old childhood friend of Peter's and later in the book becomes one of Peter/Spider-Man's worst enemy. The comic is a mix of different events. The Rhino attacks the city and Iron-Man stops him before Spider-Man, Spider-man gets shot because someone else stole his identity in order to commit crimes, and Venom attacks the city. Spider-Man steps in and overcomes some sort of challenge, beats the bad guy, and saves the day. I this one he has to overcome the fact that he has to beat up his friend and tries other methods of ending the conflict with no success. Ultimately, he had to beat up his friend/enemy in order to bring him down.

I enjoyed this book and give it a 4 out of 5. Just like most comics you want to see more action, not pages filled with dialogue and scenes that are meant to explain everything in one fell swoop.