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Summary: Best Book In The Series Yet!
Review: After looking through some of his dads' old research, Peter Parker decides to look up his childhood friend, Eddie Brock. After the two catch up, Eddie shows Peter the experimental 'biological suit' that their fathers were working on before they died. Peter decides to try the 'suit' and chaos ensues.Writer Brian Michael Bendis once again showcases his superb writing style with realistic dialogue and fantastic characterization (this book has an equal balance of dialogue and action; as many consider Bendis' work to have too much dialogue). Also Mark Bagley's pencils are as good as ever, accurately displaying the characters' emotions as well as clearly showing action scenes. Transparency Digital's colors are also quite good, showing a wide array of colors throughout the story. Fans looking for more superb writing from Bendis and great artwork from Bagley will not be disappointed.
This book shows why Ultimate Spider-Man is the best book in Marvel's Ultimate line and also one of the best comics on the market.
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Summary: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 6: Venom
Review: Having grown up reading the adventures of Spider-Man and his villainous arch-enemy Venom in the regular Marvel universe, I wasn't sure what to expect from this re-vamping of the character. I guess that this incarnation of Venom is not as evil or dangerous as the original, but it was inevitable that an "ultimatized" Venom would be brought in at some point, so there's nothing to be done about it. I still like the original Venom better, but this one is still OK and has potential to become better. This version of the popular villain has origins in a "miracle-cure" scientific experiment that Peter Parker's genius father had been working on. Peter, who comes across some of the data and documentaion about the Venom project, wants to check it out. This is, after all, part of his father's legacy. Things do not go as planned, however, and the project develops a mind of its own. I had better not give any more away than that, though. Overall, this book was still good, but is probably the weakest storyline of the bunch, when compared to the previous five TPB-collected story arcs.
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Summary: An excellent book
Review: I have always loved Venom, ever since I was a kid. So when I heard that Brian Bendis would be retelling his origin, I was very eager to see the results, for I have always felt that the original Venom's origin was too convoluted and his personality in general was a little too one-demensional. Before, Eddie Brock was an angered ex-journalist who had a serious mad on for Spider-Man and bonded with a creature that shared those feelings. In this incarnatiion, Brock, now a childhood friend of Peter Parker, is a tragic character with a dark side that has much more depth than the Marvel Universe version ever had. In 6 issues, the story of Venom is wonderfully retold, without all the "Secret Wars" and "Sin Eater" back stories. However, this story could have really benefitted from being longer. Bendis accomplishes the goal of telling the story within a limited space, but I can't help but imagine how better this story would be if perhaps Eddie Brock had been a supporting character for a while in the book and THEN the bio-suit had been introduced later on, as well as Venom of course. But for all its faults, this story is very accomplished and I hope to see a rematch between Spidey and Venom, this time in their traditional costumes (that was another thing that annoyed me; when they do fight at the end, Peter is in his civies and Venom doesn't have the white spider on his chest... I guess this is just a teaser for later on). I give it four stars :)
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Summary: Venom at his most vivid
Review: I have always loved Venom, ever since I was a kid. So when I heard that Brian Bendis would be retelling his origin, I was very eager to see the results, for I have always felt that the original Venom's origin was too convoluted and his personality in general was a little too one-demensional. Before, Eddie Brock was an angered ex-journalist who had a serious mad on for Spider-Man and bonded with a creature that shared those feelings. In this incarnatiion, Brock, now a childhood friend of Peter Parker, is a tragic character with a dark side that has much more depth than the Marvel Universe version ever had. In 6 issues, the story of Venom is wonderfully retold, without all the "Secret Wars" and "Sin Eater" back stories. However, this story could have really benefitted from being longer. Bendis accomplishes the goal of telling the story within a limited space, but I can't help but imagine how better this story would be if perhaps Eddie Brock had been a supporting character for a while in the book and THEN the bio-suit had been introduced later on, as well as Venom of course. But for all its faults, this story is very accomplished and I hope to see a rematch between Spidey and Venom, this time in their traditional costumes (that was another thing that annoyed me; when they do fight at the end, Peter is in his civies and Venom doesn't have the white spider on his chest... I guess this is just a teaser for later on). I give it four stars :)
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Summary: Not for the avid Venom fan
Review: Most of my "comic experience" is from the Ultimate series. However, from what I know about the original Venom, this guy doesn't hold a candle to him. To many avid Venom fans, the twist the authors pull here was a disapointment. I found it interesting, but I think, had this been the original story, Venom would not be as popular a villian as he is today. I also feel that the story arcs in prior graphic novels are much more fufilling then this one, and while I enjoy it, it is not my favorite.
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Summary: Not for the avid Venom fan
Review: Most of my "comic experience" is from the Ultimate series. However, from what I know about the original Venom, this guy doesn't hold a candle to him. To many avid Venom fans, the twist the authors pull here was a disapointment. I found it interesting, but I think, had this been the original story, Venom would not be as popular a villian as he is today. I also feel that the story arcs in prior graphic novels are much more fufilling then this one, and while I enjoy it, it is not my favorite.
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Summary: Bendis and Bagley retell the tale of Spider-Man and Venom
Review: The grand conceit of the "Ultimate Spider-Man" comics is that they go back to the beginning of the story when the bite of an irradiated spider granted high school student Peter Parker amazing arachnid-like powers. For those who remember the first 100 issues or so of "The Amazing Spider-Man," writer Brian Michael Bendis, penciler Mark Bagley, and inkers Art Thibert and Rodney Ramos have been providing a high intensity retelling of the tale. This time around Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy are fellow high school students of Peter Parker and the fateful encounter with the Green Goblin comes early on. In this sixth collection of the "Ultimate Spider-Man," which brings together issues #33-39, there is a quantum leap beyond the Stan Lee days of the original comic to retell the story of Venom. At this point in the tale Captain Stacy is killed while in pursuit of a burglar who had gone on a crime spree posing as Spider-Man, leaving Aunt May to offer his orphaned daughter Gwen a place to live. Meanwhile, after defeating the burglar who has been posing as Spider-Man, Peter is stunned to find out that Mary Jane, who has not only been his girlfriend but the one person he trusts who knows he is Spider-Man, can no longer stand the pressure and breaks up with him. In the wake of that shock Peter connects with Eddie Brock, now a student at Empire State University. It seems Peter and Eddie's dad worked together at the lab and Peter thinks Eddie would like a copy of a videotape of their families enjoying a picnic. Eddie is touched, and has something to show Peter as well, something he calls their "inheritance." Of course, this is the "black costume," now no longer and alien parasite but a genetic bodysuit. While experimenting with it, the suit leaps onto Peter who discovers it has one big advantage over his regular Spidey suit: it repairs the damage done to him by bullets. But when Spider-Man catches up with the burglar who killed Uncle Ben, his new suit literally goes in for the kill. Eventually Peter will go to Eddie for help, and then it will be time for the suit to find a new person with whom to play and Venom, Spider-Man's evil twin, is truly born. One of the improvements Bendis and Bagley came up with for their revisionist version of Spider-Man was the idea that it was Peter's father who was the scientific genius who came up with the webbing formula. They build on that foundation again by working in both Eddie Brock and the Venom costume into the fabric of the Parker family saga, not to mention Curt Connors. Knowing Eddie gives the conflict with Venom more depth and Peter gets to be a smart kid without being a genius on the level of Tom Swift. The subplot of Nick Fury being something of a quasi-guardian angel and part-time mentor for Spider-Man is continued, and watching Aunt May and Gwen bond is also going to make things interesting down the road. The "Ultimate Spider-Man" comics lend themselves to being collected as trade paperbacks because the Ultimate titles focus on multi-issue story arcs. This allows for stories of greater depth that play upon the "original" stories on which they are based, and also helps avoid the problem when Spider-Man has to fight a different villain each month. I am curious as to what readers who missed out on the first decade of the original "Amazing Spider-Man" think about this retelling of the web-slingers saga think about these comics, given they missed everything the first time around. But I find them to be a thoughtful and rather ambitious reconceptualization.
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Summary: Bendis and Bagley retell the tale of Spider-Man and Venom
Review: The grand conceit of the "Ultimate Spider-Man" comics is that they go back to the beginning of the story when the bite of an irradiated spider granted high school student Peter Parker amazing arachnid-like powers. For those who remember the first 100 issues or so of "The Amazing Spider-Man," writer Brian Michael Bendis, penciler Mark Bagley, and inkers Art Thibert and Rodney Ramos have been providing a high intensity retelling of the tale. This time around Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy are fellow high school students of Peter Parker and the fateful encounter with the Green Goblin comes early on. In this sixth collection of the "Ultimate Spider-Man," which brings together issues #33-39, there is a quantum leap beyond the Stan Lee days of the original comic to retell the story of Venom. At this point in the tale Captain Stacy is killed while in pursuit of a burglar who had gone on a crime spree posing as Spider-Man, leaving Aunt May to offer his orphaned daughter Gwen a place to live. Meanwhile, after defeating the burglar who has been posing as Spider-Man, Peter is stunned to find out that Mary Jane, who has not only been his girlfriend but the one person he trusts who knows he is Spider-Man, can no longer stand the pressure and breaks up with him. In the wake of that shock Peter connects with Eddie Brock, now a student at Empire State University. It seems Peter and Eddie's dad worked together at the lab and Peter thinks Eddie would like a copy of a videotape of their families enjoying a picnic. Eddie is touched, and has something to show Peter as well, something he calls their "inheritance." Of course, this is the "black costume," now no longer and alien parasite but a genetic bodysuit. While experimenting with it, the suit leaps onto Peter who discovers it has one big advantage over his regular Spidey suit: it repairs the damage done to him by bullets. But when Spider-Man catches up with the burglar who killed Uncle Ben, his new suit literally goes in for the kill. Eventually Peter will go to Eddie for help, and then it will be time for the suit to find a new person with whom to play and Venom, Spider-Man's evil twin, is truly born. One of the improvements Bendis and Bagley came up with for their revisionist version of Spider-Man was the idea that it was Peter's father who was the scientific genius who came up with the webbing formula. They build on that foundation again by working in both Eddie Brock and the Venom costume into the fabric of the Parker family saga, not to mention Curt Connors. Knowing Eddie gives the conflict with Venom more depth and Peter gets to be a smart kid without being a genius on the level of Tom Swift. The subplot of Nick Fury being something of a quasi-guardian angel and part-time mentor for Spider-Man is continued, and watching Aunt May and Gwen bond is also going to make things interesting down the road. The "Ultimate Spider-Man" comics lend themselves to being collected as trade paperbacks because the Ultimate titles focus on multi-issue story arcs. This allows for stories of greater depth that play upon the "original" stories on which they are based, and also helps avoid the problem when Spider-Man has to fight a different villain each month. I am curious as to what readers who missed out on the first decade of the original "Amazing Spider-Man" think about this retelling of the web-slingers saga think about these comics, given they missed everything the first time around. But I find them to be a thoughtful and rather ambitious reconceptualization.
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Summary: Venom is unleashed
Review: This book was pretty good, and was actually the reason why I started collecting Ultimate Spider-man comics. It introduced the Ultimate Universe to Eddie Brock, and old friend to Peter. When they learn of a suit that could cure cancer, Peter Parker (Spider-man) accidently put it on. His strength and attitude was increased. He got rid of the costume before it permantly changed him. Eddie Brock figured out that Peter was Spider-man and put the suit on himself. He became Venom, a very crazy, strong, and strange-looking monster. If your looking for a book that has Venom at his best, this is not it. This Venom is very different from the regular Marvel Universe's Venom. This story is basically a shortened version of a story that marvel did in more than 100 or so issues! Its still a good story, plus it has Ultimate Shocker and Ultimate Nick Fury! I hope this helped you in making your decision on getting this book.
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Summary: Finally got it
Review: Vol 6 was one of the ones that went mssing from my collection. I finally got a new copy and read it again. Just as good as ever!
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