Marvel Knights Spider-Man Volume 2: Venomous TPB (Spider-Man (Marvel))

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Summary: Millar is still amazing
Review: Collecting the four part storyarc, Venomous continues Mark Millar's run on the newly launched Marvel Knights Spider-Man, but for those looking for some sort of closure after the cliffhanger ending of the first storyarc (Down Among the Dead Men), you're going to be left hanging again. Picking up right after the end of the first arc, Peter Parker finds that a million dollar reward has been offered by J. Jonah Jameson to anyone who reveals the identity of Spider-Man. As if that weren't enough, Aunt May is still missing, and after paying a visit to X-Men telepath Rachel Summers, is feared dead. But, there is something else going on as well. What are the police doing working with Doctor Octopus? What is Norman Osborn hiding and why is he in danger? And just who is the mysterious assaillant who knows everything there is to know about Peter? In the thick of it all, Eddie "Venom" Brock has auctioned off his alien symbiote, and now there is a new, sadistic individual wearing the costume and pushing Spidey past his limits. Millar's writing is just plain awesome (is it me or is he having Spidey say "What?" a lot?) and his characterizations of the villains and various in-jokes are refreshing to longtime web heads. The art by Frank Cho (in issues 5 and 8) is superb, while the art by Terry and Rachel Dodson (issues 6 and 7) is as great as it was on the first arc. All in all, this is definitely worth picking up for longtime Spidey fans, and it will leave you salivating for the next chapter.