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Review: Scarlet Spider #2 – Kaine’s struggle with morality continues

Scarlet Spider #2 Writer: Chris Yost Art: Ryan Stegman, Mike Babinski [Inks], and Marte Gracia [Colors] Kaine, the once-deformed-but-now-healed clone of Peter Parker, has been determined to quietly start life anew in Mexico ever since helping save New York City from the infestation of the Jackal’s spider monsters. Unfortunately, he got sidetracked in Houston when
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Review: Scarlet Spider #1 – “All of the Power, None of the Responsibility” Indeed

Scarlet Spider #1 Writer: Chris Yost Art: Ryan Stegman, Marte Gracia [Colors] and Michael Babinski [Inks] The Scarlet Spider was one of the only aspects of the 1990s Spider-Man “Clone Saga” story arc that any fans remembered with much fondness. Originally a clone of Peter Parker named Ben Reilly, Scarlet Spider was basically Spidey’s sidekick
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Review: Venom #9

Venom #9 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Stefano Caselli and Frank Martin, Jr. Venom #9 picks up during the aftermath of “Spider-Island.” New Yorkers are running through the streets, frightened. After all, the city just found itself waking up naked after being turned into giant spider creatures. Flash Thompson, meanwhile, is still trying to absorb his father’s
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #674

Amazing Spider-Man #674 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Klaus Janson and Frank D’Armata In the wake of Spider-Island, a rash of apparent teen suicides has broken out across New York City. The cops assume these suicides are the result of kids who had a taste of spider powers during the “spider virus” incident trying
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The Sinister Six is back! Amazing Spider-Man #676: 3 page preview

Marvel Comics released a three page preview of Amazing Spider-Man #676 written by Dan Slott with art by Humberto Ramos. It is also revealed that M.O.D.O.K. is in the mix as well. THE SINISTER SIX Attack in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #676! Hot off the critically acclaimed Spider-Island, the blockbuster team of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #673

Amazing Spider-Man #673 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli & Frank Martin What happens when an entire city of New-Yorkers-turned-spider-monsters are suddenly cured? A whole city of New Yorkers wake up naked on the street. Few writers could pull off such a scene tastefully (think Austin Powers), but Dan Slott manages to do so by
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Review Double-Shot: Amazing Spider-Man #672 & Venom #8

Amazing Spider-Man #672 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado, Victor Olazaba & Karl Kesel Venom #8 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Tom Fowler & John Rauch When we last saw Flash Thompson in Venom #8, he was at the bedside of his just-deceased father with his blogger-journalist-girlfriend Betty Brant. The drama of his father’s
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #671

Amazing Spider-Man #671 Writer: Dan Slott Artist: Humberto Ramos According to the “One Moment In Time” retcon that explained the events that ended Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson’s relationship (Remember…They were never really married now) in the deus ex machina that was 2007′s ”One More Day,” the reason the two went their separate ways was
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Review Double-Shot: Amazing Spider-Man #670 & Venom #7

Amazing Spider-Man #670 Writer: Dan Slott Artist: Humberto Ramos Venom #7 Writer: Rick Remender Artist: Tom Fowler Just when you thought event storylines were stale and overplayed, along came Dan Slott with “Spider-Island.” This Spidey-centric event has, along with the X-Men’s “Schism” storyline, thus far surpassed any of the past few Marvel-wide books — including
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