Friday, October 24, 2014

E11: Avengers & X-Men: Axis #3 | Amazing Spider-Man #8 Reviews [Devil Comics Entertainment]


Following the conclusion of last issue, Magneto and his villains take on the Red Onslaught in Avengers & X-Men: Axis #3. Deadpool manages to recharge Iron Man as the Scarlet Witch uses her powers of Chaos as Doctor Doom casts his powers of order. The aftermath sees the Avengers rescued and the Red Onslaught is defeated. The Avengers and X-Men fight over the body of the Red Skull which could hold the essence of Charles Xavier. Steve Rogers refuses to release the body of the Red Skull to the X-Men which results with Havok breaking up the current version of the Uncanny Avengers. 

The first half of Amazing Spider-Man #8 sees Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel deal with an alien threat. The surprise comes when one of the henchmen is really Clayton Cole from Learning to Crawl series early this year. Peter offers him a job at his company Parker Industries. The second half of the book deals with Spider-Girl surviving against an attack as she loses both her parents. She rescues her little brother Ben Parker as the Spider-Men arrive to save her. She vows to kill and avenge her family. Her story will continue is November’s Spider-Verse event. The back of the book has a checklist of Spider-Verse and its tie-ins making it 20 books in all.