Thursday, August 16, 2012

Spider-Man: Lizard – No Turning Back Premiere HC [2012] by Dan Slott


SPIDER-MAN: LIZARD – NO TURNING BACK PREMIERE HARDCOVER
Spider-Man takes on the Lizard just in time for the Amazing Spider-Man film to hit theaters on July 4th. The body of William Connors is taken to Horizon Labs by Morbius who has found a way to cure the Lizard. Spider-Man works with both Morbius and Horizon Labs to change the Lizard back to Doctor Curt Connors. However Curt Conners is dead and only the Lizard remains.

The Lizard in Curt Conners body uses Morbius’s lab to release the scent of blood into Horizon Labs to cause Morbius to go primal. Morbius escapes while Curt Connors turns Max Modell into a Lizard while Julia Carpenter feels the web unraveling.

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Madame Web warns Spider-Man to head back to Horizon Labs and Silver Sable is alive
- Spider-Man captures Morbius and heads back to Horizon Labs
- The Lizard has infected other members of Horizon Labs and is let loose
- Horizon Labs is shut off from the rest of the world as Spider-Man arrives in time
- A small army of lizards engulfs Carlie Cooper however the lizards do not attack humans
- Spider-Man injects the Lizard with a cure bringing Curt Connors mind back controlling the Lizard
- Roderick Kingsley the original Hobgoblin discovers his twin brother Daniel is dead

This hardcover collects
Amazing Spider-Man #688–691
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #9

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – 5 OUT OF 5