Thursday, April 25, 2013

Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom War Premiere HC [2013] by Brian Michael Bendis

   

      

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: VENOM WAR PREMIERE HARDCOVER
Venom mistakenly believes Jefferson Davis is the new Spider-Man and attacks him. Miles Morales shows up and Venom escapes however Jefferson is seriously wounded and Miles feels responsible.

Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy arrive to help Miles understand where the Venom creature came from. Detective Maria Hill also arrives and asks for help to stop the creature however she is turned away. The Venom creature arrives at the hospital where Jefferson is being treated.

Miles heads to the hospital as Spider-Man at the request of Maria Hill. Spider-Man ultimately defeats Venom however lost his mother. Later Miles declares ‘No More.’

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #16.1
Betty Brant has some suspicions that the Prowler and the new Spider-Man are related. She finds the spider that bit Miles and heads to Roxxon Industries and confronts Dr. Marcus. Betty asks J. Jonah Jameson to run the story that the new Spider-Man is the Prowler’s brother Aaron Davis. However he refuses and she walks out ready to sell the story to another media outlet. Betty is heads back to her apartment where she is impaled by Venom.

This hardcover collects
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) #16.1
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) #19-22

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5