Catch-up time! Sorry about the delay once again. Let’s do this!

By the posted the variant cover this time, just because it looks so damn cool!

SPIDER-MAN: NOIR #2
WRITERS: David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky
ARTIST: Carmine Di Giandomenico

PLOT:
Ben Urich, investigative reporter, and his sidekick, Peter Parker are at the scene of a fire taking photos when Peter notices Fancy Dan in the crowd and suspects him to have started the fire. Ben gets home and becomes unconscious after taking drugs, and Peter gets one of his tips for a story. He leaves Ben a note and heads to the pier.

The Enforcers and Sergei Kravinoff are unloading crates of deadly spiders. One of the crates break and the spiders are released. Peter is watching nearby, and you’ll never guess what, but he gets bitten by one of them and undergoes a transformation, becoming stronger and quicker than he ever was before.

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Ladies and gentlemen of Crawl Space, New Avengers reviews are back! Special thanks to Stella “Spider-Girl” for her months of excellent reviews. Compared to hers, my tenure will be a dark reign.

Speaking of Dark Reigns, this issue briefly shows the Avengers’ first reactions to Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers. More importantly, it resolves the Luke Cage plot from last month’s ish. Yes, I used the R-word to describe the second issue in a Brian Bendis story arc. It truly is a brave new world.

THE NEW AVENGERS #49
WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILS: Billy Tan
INKS: Matt Banning
COLORIST: Paul Mounts
LETTERER: Albert Deschesne
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