Fantastic Fun Fact: After a week of supporting friends at local events and a weekend of phone related drama, I must admit that this was the first chance I have had to write this review and, as such, apologize for it being posted so late in the month. I hope you enjoy regardless!

FF #1

“The Club”

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Penciler: Steve Epting

Inkers: Steve Epting & Rick Magyar

Color Artist: Paul Mounts

Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Rus Wooton

Cover Artists: Steve Epting, Daniel Acuña, Marko Djurdjevic, Stan Goldberg, Gerald Parel, Joe Sinnott and Val Staples

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Finally, Mark Bagley has come back to Ultimate Spider-Man! And just in time for the Death of Spider-Man arc to kick off. My apologies to those who have been feverishly waiting for my opinion on the beginning of this much-hyped story, but I had some issues with my internet provider this weekend. I won’t name names, but they’re the reigning champions of the Consumerist’s Worst Company in America bracket. So anyways, here at last is the beginning of the Death of Spider-Man. If you smell what the Bagley is cookin… er, drawing.

Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #156

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Penciler: Mark Bagley
Inker: Andy Lanning
Colorist: Justin Ponsor
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover Art: Mark Bagley & Justin Ponsor

Plot: Norman Osborn is revealed to be alive, and in the custody of the world peace-keeping agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. Carol Danvers, the head of the organization, interrogates him and threatens him with a gun when he turns hostile. Norman backs down to Carol and later is visited by a psychiatrist while Danvers watches and speaks to him from a surveillance room. The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. authorizes an order to kill Osborn when he proves uncooperative. Enraged, Norman begins to transform into his monstrous alter-ego, despite any indication that the transformation would still be possible. (more…)