Octo-Spidey looks to get the Chameleon out of SHIELD custody, but he’s not the only one interested in the Chameleon.

Avenging Spider-man #20

Writer: Christopher Yost

Artist: Marco Checchetto

Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Art: Paolo Riveria

Spoilers to follow after the break:

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 One year has passed since the battle with Venom, and Miles has retired from the webs. But with Spider-Woman, S.H.I.E.L.D. and his friends urging Spider-Man to come back, will Miles be able to decide in time to meet the new Cloak and Dagger? (more…)

STORY BY
Brian Michael Bendis
ART BY
Brandon Peterson
COLORS BY
Paul Mounts

THE STORY SO FAR

Wolverine has killed Hank Pym and he and Sue Storm have returned to an alternate timeline present. The Avengers are no more and a mash up version of the heroes we know are now calling themselves The Defenders and the world is now ruled by a tyrannical Tony Stark. (more…)

90’s hero Sleepwalker returns to rescue Octo-Spidy from possession by a Fear-Worm.

Avenging Spider-man #19

Writer: Christopher Yost

Artist: Marco Checchetto

Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Art: Paolo Riveria

Spoilers to follow after the break:

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Octo-Spidy and Thor battle Electro and somehow it’s not as one-sided as you’d think.

Avenging Spider-man #18

Writer: Christopher Yost

Artist: Marco Checchetto

Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Art: Marco Checchetto

Spoilers to follow after the break:

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 In a battle for supremacy inside of one man’s brain, Peter Parker and Doctor Octopus put it all on the line to become the one, true Spider-Man!

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When we last left the Thunderbolts, the team was on the verge of ripping itself apart while dealing with the fact that gamma powered mech-suits are kicking around on the black market. We`ll see the fallout of one of those two problems in this issue. Also check out the C2E2 news about the book down at the bottom.

Thunderbolts #8: Heavy Recon

Writer: Daniel Way
Artist: Phil Noto
Colors: Guru eFX
Letters: Joe Sabino
Cover: Julian Tedesco
Editors: Jordan White & Nick Lowe
Editor-In-Chief: Axel Alonso

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STORY BY
Brian Michael Bendis
ART BY
Brandon Peterson, Carlos Pacheco, Roger Martinez
COLORS BY
Paul Mounts, Jose Villarrubia

GRADE
B – not as ‘holy sh**!’ as the last issue, but still very engrossing.

Before JJ Abrams came along to reboot the franchise, fans all knew one very important fact about Star Trek movies: the even numbered ones were the good ones. Four issues into this new Morbius series, I’m beginning to think the same rule is going to apply here.

Writer: Joe Keatinge

Artist: Richard Elson

Color Artist: Antonio Fabela

Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles

Cover Artist: David Lopez

Editor: Sana Amanat

Senior Editor: Stephen Wacker

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 The Venom War comes to it’s tragic conclusion as Miles experiences one of the terrible costs in being Spider-Man. (more…)

Obviously this cover is an homage to the Superior Spider-Man #1 cover (original AND homage both drawn by Stegman) but it is also the second cover of this series to pay homage to a Spidey #1 issue. Scarlet Spider #1′s cover was in homage to Todd MacFarlane’s Spider-Man #1 from 1990. So does this cover signal a new era? Read on.

“A Good, Ol’ Fashioned Rodeo”

Writer: Chris Yost

Pencils: Khoi Pham

Inks: Pallot & Olazaba

Colors: Antonio Fabela

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Stegman & Delgado

Editor: Tom Brennan

Senior Editor: Stephen Wacker

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Mutiny, hurt-feelings, nose-bleeds, and more in Thunderbolts #7, though sadly no magical healing physical activities this time around.

THUNDERBOLTS #7: Direct Action

Writer: Daniel Way
Artist: Phil Noto
Colors: Guru eFX
Letters: Joe Sabino
Cover: Julian Tedesco
Editors: Jordan White & Nick Lowe
Editor-In-Chief: Axel Alonso

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The book that everyone seems to love to hate, Thunderbolts by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon. Kevin Cushing started off favorably towards the book, but by the end of Issue Four could not take it any longer. I didn’t hate it… as much.

THUNDERBOLTS #1-6: No Quarter

Writer: Daniel Way
Artist: Steve Dillon
Colorist: Guru eFX
Letterer: Joe Sabino
Cover: Julian Tedesco
Editors: Jordan White & Nick Lowe
Editor-In-Chief: Axel Alonso

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Peter plays Pictionary, Otto plays operation, and the Avengers play the fools. Check out my full review of Superior Spider-Man #8 and leave a comment!

THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #8
 “Troubled Mind Part 2: Proof Positive”
WRITER: Dan Slott
PENCILER: Humberto Ramos
INKER: Victor Olazaba
COLOR ART: Edgar Delgado
LETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos

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I review Superior Spider-Man #8. The issue triumphs with the character moments, but loses it with the Avengers letting Otto off the hook a little too easily.

STORY BY
Brian Michael Bendis
ART BY
Brandon Peterson, Carlos Pacheco, Roger Martinez
COLORS BY
Paul Mounts, Jose Villarrubia

THE STORY SO FAR

The machines have risen up to take over the Earth. Skynet has become aware and sees all humans as a threat and has exterminated the human race. Only one person, Sarah Conner, knows the future and must fight to…oh wait, wrong apocalyptic future story. Okay, despite being the Marvelized version of The Terminator, Age of Skynet, er Ultron, is actually enjoyable.

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A somewhat late review, but one benefiting from hindsight. Does the high praise I expressed on the podcast hold up now that I’ve read part two? You need to read the review to find out!

THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #7
 “Troubled Mind Part 1: Right Hand Man”
WRITER: Dan Slott
PENCILER: Humberto Ramos
INKER: Victor Olazaba
COLOR ART: Edgar Delgado
LETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos

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New Venom Flash Thompson and original Venom Eddie Brock have a symbiote smackdown!

Venom #34

Writer: Cullen Bun

Artist: Declan Shalvey

Color Art: Lee Loughridge

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Art: Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire

“Family Bonding”

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If you were disappointed by the lateness of this review, please express your displeasure to Diamond Comics. I’m not one to pass the buck on responsibility, but there is a very clear responsible party here, and it is Diamond. My local comic shop got screwed last week when Diamond left out several books from their order, including Scarlet Spider, Wolverine & The X-Men, and East of West. Of those books, Diamond tells my LCS that they’re still going to get Scarlet Spider at some point, but they’re out of luck on the others. I could have gone to a different comic shop last week and gotten a copy of Scarlet Spider there, but I knew this LCS would be losing a lot of business in that manner (through no fault of their own) so I decided to hold out until the order came. When the order still wasn’t there this week, I felt I couldn’t wait any longer to get this review to you guys, so I broke down and went to another comic shop. That’s a sale my LCS lost because of Diamond, and surely not the only one. And this is an LCS that cares so much about customer service that when they were told they weren’t getting Wolverine & The X-Men in at all, they sent an employee to another comic shop to get copies to fulfill their pulls of the issue. They paid retail price for it just so they could get me my pulled copy, which they still gave me my usual member’s discount on – meaning they took a loss on it. And this is not an incident confined to one comic shop – this is a rampant problem I hear from retailers about Diamond Comics. So if you’re as upset about the situation as I am, I encourage you to send an email to Diamond and tell them they need to treat comic shops better. When they don’t, the shop gets screwed out of money, I get screwed out of books, and you get screwed out of reviews. Please send your emails to:

suggestions@diamondcomics.com

“In the Midst of Wolves Part 3″

Writer: Chris Yost

Pencils: Khoi Pham w/  Edwards & Siquera

Inks: Pallot, Bit, Pham, Siqueira & Olazaba

Colors: Antonio Fabela

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Stegman & Delgado

Editor: Tom Brennan

Senior Editor: Stephen Wacker

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As Flash tracks down the zombie cyborg from last issue, he is also being hunted by the original Venom, Eddie Brock.

Venom #33

Writer: Cullen Bun

Artist: Declan Shalvey

Color Art: Lee Loughridge

Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Art: Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire

“Monsters Anonymous”

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Cardiac returns to the pages of Spider-Man as an unexpected new opponent, which catalyzes a renewed struggle on Peter’s part to assert his influence and ultimately leads to a long-overdue confrontation with the Avengers. It’s nice to have the story moving again.

The Superior Spider-Man #07

Words by Dan Slott

Pencils by Humberto Ramos

Inks by Victor Olazaba

Colors by Edgar Delgado

Letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Me? I just woulda rushed on in by now…

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After issue 2 greatly improved on the lackluster debut, can the third issue keep it up? Spoiler: No. A world of no.

Writer: Joe Keatinge

Artist: Richard Elson

Color Artist: Antonio Fabela

Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles

Cover Artist: David Lopez

Variant Cover Artist: Tomm Coker

Editor: Sana Amanat

Senior Editor: Stephen Wacker

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I take a moment to review the Age of Ultron One shot with my nieces reenacting my favorite scenes. It’s a new type of Read’s Reads.

Christos Gage takes the reins again for a post-apocalyptic What If where Otto tries to revive civilization on his own and eats some humble pie. Not having read any of the main AoU series, I can’t comment on this issue in its larger context. As a diversion from the main Superior book, it has some interesting moments, but I can’t really recommend buying it unless you’re already invested in the larger story.

The Superior Spider-Man #6AU

Words by Christos Gage

Art by Dexter Soy

Cover by Marco Checchetto

Letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna

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I have not read Age of Ultron. I have no idea what it is about, except that it probably involves the villain Ultron. From that perspective, I come to the alphanumerically-branded Superior Spider-Man #6AU. Is it AU-some or AU-ful for the uninitiated? Can it drAU us into Marvel’s latest event? Find out by reading the full review. Please leave a cAUment!

THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #6AU
 “Doomsday Scenario”
WRITER: Christos Gage
ARTIST: Dexter Soy
COVER: Marco Checchetto
LETTERER: VC’s Joe Caramagna

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When news of the fight between Venom and Spider-Man reach Gwen and Mary Jane, they meet with Miles to discuss a counter-offensive. They’ll have to hurry, as Venom has just arrived at Jefferson’s hospital room ready to strike! (more…)

My video review of Spider-Man caught up with Screwball and the “new” Jester’s reality internet series. Otto goes to far in taking down these Grade C villains. Oh… and Mary Jane and the Avengers finally get a clue.

Screwball, the villain who runs around livestreaming her heists, teams up with Jester to humiliate Mayor Jameson and Otto decides to take them down in his own particular fashion. There are some good parts, but I’m getting tired of the way Slott is dancing around the actual meat of his Superior plot just to drag the book out longer, which is really souring the whole experience for me.

The Superior Spider-Man #06

Words by Dan Slott

Pencils by Humberto Ramos

Inks by Victor Olazaba

Colors by Edgar Delgado

Letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Something about this whole Spider-Man situation seems off…

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