Part 7 of Death Spiral Lands as Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness and Francseco Manna give us Torment-Carnage. With some interesting dynamics and some great characterization of Mary Jane. The story still hits us with some odd twists, including an unknown cousin of Peter Parker to both of them and plot armor when it comes to Torment and Eddie Brock.
After a fairly lengthy wait, Marvel’s new symbiotic soldier is back for a second issue. But can the new Venom outfight the newly-resurrected Kraven the Hunter? Is the story as good as that of issue […]
Amazing Spider-Man 31 PLOT: Peter’s inadvertent stop at his old high school last issue leads him to return with the idea of becoming a teacher. Once he’s there the school is assaulted by a gunman. Using […]
We had a nice Prowler story (with the possible exception of Prowler maybe dying). Next we got a wonderful Spock story. Both of these proved Slott can write great Spider-Man stories as long as Peter […]
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “@Hornacek If they did their homework, there should be at least a single filament of symbiote connecting them (or physical…” May 1, 06:49
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “@Hornacek – I also thought I’d seen Mary Jane separate herself from the symbiote — like when she and the…” Apr 30, 13:09
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “@Aqu@: Thanks for that explanation, I figured it was something like that but wasn’t sure. But haven’t we seen the…” Apr 30, 09:19 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “I can confirm that if the Venom symbiote leaves MJ, they both die. She, in particular, would just dissolve: as…” Apr 30, 07:31 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “@Dark Mark: I mean, in theory, (nearly) everyone in the world has their own spiral – parents, siblings, children, spouse(s).…” Apr 29, 15:17
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “I didn’t think about Paul having no familial connections here. That would have been interesting if Torment killed him and…” Apr 29, 10:05 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #27 (Legacy #991): “The Real Torment Was The Ending” or “MJ Lets Torment Go”: “@Evan Berry: “Does this mean that Mary Jane will die if she loses her symbiote, too?” I think (?) we’ve…” Apr 29, 09:54
on MARCO SPEAKS SPIDEY- Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman #1 REVIEW: “That’s a great review; thanks for that! It’s a general consensus that this comic book alone exemplifies what has been…” Apr 28, 13:53 on Legendary Comic Book Writer Gerry Conway, 73, Has Passed Away: “Without this man’s remarkable work, we wouldn’t have part of the Spider-Man historical milestones we all know, admire, and respect…” Apr 28, 13:15 on Legendary Comic Book Writer Gerry Conway, 73, Has Passed Away: “To me 73 seems like a young age to pass away.” Apr 28, 07:11