Miken Ayers
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OK, so the issue gives us a little rundown of Pete's origin, then he goes in to all the crap new villains he fought over the past few months. Vin Gonzalas looking in tip top shape after the events of Kraven's First Hunt tell's Pete the first of the month is coming so he needs to get a move on getting the rent money.
Carlie suggests he get's a gig taking wedding photos. Pete tells her he has bad experience with weddings. (Nothing, but net Joe!!)
Next page has him fighting Menace who's blowing up a box truck with Hollister's campaigne poster on the side, and then Spider-Man fights him to again point out he's "just another Goblin". Menace then blows up the side of the building Spider-Man's stuck to, and a bunch of illegal AZNs run out trying not to be seen. Spider-Man get's pictures.
So we see the Thunderbolts practicing on manequins that look like superheroes, and they're instructed to only take down unregistered ones. Venom starts eating the Iron Man dummy, and this causes a bit of disdain since Iron Man's registered. Norman Osborn comes in, interupts training to let them know it's time to go to New York.
So Peter goes and applies for a photographer job at Front Line. You know the other paper Jameson owns that was completely unacknowledged in BND up until now. He get's it, we find out Robbie's working there now and Peter shows them the photos of the sweatshop workers leaving the building since all photos of the incident beforehand only got the aftermath.
This get's investigated and the owner of the building is revealed to be mayoral candidate Crowne, who we find out in the very next scene is friends with Norman Osborn. They have a very cryptic talk and one wants a favor from the other, and both make references to using eachother's "secret resources".
After that is a scene of Peter going back to his apartment to be attacked by some armed agents of sorts. He's throws the fight to keep his identity secret. They drag him in to his apartment for him to be greeted by Norman Osborn and the T-Bolts.
Then we get Dexter Bennett telling Better Brant to investigate Li the billionaire proprieter of the F.E.A.S.T. shelters. He claims the guy has to be up to something shady since no one's as squeaky clean as he appears to be. (LULZ Mr. Negative) Oh yeah, something about terminally ill hobos getting cured of their diseases.
She goes down to the shelter, chats with him and Aunt May to see a sickly Eddie Brock present. We learn that Matt Murdock got him off the hook with the law, claiming he wasn't in control with the symbiote bonded to him. Despite last May in Sensational he murdered a nurse in cold blood, which was long after the symbiote and him seperated. Remember that? He was even caught and got handcuffed to his gurney awaiting trial. So Matt Murdock was a bit out of character getting him off unless that too was part of his agreement with Vanessa Fisk.
So we then learn Brock's been going to the shelters, and is cancer free. Li also presents him to Brant with his arm on his shoulder, and we see these white glowing microbes in his blood stream extracting symbiote traces from his cells. So Overdrive can transform vehicles with nanobots by touching them, but assuming Brock's Anti Venom that means Li can transform people on a cellular level with his touch. Not only are all these new villains bland and unoriginal, but theyr'e also copies off of eachother. Next month we get the attack of the Terrible 2-D Man!
Issue ends about there, but we're treated to a back up tale by Mark Waid. It's about months back when Brock was still cancerlicious and he went to Oscorp to apply for some experimental cancer treatments. He didn't qualify so when he thought he had no where to go he tries the F.E.A.S.T. shelter. He has some run ins with some a hole hobo, and we learn that for years after giving up the symbiote he's been still seeing himself as Venom. Till Aunt May offers her help to him and when he goes to the doctor to look in to more cancer treatment he learns of being cancer free and finally sees his own face in the mirror.
As far as BND goes this issue was the best. I wouldn't hold my breath as far as things getting better since the OMD Extra has preludes to other craptastical arcs like Hammerhead's brain in a robot, and Spider-Man getting arrested for murder, but allowed to keep his mask on.
I do however have problems with the constant reminders about the marriage. When fans might be able to move on if we didn't have throwaway comments about Peter having bad luck with weddings. Also Brock getting such a clean slate didn't sit well with me either.
So it will be interesting to see if after October this arc makes or breaks BND, but till then all we can do is see where this tale goes.
Carlie suggests he get's a gig taking wedding photos. Pete tells her he has bad experience with weddings. (Nothing, but net Joe!!)
Next page has him fighting Menace who's blowing up a box truck with Hollister's campaigne poster on the side, and then Spider-Man fights him to again point out he's "just another Goblin". Menace then blows up the side of the building Spider-Man's stuck to, and a bunch of illegal AZNs run out trying not to be seen. Spider-Man get's pictures.
So we see the Thunderbolts practicing on manequins that look like superheroes, and they're instructed to only take down unregistered ones. Venom starts eating the Iron Man dummy, and this causes a bit of disdain since Iron Man's registered. Norman Osborn comes in, interupts training to let them know it's time to go to New York.
So Peter goes and applies for a photographer job at Front Line. You know the other paper Jameson owns that was completely unacknowledged in BND up until now. He get's it, we find out Robbie's working there now and Peter shows them the photos of the sweatshop workers leaving the building since all photos of the incident beforehand only got the aftermath.
This get's investigated and the owner of the building is revealed to be mayoral candidate Crowne, who we find out in the very next scene is friends with Norman Osborn. They have a very cryptic talk and one wants a favor from the other, and both make references to using eachother's "secret resources".
After that is a scene of Peter going back to his apartment to be attacked by some armed agents of sorts. He's throws the fight to keep his identity secret. They drag him in to his apartment for him to be greeted by Norman Osborn and the T-Bolts.
Then we get Dexter Bennett telling Better Brant to investigate Li the billionaire proprieter of the F.E.A.S.T. shelters. He claims the guy has to be up to something shady since no one's as squeaky clean as he appears to be. (LULZ Mr. Negative) Oh yeah, something about terminally ill hobos getting cured of their diseases.
She goes down to the shelter, chats with him and Aunt May to see a sickly Eddie Brock present. We learn that Matt Murdock got him off the hook with the law, claiming he wasn't in control with the symbiote bonded to him. Despite last May in Sensational he murdered a nurse in cold blood, which was long after the symbiote and him seperated. Remember that? He was even caught and got handcuffed to his gurney awaiting trial. So Matt Murdock was a bit out of character getting him off unless that too was part of his agreement with Vanessa Fisk.
So we then learn Brock's been going to the shelters, and is cancer free. Li also presents him to Brant with his arm on his shoulder, and we see these white glowing microbes in his blood stream extracting symbiote traces from his cells. So Overdrive can transform vehicles with nanobots by touching them, but assuming Brock's Anti Venom that means Li can transform people on a cellular level with his touch. Not only are all these new villains bland and unoriginal, but theyr'e also copies off of eachother. Next month we get the attack of the Terrible 2-D Man!
Issue ends about there, but we're treated to a back up tale by Mark Waid. It's about months back when Brock was still cancerlicious and he went to Oscorp to apply for some experimental cancer treatments. He didn't qualify so when he thought he had no where to go he tries the F.E.A.S.T. shelter. He has some run ins with some a hole hobo, and we learn that for years after giving up the symbiote he's been still seeing himself as Venom. Till Aunt May offers her help to him and when he goes to the doctor to look in to more cancer treatment he learns of being cancer free and finally sees his own face in the mirror.
As far as BND goes this issue was the best. I wouldn't hold my breath as far as things getting better since the OMD Extra has preludes to other craptastical arcs like Hammerhead's brain in a robot, and Spider-Man getting arrested for murder, but allowed to keep his mask on.
I do however have problems with the constant reminders about the marriage. When fans might be able to move on if we didn't have throwaway comments about Peter having bad luck with weddings. Also Brock getting such a clean slate didn't sit well with me either.
So it will be interesting to see if after October this arc makes or breaks BND, but till then all we can do is see where this tale goes.
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