Later on we see Bendis deliver closure to the vast majority of supporting players, and we generally see that prison is effective at holding freaks and menaces, but here it seems like he’s treading water.ĭespite the fact that prison in general has proved relatively effective at holding his foes in this universe, Otto Octavius escapes twice in the space of so many arcs. The problem is that this isn’t the mainstream Marvel universe. It isn’t really a problem in mainstream comic books, because we’ve come to accept that criminals will survive and escape incarceration and characters who have survived to this point with survive no matter what’s thrown at them. The problem is that – with one really major exception, which we’ll come to – nothing happens during this part of the run.

On that note, it’s worth remarking that a large portion of this collection coincides with Bendis’ stint on Ultimate X-Men, so maybe he was being stretched between the two books. Spider-Man movie, starring Bruce Campbell as Mysterio in an oddly relevent cameo or the introduction of the Ultimate incarnation of the classic Spider-Man villainous team-up the Sinister Six (with Spider-Man as the sixth) or even the sign that Bendis is coming to grips with the fact that this is his own universe he is shaping, creating an arc centring around his own unique creation, Geldof (who would later be backported, for lack of a better phrase, to the mainstream Marvel universe). There are other nice touches too – the metafictional element of a Doctor Octopus vs. These are all elements which are fascinating in their own right. Gwen Stacy is killed in a unique and interesting manner.

Spider-Man develops a relationship with the X-Men as a unit. The Kingpin is shown to be truly untouchable. Bendis does introduce all sorts of elements in this section of the run that will pay off in the coming years and story arcs.

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