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Customer Reviews
Graphic SF Reader ,04/09/2007
A kitchen sink low-level superhero and villain brawl. Silverman, Hammerhead, Kingpin, Spider-Man, Elektra, Iron Fist, Shang-Chi and Moon Knight, plus the Enforcers.
Much bashage and breakage and defenestration. Throw in the Black Cat and her cradle snatching ways, and a dirty cop for good measure.
A fair bit of fun, in other words.
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mj who? kitty pryde rules... ,02/02/2007
ultimate spider-man by bendis and bagley is one of the best series out there. not as much action and non-stop bad guy fighting, but a good mix of that and a lot of peter parker being a teenager with problems (girls, bullies, being grounded, etc.) along with his spidey life.
the series is great great great. only a few minor things that could be better:
1. i don't like how nick fury comes in and tells spider-man he's going to work his whole life for him and shield. the idea of peter being...trapped in a web? haha...well it isn't too cool. superheroes need to fight the good fight because they want to, not because shield will go and take away their superpowers (as fury has threatened) if they don't comply.
2. bendis needs to cut down on the tuchas talk. seriously if parker grew up in nyc today he'd more likely speak spanglish than yanglish.
3. geldoff.
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One of the better Ultimate Spider-Man TPBs ,09/07/2006
This collects issues #79-85 of the long-running Bendis/Bagley series and includes appearances from Moon Knight, Elektra and the Black Cat. With Kingpin absent, Hammerhead hopes to fill the void left in the city's organized crime structure, forcing villians to choose sides and heroes to evaluate which is the lesser of two evils.
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A whole bunch of people standing in line to beat up on Spider-Man ,10/03/2006
Initial note of regret: I only wish that they had included the first "Ultimate Spider-Man" annual in the Volume 14 trade paperback collection, because there is a wonderful counterpart to "Dumped" (issue #78) when Peter Parker hooks up with Kitty Pryde of the X-Men. After all, if your complaint is that Spider-Man cannot have a girlfriend because she is going to get killed, then there is something to be said for a mutant who can phase through objects and let objects pass through her body. We still love MJ, but if you think Kitty is cute by herself, then you have to see here on a date with Peter. Unfortunately, that wonderful little story is being omitted from these reprints at this point, but surely at some point they will work it into a future volume (hint, hint, hint).
"Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 14: Warriors" lives up to its name by bringing together Moonknight, Iron Fist, Shang-Chi, and the Black Cat (and that is just the good guys). The situation is that New York City's underworld is in shambles because with Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, in hiding other players are moving in on his territory, most notably Allan Silvermane and Hammerhead (who is working with the Enforcers). Of course, the Kingpin still has agents on the payroll, namely Elektra, who brings Spider-Man for a meeting with her boss. Fisk wants Spider-Man to fight Hammerhead, and while our hero does not want to do anything to help the Kingpin, heroes are supposed to go after the villains. Even worse, Jean De Wolfe thinks Spider-Man should go after Hammerhead too. What is the world coming to?
Although we start off in #79 covering the same moment when Peter storms out of science class that we saw in #78, obviously this time we follow Peter instead of the dumped Mary Jane. The pair do not even talk until #83, and it is not exactly a pleasant conversation, but then nothing has changed in terms of his reasoning for dumping her. That does not mean that the Black Cat is gettin
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Huge Battling Smorgasbord ,21/09/2008
Spidey, Moonlight, Shang, Iron Fist, Elektra, Hammerhead, Black Cat, whole gang is here in first epic battle of the series. I really enjoy the Black Cat character and it is unfortunate that Spidey never had relationship with her, but this book will explain why! The fight is quite chaotic but one of the better fights involving so many superheroes and supervillains. I never understand why Elektra is so powerful and everytime she meets Spidey, he gets his butt kicked. This is a book you don't want to miss and is also last we see of Black Cat.
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Another good read, although not the best of the series ,18/04/2006
This seven-issue story arc (Ultimate Spidey 79-85) tracks the carnage that ensues when The Kingpin's crime cartel comes up for grabs... The prime contender for the throne is the super-gangster Hammerhead, who in his "Ultimate" incarnation is actually one scary dude, ruthlessly violent and coldly calculating, one of the more convincing gang bosses in comicbook history. Hammerhead's gnarly new persona almost -- but not entirely -- makes up for the flat, flimsy characterizations of '70s martial arts heros Shang Chi and Iron Fist, who also appear here, along with Moon Knight, Black Cat and Elektra. It's a major slugfest, with lots of slicing and dicing at the end, a consistently entertaining read, though not quite up to the high standards set by Brian Michael Bendis earlier in the series. If you just want to read a good, fun superhero story, this volume does the job.
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Another great volume! ,16/06/2006
Having read the whole series up until this point, I have to say that I really enjoyed this chapter. The writing is spot on for the teen-angst pain of a reluctant superhero. The art is crisp, clean and fun. If you've enjoyed the earlier books, this continues the fun.
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