I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Friday, April 24, 2020

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 19: Death of a Goblin by Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Stuart Immonen (Penciler), Wade Von Grawbadger (Inker), Justin Ponseor (Colorist), VC'S Cory Petit (Letterer)


In the previous comics, Peter Parker has broken up with Mary Jane because it is just too dangerous for him to date anyone. But that's before he meets Kitty Pryde of the X-Men who can take care of herself.   And Kitty has a problem with Peter being friends with MJ.  To be fair, MJ is kinda trying to win Peter back.  MJ and Peter get back together but Peter never really gets around to telling Kitty face to face that it's over.  Now Kitty Pryde is out of the X-Men and her school district is Peter and MJ's which makes things very awkward.

In class Kitty and Peter get paired up in the take care of the baby experiment which pisses off MJ. Kitty and Peter try to work through some of the mess from their break up that Peter fumbled.  Meanwhile, Nick Fury is nowhere to be seen and Captain Marvel is in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Triskellion where the worst of the worst are housed.  Norman Osborne, aka The Green Goblin, manages to erupt and destroy a part of the structure and free some of the villains.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents get to work and go after them and Spider-Man who hears the news goes into gear and sends MJ off to somewhere safe as well as his Aunt Mae before going after the Green Goblin.  He goes to Norman's home to see if he's there and finds Electro there and goes after him and winds up getting arrested with him.

Kitty Pryde, when she sees this on the TV immediately goes to rescue him from their prison.  But Captain Marvel isn't holding him in prison as a prisoner. She's holding him there as bait.  But Osborne isn't coming for it.  It's the wrong bait.  Captain Marvel must make a hard choice and use something else as bait to catch Osborne and it could wind up ending badly.

This was an interesting comic and a different take on Captain Marvel that I'm not sure I liked. But the art was amazing. There was a scene where Spider-Man has run out of webs and he, Kitty Pryde, and Green Goblin are plummeting down to the street and then it shows the scene of the street and its just perfectly beautiful with a shot of light where they were falling going into the street and the lights flashing and the buses jumping.  The art in this series has so improved from the beginning and is stellar now.  I give it five out of five stars.\

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