Goodwill
Well-Known Member
This issue was great. With all of the characters and plot twists, this issue, along with the two before it, are really turning USM around! I can't believe I'm actually enjoying this arc, despite the circus act that Bendis is pulling off by juggling all these characters around. In this one, we do see more of this and more of the intricate chess game the Hammerhead and the Kingpin find themselves in, with Spider-Man, Black Cat, etc. in the middle of it. So, let's get right into it...
The issue opens with MJ peeking at Peter's empty desk. Big whoop. Bendis, if she's not his girlfriend, let's leave her alone.
Then, the issue gets back into the action with Black Cat staring down a vicious Hammerhead who has Spider-Man at gunpoint. It's very cool to see how this is all drawn... Bagley is really fantastic at the action bit. Then, Spider-Man is shot at by the cops after a bomb goes off, sending him and Black Cat off to mingle. Captain DeWolfe comes in and starts barking the NYPD around and grills them for persecuting Spider-Man. I thought that was nice of her. We see someone lurking about with a video camera (I guessed Marc Specter off the bat, although another name was given). Afterwards, Black Cat explains how and why she's dressed up in the leather and comes on quite strongly towards Peter. Peter flees. After that we cut to the man that was filming DeWolfe to find that he is indeed Marc Specter... His girlfriend and him have a conversation and reveals to the audience that he's a con-artist working against Hammerhead. It was actually a very cool scene and I'm looking forward to more of him. Moon Knight rocks. Then, there's a scene with Aunt May and Peter, explaining more about Peter's character and opinion about the Cat. The final cut roles in... There's a news report about how things are out of control because the Kingpin isn't around and Dini speaks up and is pleading for his life... The next panel, Elektra offs him. Kingpin ends with saying that he's cleaning up. We'll see...
As you can see, the issue was strong. The humor was definitely there and the action was great... I really like Moon Knight, Hammerhead, and Kingpin. I think that these three characters as well as Spider-Man are really cool characters.
What I did not like about the issue was that Black Cat is not the character she was before. She came on to Peter too strongly. I don't care if she's really sexy she just seemed like a completely different character at the end of Cats and Kings than she is now. I don't like that change. Also, Iron Fist and Shang Chi were not there and Ox of the Enforcers was locked up again... Why'd you bring him back, Bendis?
We'll talk about this tomorrow, I guess.
The issue opens with MJ peeking at Peter's empty desk. Big whoop. Bendis, if she's not his girlfriend, let's leave her alone.
Then, the issue gets back into the action with Black Cat staring down a vicious Hammerhead who has Spider-Man at gunpoint. It's very cool to see how this is all drawn... Bagley is really fantastic at the action bit. Then, Spider-Man is shot at by the cops after a bomb goes off, sending him and Black Cat off to mingle. Captain DeWolfe comes in and starts barking the NYPD around and grills them for persecuting Spider-Man. I thought that was nice of her. We see someone lurking about with a video camera (I guessed Marc Specter off the bat, although another name was given). Afterwards, Black Cat explains how and why she's dressed up in the leather and comes on quite strongly towards Peter. Peter flees. After that we cut to the man that was filming DeWolfe to find that he is indeed Marc Specter... His girlfriend and him have a conversation and reveals to the audience that he's a con-artist working against Hammerhead. It was actually a very cool scene and I'm looking forward to more of him. Moon Knight rocks. Then, there's a scene with Aunt May and Peter, explaining more about Peter's character and opinion about the Cat. The final cut roles in... There's a news report about how things are out of control because the Kingpin isn't around and Dini speaks up and is pleading for his life... The next panel, Elektra offs him. Kingpin ends with saying that he's cleaning up. We'll see...
As you can see, the issue was strong. The humor was definitely there and the action was great... I really like Moon Knight, Hammerhead, and Kingpin. I think that these three characters as well as Spider-Man are really cool characters.
What I did not like about the issue was that Black Cat is not the character she was before. She came on to Peter too strongly. I don't care if she's really sexy she just seemed like a completely different character at the end of Cats and Kings than she is now. I don't like that change. Also, Iron Fist and Shang Chi were not there and Ox of the Enforcers was locked up again... Why'd you bring him back, Bendis?
We'll talk about this tomorrow, I guess.