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Volume 5 is different from the previous 4, as brings Peter's troubled (and fascinating) life into the foreground. Simply put, an imposter is running around NY in a Spidey costume, and Gwen Stacey moves in with Peter and Aunt May, causing all sorts of problems for MJ (and Peter). This volume doens't have any super villians, which is a nice change and demonstrates the strength of the story written and drawn by Bendis and Bagley in their rebooting of Spidey. Great volume!
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Spider-Man gets the dreaded parent teacher consultation. Even worse, an impostor is running around committing crimes while wearing his costume. This ends in tragedy, and a chance in his own living arrangements.
Scratch one girlfriend, as well. He gets patched up by the Wasp. Whether meeting her, or any of th e Ultimates is a good thing is highly debatable.
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I never like to read spider man before I picked up Ultimate. i love to follow Spider-Man and the rest of the main cast. I find it to be very interesting, I would never expect to see what happends in this book. I am now hooked.
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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. plus the issues where the ultimates come in aren't that great, the whole series gets hijacked by them and not a lot of spidey. imo, the ultimates are easily the worst part of the ultimate universe. beyond ultimate spider-man and the ultimate fantastic four the ultimate universe isn't too great.
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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This review refers to Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 5 paperback edition: Public Scrutiny
While the previous four volumes of Ultimate Spider-Man have dealt with Peter's private life in the background, and a big league bad guy (or two) in the foreground, this volume is almost exclusively about Peter Parker's home life, his social life, and his love life. As if his career as Spider-Man isn't filled with enough people that hate him, someone else is posing as Spider-Man and robbing people. It's actually much worse than it appears at first, when yet another person close to Peter is killed, this time by the Spider-Man impostor.
His love life is also complicated more, here. With Gwen Stacy in need of comfort, she runs to Peter and his Aunt May for comfort. How much of Gwen wanting to be with Peter is friendship and how much is romance isn't revealed, but it does bend MJ to the breaking point. While I did enjoy MJ and Peter's close relationship from the off, this tension and disharmony is more in keeping with the regular Spider-Man continuity, at least in the beginning.
The writing and art are perfect. Bendis and Bagley are a great duo, who work very well together. This fan girl is wishing them many happy years of collaboration.
Public Scrutiny reprints Ultimate Spider-Man #28-32 and is a fine addition to any Spider-Man collection.
Highly recommended!
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