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Collecting his entire year long run, this handsome hardcover collects the first twelve issues of the newly launched Marvel Knights Spider-Man, with none other than Ultimates scribe Mark Millar at the helm. Within these twelve issues, we witness the wall crawler take the biggest beatings the character has ever endured in years, and the villains here are written more fearsome than they have been in some time. It begins with Spidey and the Green Goblin in battle, and soon enough Peter Parker's beloved Aunt May is kidnapped, and presumed dead. The kidnapper is hiding in the shadows, and the conspiracy surrounding it involves the Black Cat, the Owl, the Vulture, Electro, and many, many more. We also witness Eddie Brock auctioning off his Venom symbiote, which births a new villain Spidey must contend with, and there's something very wrong with Doc Ock. The Avengers and the X-Men are also on board, and Millar's storyline is filled with colorful nods to Spidey stories of the past; namely the classic Death of Gwen Stacy saga but it all works superbly. The art by the team of Terry and Rachel Dodson, with a few chapters done by Frank Cho as well, is excellent, with Cho's rendering of Mary Jane looking incredibly luscious. All in all, this hardcover collection of the first run of Marvel Knights Spider-Man is one of the best stories of the character in years (Amazing Spider-Man scribe J. Michael Straczynski wrote some great stories too, but don't get me started on his latest Spidey works), and this is definitely worth picking up for web-heads who missed out on the single issues or would rather have one volume instead of the seperate three TPB's which are also available.
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