Great issue...where to begin...
First, my complaint - Gwen's death just doesn't seem like the huge deal that it should. This might not even mean too much since the next couple issues will deal with her loss as the kids sit in detention, but as of right now it's kind of jarring.
Now that that's out of the way - I really enjoyed this. The homage to the smokestack was unexpected and a pleasent surprise. And the full explanation behind Carnage and what he was, what he was becoming, and why - perfectly done.
(For anyone who didn't read it and wants to be spoiled - Carnage was killing people to become "full"; he was rebuilding his "damaged DNA matrix" with that of the people he killed, all in an effort to become complete. Ultimately he knew, perhaps not on a conscious level, that he had to have Peter's DNA to be fully restored. And once complete, Peter realized that the creature was not a clone of himself, but of his father. Awesome twist.)
And at the end, Reilly just became much more important. I don't know if something happens with the sample he took or if it just leaves the story open to be revisited later, but it was well done. They could have finished the arc with this issue and it would have worked.
And of course, there was the biggest part of the story - Peter telling MJ he's quitting being Spider-Man. I saw that and immediately thought of you guys, because this is an ongoing discussion elsewhere in this forum.
This is shaping up better than Venom did. I give it 4 stars out of 5.
PS - I'm glad they changed the border of the cover to black (it was green in the original artwork release months ago).
Thoughts?
First, my complaint - Gwen's death just doesn't seem like the huge deal that it should. This might not even mean too much since the next couple issues will deal with her loss as the kids sit in detention, but as of right now it's kind of jarring.
Now that that's out of the way - I really enjoyed this. The homage to the smokestack was unexpected and a pleasent surprise. And the full explanation behind Carnage and what he was, what he was becoming, and why - perfectly done.
(For anyone who didn't read it and wants to be spoiled - Carnage was killing people to become "full"; he was rebuilding his "damaged DNA matrix" with that of the people he killed, all in an effort to become complete. Ultimately he knew, perhaps not on a conscious level, that he had to have Peter's DNA to be fully restored. And once complete, Peter realized that the creature was not a clone of himself, but of his father. Awesome twist.)
And at the end, Reilly just became much more important. I don't know if something happens with the sample he took or if it just leaves the story open to be revisited later, but it was well done. They could have finished the arc with this issue and it would have worked.
And of course, there was the biggest part of the story - Peter telling MJ he's quitting being Spider-Man. I saw that and immediately thought of you guys, because this is an ongoing discussion elsewhere in this forum.
This is shaping up better than Venom did. I give it 4 stars out of 5.
PS - I'm glad they changed the border of the cover to black (it was green in the original artwork release months ago).
Thoughts?
