We start with a flashback. It's essentially Mark Bagley drawing the sequence where Spider-Man encounter Blade and a Vampire from that USM special way back.
Then we have a Kitty/Peter phone conversation. Kitty is angry because Xavier grounded them and because she and Spider-Man are now the new "it" couple and they have to keep sneaking around. She wants Peter to tell the world he is Spider-Man.
Kitty is in her room with Storm while Peter is at work. Which lead to our next scene where Jonah is angry at Urich for pushing a Vampire story. We then get to see his story ; a first hand account of an encounter with a Vampire by a woman named Jennifer Grünwald who works as a librarian (Means anything to 616 buff?).
Then we go back to school the next day. Peter and MJ have a talk. She saw Spider-man's picture with Kitty in the news and is angry. They talk about it. Most interesting piece of info is that when she asks him if he loves Kitty he says "No" and "Not yet. He express the wish that MJ can move on and they can remain friend.
Then we see Urich going to Jennifer's appartment. A seductive woman open the door. It's not 100% clear, but it seems to be Jennifer the librarian turned slutty. She kisses him, then we see her fang and she bites Urich.
Back at the Bugle, Parker is coming in to work and learn that Urich is missing. Knowing that Grünwald was Urich lead and being well aware that Vampire are real, he tracks her appartment down.
As he reaches the building and wonders wich window is the right one, a wolf is thrown out of the window. The wolf then morph into a flock of bat, goes back to the window and morph back into a wolf.
Spider-man goes in and see Urich held by the vampire who is most likely Grünwald. She is claiming that he is hers at som unseen figure. Spidey attacks her, then get attacked by the wolf (who can sorta talk). A bit of rumble and then we meet Morbius (in the same uniform as the cover) who tells Spidey to get out because "he can't win this fight."
Like hell he can't.
end of issue.
Like it. Strong art, especially inking. I liked the contrast between the "light" and "dark" sequence. Good characterization. Strong first issue.
4/5
Then we have a Kitty/Peter phone conversation. Kitty is angry because Xavier grounded them and because she and Spider-Man are now the new "it" couple and they have to keep sneaking around. She wants Peter to tell the world he is Spider-Man.
Kitty is in her room with Storm while Peter is at work. Which lead to our next scene where Jonah is angry at Urich for pushing a Vampire story. We then get to see his story ; a first hand account of an encounter with a Vampire by a woman named Jennifer Grünwald who works as a librarian (Means anything to 616 buff?).
Then we go back to school the next day. Peter and MJ have a talk. She saw Spider-man's picture with Kitty in the news and is angry. They talk about it. Most interesting piece of info is that when she asks him if he loves Kitty he says "No" and "Not yet. He express the wish that MJ can move on and they can remain friend.
Then we see Urich going to Jennifer's appartment. A seductive woman open the door. It's not 100% clear, but it seems to be Jennifer the librarian turned slutty. She kisses him, then we see her fang and she bites Urich.
Back at the Bugle, Parker is coming in to work and learn that Urich is missing. Knowing that Grünwald was Urich lead and being well aware that Vampire are real, he tracks her appartment down.
As he reaches the building and wonders wich window is the right one, a wolf is thrown out of the window. The wolf then morph into a flock of bat, goes back to the window and morph back into a wolf.
Spider-man goes in and see Urich held by the vampire who is most likely Grünwald. She is claiming that he is hers at som unseen figure. Spidey attacks her, then get attacked by the wolf (who can sorta talk). A bit of rumble and then we meet Morbius (in the same uniform as the cover) who tells Spidey to get out because "he can't win this fight."
Like hell he can't.
end of issue.
Like it. Strong art, especially inking. I liked the contrast between the "light" and "dark" sequence. Good characterization. Strong first issue.
4/5
