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So, now that MJ is flying home in ASM, we can pick up here. As you\u2019ll see, we had no choice. This month, we find ourselves in a \u201csecret maximum security wing\u201d of the Manhattan Correctional Facility wherein is currently housed one Cletus Kasady. He\u2019s guarded by a small army of guys in big, bulky, beautiful Romita, Jr. armor, and seems pretty secure. Until a janitor comes mopping close to his cell, saying he\u2019ll only get as close as\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To no one\u2019s surprise, I think Romita\u2019 Venom is great. Even though he\u2019s less extreme than, say, Erik Larsen\u2019s, he somehow looks more monstrous. And, in a general sense, nobody draws a big buff dude looking truly powerful like Romita. Yes, yes, it\u2019s the John Romita, Jr. Fan blog, back in action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, this is a surprising development. Mackie isn\u2019t the last person to try to boldly put an end to Carnage, sadly, but I salute him for trying. On the other hand, There\u2019s a zero percent chance Venom wouldn\u2019t have killed Kasaday in this situation. All the times he\u2019s tried in the past? Come on. Well, anyway, in the Parker home, Peter does fall off that stepladder, and decides he\u2019s just gotta eat it to keep his secret, but then Jill tries to catch him, and they tumble to the ground in some dumnb romcom moments. Then Aunt May seems to notice this is not good and start aggressively suggesting Peter & MJ need alone time when she returns. Jill is going to drop May off at Anna\u2019s in Queens, you know, May\u2019s house. Peter says she\u2019s been heading out there an awful lot lately. Gee, what could that mean? Then, as they get ready to leave, he says he and MJ have a lot to talk about, and he unplugs the phone, and says this is going to be perfect. So, you know what that means. Meanwhile, Venom checks his to-do list, and it includes \u201cKill Spider-Man\u201d 4 times, and also \u201cDestroy the Daily Bugle,\u201d so he\u2019s off to do that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UGH. Peter chooses this rather odd moment to recap, recap, recap. What he\u2019s hiding from MJ, what she\u2019s hiding from him but he knows about, how Venom came back last issue, all sorts of things. He jumps up onto the roof in regular clothes while recapping, for some reason, and then, of course, sees Venom swinging by, and has to go stop him. Bad timing, Pete-o. Meanwhile\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ominous! Venom is at the Bugle, coming in disguised as a water delivery guy, and then kidnaps JJJ to go kill him. Venom takes Jonah to the belltower of the church from WEB 1<\/a>, and tells him he\u2019s gonna give JJJ more of a chance than he\u2019s ever given anyone. Since he once wrote that Eddie was unbalanced, he\u2019s letting JJJ prove how balanced he is by trying to climb down off the top without falling. But then JJJ\u2019s hand gets webbed to the dome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Venom seems to have gotten Carnage\u2019s variation on their powers by eating him. Not a bad idea. The pair smash around in the church for awhile as Venom keeps recapping his origin until Spider-Man kicks him back outside as hard as he can. He tries to start ringing the bells, since it worked in ASM 300, but they don\u2019t work, and then Venom\u2019s upon him again, saying they removed the clappers. Venom reminds us he doesn\u2019t know who Spider-Man is anymore as he pummels him, which\u2026 How? Ok, so Brock said being separate from the symbiote made him forget, which is shaky enough, but they\u2019re back together now. I mean, it\u2019s better if he doesn\u2019t know, for sure, but it\u2019s sloppy at best. As they brawl, he demands to know why Spidey would protect Jonah, someone who\u2019s spent his career trying to tear him down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The End??? How can this be The End???? In an absolutely SHOCKING, insane example of how messed up this line is right now, not ONE of the cliffhangers at the end of this issue resolves. Anywhere! JJJ doesn\u2019t unmask Spider-Man. Whatever happens with Venom and the Carnage symbiote, it doesn\u2019t happen next issue. Peter isn\u2019t attacked by Whoever. Peter & MJ don\u2019t even SEE each other this night!! It\u2019s borderline impossible. Terrible, terrible storytelling. Truly shocking. And a shocking place to end this block. But, uh, next block just picks up where this one ended, so it\u2019s not such a distinction as it used to be. Well, til the next one\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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