{"id":29044,"date":"2025-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=29044"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:36:08","slug":"ssm-v2-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2025\/10\/12\/ssm-v2-26\/","title":{"rendered":"SSM V2 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Suddenly, Clayton Crain. His really jarring digital painting style has never appealed to me. It\u2019s weirdly artificial looking. He came to prominence on symbiote-related comics. And, like, this cover isn\u2019t so bad, I guess, but once we get inside\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First of all, hilarious he\u2019s credited as \u201cpenciler\u201d for doing the entire art gig. I sure hope he was actually paid for colors, if not credited for them. But there\u2019s a harshness, an unreality to what he does that I just don\u2019t like. An uncanny valley-type thing. Anyway, \u201cI saw you die and be reborn. For the second time in the last few months, but everyone\u2019s kind of pretending the other one didn\u2019t happen. Even though you still have the organic webshooters you got from it. Who cares, really?\u201d Spider-Man and Madame Web recap at each other what\u2019s going on for 2 pages, and also recap why Spider-Man\u2019s costume looks weird. Every writer who doesn\u2019t embrace the recap page is wasting your time, in my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Midtown high had a \u201cmythology class?\u201d Your tax dollars at work, I suppose. Well, check this out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Puma! When\u2019s the last time we saw Puma? Answer: Spider-Man Unlimited #15<\/a>, nearly 10 years prior to this issue! Hope he\u2019s been getting some rest. Well, Puma convinces her to attack him, but instead of \u201cfighting,\u201d she just socks him in the jaw once and that\u2019s it. A very 2020s \u201cfight scene,\u201d ahead of its time! He says the urge builds up in them over time, and this won\u2019t keep it at bay for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HIGH SCHOOL PALEONEUROLOGY????? Is that supposed to be a joke or something? Reed has decided none of the people acting out are at fault for it (DUH!), and then hits upon radiation as a cause, noting the Baxter Building is protected. Back outside, Puma is telling Black Cat his deal, and lets us know he\u2019s not turned into Puma in a long time (Since SMU 15?), but he was at a board meeting and he felt it coming, had to flee before someone got hurt. And then he shredded a dog in an alley. We have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lizard looks a lot like \u201cthe Crocodile\u201d now. He gets attacked by Vermin and they fight for 3 pages. That seems like it shoulda happened in the sewer, but they\u2019re at the mercy of the plot, I suppose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Must pause to acknowledge an ad for X-Men Fairy Tales #1, \u201call-new stories based on classic Japanese fairy tales!\u201d written by CB Cebulski, noted Japanese writer impersonator, now doing it under his own name. So funny. So stupid. Vermin was not dead, as you well know, Spider-Man. Wonder if Aguirre-Sacasa was aware of a story called \u201cDeath of Vermin\u201d and just left it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why\u2019s Spider-Man cracking wise all of a sudden? The oppressive edgelord tone seems to have drained out of this story for no apparent reason. Spidey hoped Vermin would come at him to push them all into the water, which Spider-Man can breathe in now, thanks to his suit, so he\u2019s fine as they cool off. Emerging from the drink, Spider-Man sees\u2026 well, this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I think trying to make super-serious Ebony Darkness Dementia Raveway sadface comics while also having to type the phrase \u201cDr. Vincent Stegron\u201d is funnier than any Spider-Man one-liner. Let\u2019s wrap this stupid crap up next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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