{"id":13598,"date":"2022-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=13598"},"modified":"2021-04-11T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:58:56","slug":"asm-352","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2022\/06\/28\/asm-352\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 352"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bags\u2019 first 2 covers for ASM are strangely empty, this one in particular. Maybe they were done in a hurry. This one is in a completely incomprehensible bag so covered in (now very old) tape I kinda destroyed it trying to get the comic out. I like leaving them as they were when I was a kid as much as possible, but it shall go in a normal bag from now on. Sam De La rosa tags in on inks this month. So, our heroes are still in their predicaments. Spidey recaps last issue and then notices the Antarctic Vibranium box nearby, thinking if he can get that open, it\u2019ll melt the Tri-Sentinel. But first he has to get out of that force bubble, which he does by smashing the floor beneath him. But his safety is short-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is perhaps worth mentioning that Carlton Drake is still out there as a literal spider-man since the end of that Arachnis Project miniseries and no one\u2019s done anything with him. As nova takes off to try to help Spider-Man, Spidey himself is still rooting around inside the robot, saying he has since used his Reserve Avenger status to read all their files on sentinels. How convenient! He assumes it\u2019s headed for the nearest nuclear plant to fulfill its original mission, and has traveled to what he hopes is the CPU to try to slow it down. Some rather unconvincing computer jargon indicates he\u2019s trying to make it stop flying, and as he\u2019s grabbed by a bunch of cables, he succeeds. As it comes in for a landing, Nova tries to attack, but gets zapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLet me explain in detail who I\u2019m talking about and how they\u2019re armed to you, a person who probably knows and also doesn\u2019t need to!\u201d As the Tri-Sentinel walks on to its destination, Nova saves a picnicking couple from being stepped on, wondering how Spidey\u2019s doing inside. He\u2019s fine. He manages to twist so the firing rivets hit the cables holding him, allowing him to break free, hoping to find another angle. Outside, Nova is flying around trying to figure out what to do when he finally realizes, to his horror, where this thing is headed, which is the same nuclear facility from ASM 329. Inside, Spider-Man once again has to avoid increasingly dangerous defenses, and decides to head back down to the CPU, figuring the robot won\u2019t deploy such destructive tactics near its brain. Outside:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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–further into the city!\u201d Nova dodges the goon squad outside, forcing them to accidentally shoot the Tri-Sentinel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, that\u2019s sure convenient! Inside, Spider-Man figures he only has minutes to figure something out before the Tri-Sentinel adapts to whatever\u2019s slowed it down (He doesn\u2019t know), and heads back to the Vibranium. He manages to open the box, and the Antarctic Vibranium begins to melt the stuff around it, but the robot just begins reforming, putting it in a stalemate. I don\u2019t know much about sentinels, but this seems too advanced. The Tri-Sentinel starts freaking out, and Nova isn\u2019t sure what might be the cause. He forces the Life Foundation goons to land and wait for the cops, while inside\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That explosion panel is really effective despite not really having anything in it. Sometimes less is more. The Tri-Sentinel is left a huge cloud of dust, the Antarctic Vibranium having fallen to the ground below. Later, Spidey and Nova watch the authorities clean up, Spider-Man saying no one was hurt and injuries were \u201cmiraculously low.\u201d That\u2019s nice. Nova says there\u2019s one bit of unfinished business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This whole lil story was written like they\u2019d never met, despite our previously-seen 2-parter from the 70s, and that last page really confirms it. Whoops. I guess David wasn\u2019t counting on anyone being crazy enough to read the entire history of Spider-Man\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s that for this block. Next up, we tackle the final section of the clone mess. True to this blog\u2019s poorly thought out history, we\u2019ve already seen the clone era begin and end, and now we\u2019re going to end in the middle. I coulda planned things better, but it\u2019s too late now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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