{"id":2530,"date":"2019-12-16T07:01:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2019-06-02T17:03:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T21:03:37","slug":"arachnis-project-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/12\/16\/arachnis-project-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnis Project 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The more I see these covers, the more I wonder how Wildman feels about the art inside. He is clearly not doing the whole Image thing. It\u2019s all Baskerville. Anyway, it\u2019s pretty much just chaos now. Spidey, Mikashi, The General and some dark suits are going down a tunnel when Spider-Drake smashes through the wall. Then Spoiler is also with them, even though he wasn\u2019t on the first page, and as the Drake thing grabs him up, he yells that it\u2019s spitting acid. Like a spider!
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I got nothing for this. As Spidey escapes with Mikashi, and Mikashi notes that that kid in his office back in #1 was also melted, and that this acid spit was part of the plan the whole time, I begin to think no one in this comic or making it knows anything about spiders. Like, anything. Also, I guess the Jury happened down the same hallway as we followed Spidey away.
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A lot to take in on this page. \u201cEndomorphic boogieman.\u201d That one guy IDing the monster as Drake somehow. Drake\u2019s diaper. Nope, they are not in the same hallway, as the caption says \u201cOne level below\u2026\u201d when we return to The General and the dark suits. I guess space has as little meaning as time here. The dark suits turn on him, but are stunned by his son, Screech. Saved By The Bell! I knew there would be a place in this to say that eventually. Spidey finds a hatch to get Mikashi to the surface.
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Looks like they shot his diaper off. I hope he can hold it for awhile. Elsewhere, The General and Screech are packing up to leave, The General fully intent on leaving The Jury to die. Screech is not happy about that. As Spider-Man finds his way back in and sees goons packing a jet with supplies, he says he can \u201cstill hear the various battles raging in the distance.\u201d What\u2026 various battles? Everyone\u2019s fighting Drake. Also, where is Venom? Did he fall asleep? We at least see what Sneak Thief and Miho are doing\u2026
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Miho was a full grown woman before, Sneak Thief must be enormous. Also: Miho was strapped up and shooting people earlier, now she\u2019s a scared little girl? Also: For the hundreth time, what is WITH the DIALOGUE in this COMIC? To Wildman\u2019s credit, as Sneak Thief and Miho outfit themselves in cast off Jury gear, it\u2019s all recognizable from previous issues. Miho decides her new name is GUNPLAY, because of course she does, and now they\u2019re ready to go kick the aforementioned \u201cbuttinski.\u201d Elsewhere, Drake is about to eat one of them\u2026 I think Firearm?…When Spidey shows up and webs Drake\u2019s face, allowing The Jury to regroup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the hangar, Screech and his dad get to the plane Spidey saw earlier, which has Treece in it. I thought Drake said he killed Treece? Who cares? The General has decided they\u2019re gonna keep hanging with Treece.
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Screech started this comic as a bloodthirsty psychopath. He\u2019s really changed. Somewhere else, Mikashi is trying to climb down an air shaft, nearly passing out from blood loss and spouting a bunch of \u201ca white guy clearly wrote this\u201d stuff about his karma and his honor and losing face as he continues on his suicide mission to do\u2026 something or other. Spidey fights the Drake thing a little more, and then we see Mikashi is disabling the cooling on the nuclear reactor. Uh\u2026 ok. So his plan is to kill himself, his daughter, and Spider-Man in the process of killing Drake instead of letting the superhero do his job? Great plan, dumby! As self-destruct warnings start broadcasting throughout the bunker, Drake rushes off to try to stop it, leaving Spidey and The Jury to form an uneasy alliance to find and rescue Sneak Thief and Miho. Sorry, GUNPLAY. Speaking of whom\u2026
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The screen goes blank for no obvious reason. Miho says she has no reason to live now, but Sneak Thief talks her out of staying there to die, and then they IMMEDIATELY find Spidey & The Jury. One panel later. Everyone\u2019s ready to roll, so of course\u2026
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WHERE has this drooling idiot been for the last issue and a half?? We saw him enter the facility, and the way the timestamps are incoherently flying around, that coulda been WEEKS ago, at this point! Why does he keep saying \u201choo ha?\u201d Where did that come from? Ugh. UUUGH. Only one issue left. Let\u2019s put this behind us next time.
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