{"id":28166,"date":"2025-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=28166"},"modified":"2024-02-21T19:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:21:55","slug":"usm-060","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2025\/08\/18\/usm-060\/","title":{"rendered":"USM 060"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A return to USM should be a time of great joy. It\u2019s one of the best comics I\u2019ve ever read. But nothing is perfect, and this 150+ issue series is entering its only slump period, and it all starts with Ultimate Carnage. Just 7 months before having the Sentry tear Carnage in half because he\u2019s lame and sucks in New Avengers, Bendis takes up the challenge of rehabbing an even lamer character than Venom. It\u2019s not gonna go well! We\u2019re back with Bendis, Mark Bagley, Scott Hanna and JD Smith. This issue opens with a very Bagley splash of the Lizard jumping at the reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then Curt wakes up. The Spider-Man dialogue in his nightmare feels like a bit of a cheat, but whatever. Slowly realizing he was only dreaming, Curt calls his ex-wife, Doris, to see if their son, Timmy, is ok. I don\u2019t know why you\u2019d change their names. From his half of the conversation, we know she\u2019s not thrilled to hear him, thinks he\u2019s drunk, and has a new man. He hangs up. Then we see some paperwork showing he\u2019s about to lose his grant from Stark International unless he shows them something, and he broods. Meanwhile, Spider-Man follows some police cars to whatever requires a whole lot of police cars in pouring rain, complaining the whole way. \u201cJeanne De Wolffe\u201d is in charge of the operation when he gets there (Names are just up in the air now?), which turns out to be a hostage situation. Our guy sneaks inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who would ever have expected to see Ultimate Gladiator? Not me, and I\u2019ve read this comic before! Spidey and Gladiator have a really brutal knock-down, drag-out across 2 more annoying to photograph 2-page spreads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, wouldn\u2019t you know it, bleeding from his gut and too scared of a hospital, Spider-Man goes to\u2026 Dr. Curt Connors. He says Curt said he owed him a favor (Back in USM 39<\/a>), and he\u2019s calling it in. Curt protests that he\u2019s not that kind of doctor, but soon enough, he\u2019s sewing Peter up. When Curt says he\u2019s been having a rough time, Peter jokes that at least he\u2019s not a lizard. It is not received well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, in a comic with Carnage on the cover, this can\u2019t lead to anything good, huh? I Guess I get the marketing, but why put Carnage on the cover so for before there\u2019s even a Carnage? Just to make sure anyone who would buy a comic strictly because Carnage is in it doesn\u2019t miss part 1? But then Carnage is not in it, so will they stick around? I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t make these decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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