{"id":4991,"date":"2020-05-29T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2019-07-07T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T16:16:27","slug":"sm-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2020\/05\/29\/sm-52\/","title":{"rendered":"SM 52"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tom Lyle had some questionable notions about hands. \u201cHe\u2019s not a good guy!\u201d I believe at this time, Venom was still starring in a monthly series of miniseries where he certainly was the good guy, albeit in a Punisher-y anti-hero way. Venom got so popular that they eventually came up with a weak excuse for him and Spider-Man to strike an uneasy truce so Venom could go off and be a star in his own right. This series continues to be brought to you by Howard Mackie, Tom Lyle, Scott Hanna and Kevin Tinsley. We begin with The Daily Bugle\u2019s new hotshot reporter Ken Ellis.
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And yet, it would be Ellis who was \u201cput out to pasture\u201d when he didn\u2019t catch on, while Ben Urich continues to appear in comics today. As Ellis runs out to get his story, he\u2019s met on the street by Ben Reilly in his new getup. He says he needs to find Venom, and Ellis seems to have the inside track. Ellis asks him if he thinks he\u2019s Spider-Man, he says no.
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For his part, Venom is kind of on a rampage, having made a pile of \u201cmuggers, thieves and killers of all types\u201d on the roof of a building which is now surrounded by cops and onlookers. He tells himself how he\u2019s \u201cthe good guys\u201d now and doesn\u2019t appreciate everyone being ungrateful. A quick cutaway implies a mystery figure is watching Venom, then we follow Ben Reilly to the scene, questioning himself the whole way, remarking on how Spider-Man could barely beat Venom and Ben is out of practice. Venom sees him and assumes it\u2019s Spider-Man in a new suit, and that gets him a kick in the gut.
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Venom wails on Ben while saying he and Spider-Man have an agreement, which means this guy is a fake, and Ben agrees. He\u2019s pretty emo about the whole clone thing. As Venom is about to finish him off, a voice warns that he has to get out of here. The mystery figure is revealed to be\u2026
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…Scream, one of a ridiculous number of other poorly named symbiotes introduced in Venom\u2019s first solo miniseries. As she and Venom get to fighting, Ken ellis shows up, intent on interviewing whoever survives this fight (I mean\u2026 has the idea that they\u2019d kill you not crossed your mind, dude?), and his story about this becomes the narration for a bit.
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Ben saves the woman in the car and a guy falling off a roof while thinking he\u2019s no hero and he\u2019s got to get out of here. But as he sees Venom and Scream fighting toward a trapped transit worker, he swings on in anyway, once again getting Venom with a surprise attack. Scream begs him to stop, says she has to learn how to control her \u201cother,\u201d while Ben says Venom is the last guy you want to get advice from (Feels like a fair point).
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So now Ben has a supername whether he likes it or not (And who would?), and Venom bursts out of the river swearing revenge on the last page. Venom is such an odd character design, and I feel like most artists didn\u2019t really \u201cget\u201d him. Lyle seems to have a really hard time with the face. Next time we\u2019ll see how Spectacular is doing with edgelord Spider-Man vs. Puma.
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