I think the writers of Scarlet spidey vs Venom wanted spidey to win with no help, just doing by himself with good fighting, good thinking and good planning, which is wot he did
Yeah, trust me I'm not knocking the fight I loved it, but it just seems weird how they always do pretty well when they first fight him, then when they try again well they get pretty much killed...
I was always disappointed (way back in the day) that the only appearance of Venom I had and Spider-man didn't fight him lol
Thats how all the fights are meant to go though, spider-man beats the villain first or second time around in a comic, and then later he get's his ass kicked all the time
that's true the villains start off invincible in there first appearance then after the second battle they always loose even when they should win i'm thinking of venom doc ock green goblin fit that description
You have just named some vintage spidey stories. I own every issue of Astonishing Spider-man and IMO the best issues are issue #18 which reprints Amazing Fantasy #15, the death of Ben Reilly in #57 (Great character lasted just over #50 issues) and
#69 The Electro story you mentioned with Nate Grey. I loved the controversial Clone Saga, I loved the Molurn storyline. I thought that the return of Aunt May and Osborn's descent into madness was handled poorly. I also have a fondness for issue #32 (The second issue for Ben Reilly when he took over the title) as that's when I first started collecting comics, but I own every issue.
oooo a man after my own heart, I also have every issue of Astonishing! issue 32 that's when he fought the Sandman isn't it? Or are you referring to issue 31 where he fights Armada? I loved that story!! and I agree I loved Ben Reilly to and when he died while sad was a great story.
I also really liked the clone saga, but only when I re-read it in one big chunk, it kind of drags on when you read it slowly. Yeah Osborn's madness was handled poorly, at least part of it was, mainly when he thought he was winning his fight with Spidey, it just got a little to chaotic.
I actualy started on issue 17 buying that from a market, but the first i brought from a shop was 46 where he fights alongside Gambit, been on ebay for 2 years getting the rest though
Issue 1-abooout 80 is def my favourite Spidey era mainly cause its what I grew up with and this was also around the time where Pete went into his anti hero phase, when he came out of it you so appreciated the light hearted Spidey more ahhh the good old days (thats right I do love those stories!)
I'v probably said all this earlier on in the thread but well I can't be bothered to re-read it lol
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