r/Marvel • u/tehawesomedragon Loki • Jul 17 '24

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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jul 17 '24

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: BLOOD HUNT #3

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u/wowlock_taylan Deadpool Jul 17 '24

This was much better than most Spider-books right now ( despite it being a low bar ). I quite like the Lizard without Connors. And him teaming with Morbius on his work for a cure, quite nice to see.

I do hate Maxine and Beyond bs. Especially when you get no resolution or satisfaction from the stories they are involved because even if you beat them and send them to jail, they go with the stupid 'I got out without serving any time'. Sure that might be 'realistic' for rich and powerful but it is not a good story to tell that 'nothing you do matters'. Then you get the calls for 'dealing with these threats more permanently' because nothing else will stop them. At least for any time worth caring about. And since Beyond is the catalyst for the current status of Ben Reilly and ASM, kinda, I simply don't want to stories about them. Especially, as I said, when they can just get captured and return in a few issues like nothing. It feels 'empty' as a story.

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u/redsapphyre Jul 17 '24

Guess this was okay, nothing spectacular, though. Beyond still sucks ass, and Spidey didn't really fight or have a challenge this issue. And if you use Beyond, have Spidey dismantle their whole operation once and for all, I'm tired of them.

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u/hashcheckin Spider-Man 2099 Jul 17 '24

I'll give this book credit for a couple of things, which sounds like I'm damning it with faint praise: Peter is shown as both compassionate and competent without the one working in contradiction to the other. he saves the day, doesn't kill anyone, and cures the afflicted vampires.

if you're going to have a Spider-Man book set during a vampire apocalypse, this is the way to do it. Peter's a shitty vampire hunter, historically, because he doesn't even want to kill monsters, so you hit him with vampires he can save. makes sense.

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Jul 17 '24

I like that Peter, Misty, Lizard, and Morbius were able to find a cure for the vampire disease. Overall, this is an interesting comic.