Amazing Spider-Man has hit 800 issues.
Dan Slot is wrapping up his 10-year run on the title, but not everyone can celebrate.
Spider-Man is up against his deadliest foe yet and not everyone will survive.
Hey, I'm Brian from BMA Comics Con.
Today we are going to review Amazing Spider-Man #800.
Don't for get to enter in to win a copy of this issue free.
More information on that at the end of this video.
Previously in Amazing Spider-Man: Norman Osborn has been injected with nanites to prevent
him from accessing the Goblin Serum that flows through his blood.
So, he teams up with the Carnage Symbiote to purge himself of Peter Parker's Nano-technology
that blocks his power.
Now combined with Carnage he has become Red Goblin.
Peter fails to defeat Red Goblin and gets a broken leg for his troubles.
So, he calls on the Spider-Family and Friends to help him but Red Goblin doesn't poses
any of the normal symbiote weaknesses and nearly kills everyone of them.
Until Agent Anti-Venom shows up and proves to be his only weakness.
Flash Thompson, Agent Anti-Venom uses all the energy he has to save and heal Peter and
the Super Friends.
Leaving Flash out of commission.
So, Peter races off to stop Red Goblin from killing Mary Jane & Aunt May.
Peter is late getting to each of his loved ones, but luckily 2 of his enemies have redeemed
themselves by holding of Red Goblin until back up arrives.
To try and even the score Eddie Brock gives Peter Parker the Venom Symbiote.
So now Peter races to the old Oscorp building where Red Goblin is trying to get his company
back.
That is where Peter confronts Red Goblin for the last time.
In this fight Norman reveals that he has poisoned half of Spider-Mans friends and family and
could easily kill them with the snap of his finger.
Luckily Flash Thompson was there, and he used his anti-venom powers to remove the poison
that was in Peter's family and friends; even Mary Jane and Aunt May.
This brought Peter & Flash close as Flash reveals that he has learned Spider-Man's
secret identity.
But in the middle of a battle with Red Goblin is no time for a heart to heart moments.
Red Goblin attacks Flash mortally wounding him setting off Peter's rage with makes
him truly turn into Venom.
It is then Flash gives his last words to inspire Peter to calm down and don't let rage consume
him.
Peter calms down although now is the time for rage as Red Goblin has finally learned
that Peter's weakness is all human life not just those close to him.
So Red Goblin goes on a killing spree in Time Square, with his final victim being Peter
Parker.
As his final breath draws closer Peter uses Norman's pride against him and convinces
him that it will forever be known that Carnage killed Spider-Man.
Causing Norman to release him and they both remove their symbiotes and have a final showdown.
First off let me start by saying sorry for just leaving you hanging like that on the
end of the book.
I just realized that I haven't given away the copy of this to the winner so it's possible
at this time not everyone has read the story.
And if that's true, you should have skipped to this part anyway and not have me spoil
everything else.
Comment below if you think going forward I should just spoil the whole issue.
It's a good thing this was an oversized issue because I don't know how they could
have closed this story with a normal 28-page issue.
However, I don't think its fair to call it an 80-page issue if all 80-pages aren't
story.
That would be my biggest gripe with it.
One thing I can't complain about is the character arc the John Jonah Jameson goes
through.
He hits his highs and lows in this issue trying to redeem himself.
I am curious as to how long the deaths of this issue will last.
Those who died, died in a good way that is very fitting and could be permanent.
And if there ever were to be a lasting death in comics it would be in a Spider-Man book.
This issue showed me that Dan Slott knows who Peter Parker is.
And he should he's been writing him for over 10 years.
But all of what make Peter stand out from his with Great Power must come Great Responsibility,
to his nobody dies on my watch attitude, and his is the biggest screw up behaviors are
all present in this issue.
Well I'm sure it was easy to do when you have the length of almost 4 issue to do it
in.
The pacing in this story is fast.
There isn't any down time, but when the Red Goblin has threatened to kill everyone
you love you kind of have to react quickly.
Most of the art for the Amazing Spider-Man wasn't even inside the comic, it was on
the cover.
There were like 14 different Variant covers to chose form.
You can go to the link in the description and look at the different Variant's if you
want but let me know which your favorite is.
I got the Greg Land & Rachelle Rosenberg one.
It was either going to be that or the John Romita Sr.
Each chapter of this issue was drawn and colored by a different team.
The good thing is that they followed a similar style and the story to me was compelling enough
for me to not notice until the end.
The last part, Goodbye, drawn by Marcos Martin & colored by Muntsa Vicente is much different
than the rest of the book.
Besides that, I really liked the art in this issue.
Flash Thompson.
Everything Flash Thompson is great in this story, including his send off.
I didn't read his Agent Venom comic but now I wish I had.
He is a really cool character.
And I like the irony that he used to bully Peter but also idolized him unknowingly.
Then the way they turn that around to have Peter take inspiration from him.
I really like that.
I like that he got to inspire his hero.
I don't know why it is but I really like the images of Spider-Man & Green Goblin standing
in front of the flames ready to give it their last fight.
I'm giving this comic 9 out of 10-stars.
It has everything you could want in a Spider-Man story.
Call backs to your favorite parts from his past.
A couple of your favorite Spider-Man villains and friends.
And the return of the Symbiote Spider-Man.
You still have until tomorrow June 1st when the winner will be chosen and revealed to
enter to win a copy of this issue.
To do so you'll find a link in the description on the video to watch or you can just click
the card here and see what other comics came out yesterday May 30th.
With you guys help it looks like I am going to hit the goal of 250 subscribers by June
1 so I have a second copy of this issue to add to the giveaway so please subscribe and
leave a comment on my video New Comics for May 30, 2018.
Thank you, guys, for your time and watching this video I hope you enjoyed it and give
it a thumb up.
I'll see you again tomorrow and every Friday for a look at the comics coming out next Wednesday.
Thanks again and til next time Brian Out!!!
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