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Rating:  -
When I was little, I used to watch the 80's cartoon "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends." So when I saw the title to TPB #20, I was so hoping that Bendis was going to create some kind of throwback, one-off substory that would give us a quick shot of the 80's cartoon in Ultimate form.
No such luck. As you've probably read from other reviewers, #20 focuses mainly on Pete's angst-filled, teenage superhero life and the "sudden" birth of the girl who is probably Firestar. She's never ID'd as Firestar, but the title of this TPB implies that she is Firestar. Anyway, we watch her freak out as she manifests her powers. There's a who's-your-daddy subplot that felt a little forced. And then there's an interesting (if under developed) Magneto/X-Men sub-sub-storyline that connects to the who's-your-daddy storyline. But, oh well.
Some reviewers have said that this is the weakest story arc that Bendis and Co. have put out so far. They may be right, but with one caveat; Ultimate Spider-Man is better at its worst than other books are at their best.
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The title is a tad tongue in cheek and a play on the old classic comic book title, and the first story has more variations on the fan-favorite "team-up" books. Yet, this book really is a lot of fresh fun and I really enjoyed it. It was kind of cool seeing Peter with actual friends in both worlds (super and "normal"), which the title makes reference to, and it is done in a very original and believable (for a super-hero comic) way. Just as the first Chris Reeves SUPERMAN movie used the tag line, "You will believe that a man can fly!", in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS, you will believe that there could be such people as these, that they could hang out together, like each other and even have these kinds of problems, trying to help each other through them.
The new artist is very good, although I do miss the older artist a bit. I think I will get used to the new guy. IN any case, the art is just fine. Bendis' writing is funny, insightful and sounds real, as usual. He really has "an ear" for dialogue. He is kind of the "Elmore Leonard" of comics (developing precisely those kind of chops on the pure crime books he did some years ago).
And as per usual in almost every Bendis book I have ever read, he makes me laugh. There is always at least one line (usually a lot more), that has me laugh out loud. Never mind all the others that have me smiling. Who doesn't need more of that these days?
An entertaining read and like all of Bendis' stuff, very re-readable!
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Although the artist has switched, the transition was seamless and the storyline is great as ever.
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This might be the volume that let me let ultimate spiderman sunset in my collection. I'm still not happy to see Bagley leave but the current artist is just too choppy and blocky to replace the smooth style of Bagley. Story wise this was very much a couple filler issues just there to kill some time before Venom returns.
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I thought that this one was pretty good. I'm still getting used to Immonen's drawings vs. Bagley's. They're ok for the most part, but I don't think MJ looks as cute.
The story-line feels like filler plots in-between major comic story arcs. But that's ok. Liz becoming Firestar was pretty cool; and this volume explains a lot of her past "mutant-phobia". I look forward to seeing where that goes.
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