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[HypnoHustler]

I read it. Aside from a couple bright spots like spoilers:

Doc Ock still having a bit of a conscience and agency

end of spoilers I thought it blew. And did I miss an issue, or did spoilers:

Morlun just appear out of thin air again even though he’s supposed to be super dead? I don’t remember him from the previous SW issues.

end of spoilers Also that tacked on spoilers:

epilogue with Strange and Mephisto was embarrassingly rushed when it should’ve been woven into the main story.

end of spoilers

[Spiderfan001]

I read it. Aside from a couple bright spots like spoilers:

Doc Ock still having a bit of a conscience and agency

end of spoilers I thought it blew. And did I miss an issue, or did spoilers:

Morlun just appear out of thin air again even though he’s supposed to be super dead? I don’t remember him from the previous SW issues.

end of spoilers Also that tacked on spoilers:

epilogue with Strange and Mephisto was embarrassingly rushed when it should’ve been woven into the main story.

end of spoilers

spoilers:

Morlun has been alive for this.Also the Sins thing can bring back dead anyway. The epilogue was rushed but it was, to me just a reminder that Strange and Mephisto are still in play and will be a part of this. I hated the ock thing.Should have been Peter, Ock should have bought him time to make the play

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[NC_Yankee]

spoilers:

Morlun has been alive for this.Also the Sins thing can bring back dead anyway. The epilogue was rushed but it was, to me just a reminder that Strange and Mephisto are still in play and will be a part of this. I hated the ock thing.Should have been Peter, Ock should have bought him time to make the play

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Maybe I am reading this wrong but I get the impression that the OMD deal is over and Otto is free as well ( not sure about Miles). It is important to note that Aunt May is in 874 and maybe, just maybe the title of 874 “What Cost Victory?” Means that although Peter “beat the house” the price he must pay is adios to Aunt May? It is also possible that everything involving Ben could be Peter and MJ faking death or a coma until Peter heals and Ben is basically the backup quarterback until the starter ( Peter) returns?

[Jman27]

Maybe I am reading this wrong but I get the impression that the OMD deal is over and Otto is free as well ( not sure about Miles). It is important to note that Aunt May is in 874 and maybe, just maybe the title of 874 “What Cost Victory?” Means that although Peter “beat the house” the price he must pay is adios to Aunt May? It is also possible that everything involving Ben could be Peter and MJ faking death or a coma until Peter heals and Ben is basically the backup quarterback until the starter ( Peter) returns?

So Ben is Nick Foles while Peter is Carson Wentz in this case then

[Frontier]

This run feels like it's gotten a little out of hand.

[HypnoHustler]

This run feels like it's gotten a little out of hand.

I’m struggling to think of what the point of this mini was… I haven’t seen a battle royale this drawn out, pointless and boring since ‘Maximum Carnage.’ From a story development POV, there wasn’t nearly enough to warrant it.

[Frontier]

I’m struggling to think of what the point of this mini was… I haven’t seen a battle royale this drawn out, pointless and boring since ‘Maximum Carnage.’ From a story development POV, there wasn’t nearly enough to warrant it.

Are the fights even that good, arguably? Especially with how much it's just your protagonist getting beat up.

[Batman Begins 2005]

This run feels like it's gotten a little out of hand.

It's gone downhill. Last thing I enjoyed from it was Sins Rising/The Return of the Green Goblin.

I’m struggling to think of what the point of this mini was… I haven’t seen a battle royale this drawn out, pointless and boring since ‘Maximum Carnage.’ From a story development POV, there wasn’t nearly enough to warrant it.

Agreed. Felt the same way about King's Ransom and The Chameleon Conspiracy unless I'm getting things mixed up.

[Jman27]

Honestly you only need issue 1 and 4 since the fighting is still continuing in amazing. guess marvel is padding the run reason why I don't know

[NC_Yankee]

So Ben is Nick Foles while Peter is Carson Wentz in this case then

Good analogy. Definitely not Tom Brady replacing Dew Bledsoe or Lou Gehrig replacing Wally Pipp. Hopefully for Ben he is Jerome “The Bus” Bettis leaving and a not so good situation ( The Rams) and going on to a Hall of Fame situation ( Steelers).

[NC_Yankee]

Honestly you only need issue 1 and 4 since the fighting is still continuing in amazing. guess marvel is padding the run reason why I don't know

One possibility is Nick Spencer has a strange desire to use every character who appeared more then once in Spider-Man. He even had a way for The Stacy Twins, Jean, Captain Stacy Uncle Ben and Gwen to be referenced in his run. Basically everyone except Eddie, Punisher Phil and Kingsley

[t-spider]

All I'll say about the ish...

spoilers:

My homie Fred better return from the dead one day.

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[Dthirds3]

I'm one more day retconed yet ?

[David Walton]

SINISTER WAR is a weird series. Feels like it's simultaneously rushed AND filler.

The big stuff is happening in ASM.

The events of SW should probably have just been compressed and occurred in two issues of ASM (directly alongside the big Kindred/Norman revelations). It's just a really weird format to end a major Spider-Man run on.

[chachi]

I’m struggling to think of what the point of this mini was… I haven’t seen a battle royale this drawn out, pointless and boring since ‘Maximum Carnage.’ From a story development POV, there wasn’t nearly enough to warrant it.

Exactly why I told my LCS owner, I wasn't picking this up, despite pulling ASM. And I agree Spender's run has been Meh at best.