Wow, I really liked this. Maybe because the stakes were raised so high but also because the responsibility part of what makes Spider-Man so great was viewed in a different light. I reviewed it with a bunch of pictures here if anyone is interested.

Adam Kubert draws a pretty fantastic issue too, that feels like it belongs in the 90s. His detail on Venom in particularly is out of this world and the fight sequence between he and Spider-Man is incredibly well paced. The layouts in general are strong and his ability reminds you how good he and other artists who have been around for a bit now are at drawing many heroes on the page at once.

Onto spoilers!

spoilers:

The book opens with the happy family of Mary Jane, Peter and the baby just now being able to talk at the dinner table. Spidey is cleaning his web shooters and they are generally happy. Peter heads to the J.J. Mayors office to give some photos when Peter finds out heroes are disappearing. He heads to the Avengers mansion and finds out the entire X-Men and others are just flat out gone. Most of the Avengers are still there, including Namor and Moon Knight, and they find out the villain is at a tower in the city. Iron Man suggests Mary Jane and the baby move into the mansion and he would have to give up his secret identity. They are set to rush off when Hawkeye reports the prisoners of Rykers island escaped. Spidey instantly realizes Venom will be going straight for his family.

Spidey rushes to save them and finds Venom there with his family. He hits Venom so hard he breaks his hand. Mary Jane rushes off with the child and they jump onto a fire truck. Venom chases after her and she blares the horn at him shocking him. Spidey punches Venom into the burning building and when MJ tells him there is no one inside he pulls a support down and crushes Venom. It kills him.

Meanwhile the omega villain calling himself Regent is fighting the Avengers. He can steal powers and has the X-Men powers. He rips Hulks arm off!

Spidey escapes the burning building and looks up to the fight the Avengers were having. They are all gone.

Cut to a year or two later, Vulture snatches a purse and Peter does nothing. We then see he's teaching his daughter to look both ways before crossing the street. We then see a wider shot of the city and Regent has taken over. To be continued!
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What'd you guys think?