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Ultimate Spider-Man #52

By Kevin Scott
January 12, 2004 - 15:16

Well, now Elektra has got the contract to retrieve the tablet for KingPins, what kind of trouble will she bring to Spidey's life. Throw Black Cat into the mix and what have you got? Clean out your mind, I meant you got a whole heap of trouble.

After Elektra showed up at the end of last issue I wanted to know where things would go. You knew no one would die, but how would the situation be resolved. This wasn't a really great issue, but Bendis being the master of dialogue that he is, you'll always have your gems laced within. Everything is set up though for the last part of the story though, as there are still threads to be tied up. Like what is behind KingPins want for the tablet?

Bagley is a great artist and it's always fun to watch his work. The opening panels are real nice, but when it comes to the first fight, it seemed to be lacking some energy and it didn't seem like the frenzied clash you'd think it was. What I really liked though, was the way he made the throwing stars and sais look like they were coming at you out of the page. And his Adams Hotel shot and Spidey wallcrawling shot were the standouts for me this issue.

Report Card - C

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