Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 11: Carnage

In the previous comic, Spider-Man is dismayed to learn that Sam Raimi is making a Spider-Man movie with Tobey Maguire in it. They even use actual footage of him flying through the air for the movie. And Spider-Man isn't getting paid one cent for this movie. Which is money he could use. Mary Jane is the only one who knows his identity but with Gwen Stacey living in the house it won't be long before she finds out his secret and she blames Spider-Man for her dad's death even though it was an imposter dressed like Spider-Man who killed her father. Doc Octavius broods in jail but not for long as someone opens the door where his arms are being held and he can still control them even with them not being attached to his body. It isn't long before he hunts down Spider-Man for revenge for putting him away in jail in the first place. Spider-Man captures Doctor Octavius and Gwen comes around and sees that Peter Parker wasn't to blame for her father's death.In this comic, Doctor Conners is having nightmares about what he could possibly do to his family as the Lizard and desperately wants a cure. Meanwhile, Spider-Man is fighting a bad guy and gets hurt and turns to Doctor Conners to stitch him up. Doctor Conners looks at Spider-Man's blood under the microscope and sees possibilities there. So does his assistant. This could possibly fix his arm and cure him of being the Lizard. But first, he asks Peter for permission to use his blood to do tests and experiments. At first Peter is apprehensive, but in the end, he agrees.Then one night the creature they have been growing in the lab based off of Peter's blood escapes and kills the school's night guard. It has Peter's memories and is searching for someone in Peter's circle of friends and family and when it sees one it kills them by puncturing a hole in their skin and draining the life out of them. Peter is devastated and he wants to destroy what killed the person who was close to him.This is a dark comic in that someone dies and that Peter kills the thing that killed the person whom it killed. Peter had a mentor and friend in Doctor Connors and that is destroyed in this book. It's a really killing blow to Peter to lose this person and he feels responsible for not saving them even though he wasn't there. But that just shows you the type of person Peter is. Someone who feels the weight of the world on his shoulders. And he doesn't complain--much--only when it becomes overwhelming. This was a sad comic, but I loved it anyway and I give it five out of five stars.

I don't want to call this an "answer to the criticism" but I will address why I thoroughly enjoyed this book in spite of some of the negativity surrounding it. The ultimate goal being to possibly interest you into reading the story and creating an opinion of your own.By far the number one issue fans of the series had was the pacing of Gwen Stacy's death along with the battle against Carnage. In my opinion the casualness of it all is what added the most to Ultimate Spidey. Gwen's death isn't out of the ordinary. It doesn't get a build up to it because death is part of Peter's world now. Things can only get worse. This isn't just a fantasy he's living out or a game he's playing. This is his life. The life of a superhero where tragedy will happen without a moments notice. Where drama takes a backseat to consequences.He made a mistake and someone paid the price for it. That someone just happened to be another person who was very close to him. As much as people like seeing an angry Peter Parker that's never been the core of his character. He's not a rage filled sociopath looking for revenge. He's a self destructive time bomb who loathes his conscience for making him miserable. As far as he's concerned he's the one who killed Uncle Ben. He's the one who killed Gwen Stacy. He's the one who can't stop hurting Aunt May and Mary Jane. He's 15.When you're 15 and everything is your fault, and you're confronted by the product of your own negligence (Carnage) your immediate instinct isn't to annihilate the seemingly immortal abomination of science trying to kill you. In my opinion Peter wasn't even there for that fight. His mind was still trying to cope with the realization that this wasn't the first, and won't be the last tragedy to befall him. That being Spider-Man won't get easier and day by day the odds of him hurting another loved one is increasing. It was only after the fight that he came to which is why the story was told through a flashback.It's not that the comic itself is dumbing down. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Bendis is leaving more and more to subtext for you to interpret for yourself. He doesn't want to build up to a situation where he'll tell you how to feel during the climax and end definitively. He wants you to take what you will and decide what to get from it. This is volume 11 out of 22 and is a great turning point for the character.

Ultimate spiderman volume 11 is one of the best volumes in the Ultimate Spiderman series. The story line continues from volume 7.Peter Parker is in the battle of his life against a evil killing machine known as Carnage, created from his own blood!I recommend this to any Marvel and Spiderman fan.

Amazing Spider man comic different take on how Carnage was created and different person who dies when carnage is born

Good book

This Ultimate Spiderman comic book was in pretty good condition, not like some that suck and have water on the pages

my favorite series, collect the whole things

Got this for a Christmas gift. My grandson loved it!

Carnage isn't as enjoyable as I would have hoped. I couldn't help but think of the volume with Venom as so much of it is the same as this.Curt Conners has started to test Peter's blood and the experiment goes wrong bringing about Carnage. Carnage runs amock killing people so it can feed and it ends up killing someone close to Peter.Once Peter finds out what Conners has done he gets angry and the showdown between Spiderman and Carnage is good but was all too short for my enjoyment. I feel that this volume is only a build up for the Clone saga in volume 17, which looks far more entertaining.

Boyfriend loved it

awesome book for marvel lovers

第11巻の敵はカーネイジ。原作では圧倒的にスパイダーマンより強いエイリアン共生体という設定だが、このシリーズではだいぶ違う。そこがしゃくだが、この巻でなんとあの人が死んでしまう！一体その人とは？衝撃的な巻だった。