The art is provided by Pasqual Ferry, who has stated Steve Ditko as one of his influences. Action and ramifications are both mainstays of Spidey and they again raise their heads here, with results that may surprise at t a knee jerk level, though has a certain parity, it truth be told. We know the negative impacts fo the alien suit Zdarsky lays it on a bit thick, establishing the kind of psychic rapport the Brook and the suit would go to “enjoy”. It could be said that at the time of wearing the black suit, Peter Parker was probably at a bit of a less than focused part of his life, Zdarsky ramps up these elements, estranged from may and MJ Peter has no-one to turn to, though in reality there is someone there to welcome him in with open arms, legs etc. Set squarely in the same time as the Symbiote Spider-Man book by Peter David and Greg Land Chip Zdarsky takes it one step further: what if Spider-Man didn’t give up the alien costume and became Venom? After all the concept of life story with its almost was and almost is kinda fills that void. The idea then of writing another kind of What if? certainly feels like a bit of a retread. A little while ago, Chip Zdarsky wrote Spider-Man a Life Story, which loads of people loved but the idea and the execution left me a tad disappointed.
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