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Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1: The Hunger (Spectacular Spider-Man (2003-2005)) Kindle & comiXology

by Paul Jenkins (Author), Humberto Ramos (Illustrator, Cover Art, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

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Part of: Spectacular Spider-Man (2003-2005)

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Collects Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #1-5.

One of the most popular Spider-Man villains of all time is back and deadlier than ever. The alien Venom is on the loose attacking people seemingly at random. But what does he want and what will it take for Spider-Man to defeat him?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M2Z2C8L
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (October 27, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 27, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 384126 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 121 pages

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DoreenH

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015

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this was purchased for one of my sons who loves spiderman

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Better than i remembered.

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017

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Paul Jenkins is one of my favorite writers. He always narrows in on what makes characters special, especially Spidey. This story had a lot of soul to it. Its a Venom story, but its also a look at Eddie Brock, with some great revelations about his past. Also, this is the story after Green Goblin crippled Flash Thompson. Peter cares for a wheelchair bound, and nearly brain dead guy that bullied him in high school. Interesting that this story with Flash happens in a book when the symbiote wants a new host. Kinda wish they skipped the whole Mac Gargan Venom stuff and just gave the symbiote to Flash soon after this story. Still, there's real heart here and a deeper understanding of what the symbiote truly wants. I highly recommend this story for all Spidey and Venom fans. Great story and Humberto's art is amazing as usual. Been a fan of his since Crimson, which is another book y'all should check out.

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021

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I love the art pages of Spider man and Venom they look fantastic!

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014

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i just love ramous art

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Not Really Spectacular

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2019

If you are collecting Spider-Man volumes as a completist, I guess you should pick this up (or wait until Marvel eventually releases a Spectacular complete collection). But if you are a causal reader, this isn’t worth your time. Much of the story here (regarding how Venom works or Flash’s mental condition) has been retconned completely. Furthermore, the art is terrible. I forced myself to finish reading it.

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Lawrance Bernabo

To my surprise a first rate Spider-Man/Venom storyline

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2004

I do not know why Marvel decided to stop producing "Peter Parker: Spider-Man" and replace it with "The Spectacular Spider-Man." After all, it is not like there is less about Spider-Man's secret identity in this or any other one of the web-heads comic book titles. Anyhow, in my Popular Culture class we have a comic book unit where students read "The Essential Spider-Man, Volume 1," which has "Amazing Fantasy" #15 and the first twenty issues and annual of "The Amazing Spider-Man." They put together a model of the defining elements that appear in most Spider-Man comic books and then pick up a current copy of "The Amazing Spider-Man," "The Spectacular Spider-Man" or "Ultimate Spider-Man" to see how that issue stacks up against their model. Usually their are some significant differences between now Peter Parker is married and has a real job as opposed to being a teenage science nerd. But their biggest complaint is that most of the issues they pick up today are always only one part of a continuing story. That makes it rather hard to pick up a single issue and get hooked, which is why Marvel has rectified that particular problem by having trade paperback collections of specific story lines.

"The Spectacular Spider-Man, Volume 1: The Hunger" has the first five issues of the comic and a confrontation between Spider-Man and Venom put together by Paul Jenkins (writer), Humberto Ramos (penciler) and Wayne Faucher (Inker). A series of assaults in New York City have left behind victims who are seemingly unconnected in a strange coma: each victim has been drained of their adrenaline and the only clue is a set of small puncture wounds just above the kidneys. While the cops are investigating Peter is feeling guilty over Flash Thompson's condition (the Green Goblin put Flash in a runaway truck and he ended up with severe brain damage). While on patrol Spider-Man runs into the twisted form of the half-human, half-alien symbiote known as Venom. Of course, Venom is responsible to for those attacks. However, the twist in this particular story is that Venom is no longer linked to Eddie Brock and the suit is looking for a new host.

Venom was never one of my favorite Spider-Man villains, especially the more he kept coming back. But "The Hunger" ends up being the best Venom story I can recall reading because it offers an interesting reinterpretation of the relationship between the suit and Eddie, which involves Spider-Man as well. This is not as earthshaking as finding out the Swamp Thing is really an elemental force of nature rather than a guy caught in between an explosion and a serum, but it does turn Eddie Brock into a tragic character as we find out why he hates Spider-Man and what the symbiote really wants as well. More importantly, in the end it puts Spider-Man in the position of having to make another one of those damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't decisions that is a core part of the Spider-Man mythos that is aptly captured by Spider-Man's final thought in the story.

Ramos is a most distinctive artist whether drawing his elongated Spider-Man or Peter and his friends, and while it might strike some readers as too cartoonish, but it does work and the atmospheric coloring provided by Studio F gives it additional depth. We also have a nice guest appearance by the Fantastic Four in this storyline and seeing Ramos drawn that particular quartet is a nice little visual treat as well. But it is the story of "The Hunger" that is the strength.. There is no reason to expect that this will lead to better Venom stories down the road, but since I was actually interested in how this one played out for once, that is a pretty good recommendation right there.

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Steven R. Mann

Venom's Back

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2004

Finally a good Venom story. Here's some pros and cons...

PROS:

1. Eddie Brock is now more sympathetic; we see why he REALLY hates Spider-Man now, and it makes more sense.

2. If you knew nothing about Venom before this story, you wouldn't be lost. Everything is fleshed out well and I can almost say that this is Venom's "Killing Joke" story - definitive.

CONS:

1. Ya know.. the art is cool and all, but does Venom HAVE to be so huge? Ramos once drew a picture of Spidey and Venom fighting for a WIZARD magazine special and Venom looked right. Here... I dunno.

2. *SPOILER* The whole "A child grows within me" thing seemed pointless to me. It came out of nowhere. I guess that adds to the whole reason for its need for survival, but c'mon, Venom has had like 6 kids by this point. We have yet to see this new offspring and hopefully we won't anytime soon.

Thanks for reading... Hope I was of some help.

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Albert W. Marsh

enjoyed it

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2004

i thought this was a good story, in a nut shell, venom can no longer put up with eddie brocks dying body, so he goes after spider-man to use as a host, i realy loved the art here, and the writing is good aswell

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