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ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #5

• Miles’ journey to becoming Spider-Man continues!

• Will Miles live up to Peter Parker’s legacy?

• A mysterious figure from Peter Parker’s past returns!

Story by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Sara Pichelli
Cover by Kaare Andrews

Price: $3.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 4.9%

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  1. Avatar photo tomistommy says:
    December 19, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Seems like it’s been forever since the last issue came out. So excited for this!

    • Avatar photo thehangman says:
      December 20, 2011 at 12:08 pm

      Amen. It seems like the book with the biggest printing gap.

      I’m really gonna miss pichelli on art. One of the main reasons I bought this book.
      Anyone know why she left?

  2. Avatar photo RobotZombie says:
    December 19, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    I am enjoying this but there needs to be some action soon.

  3. Avatar photo misterckent says:
    December 19, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    I’m digging the slow burn. Each issue has something that’s just shocking and I really am good taking my time before a big villain comes in and destroys everything!

  4. Avatar photo Parthenon says:
    December 19, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    They really need to start double shipping this book …

  5. Avatar photo j206 says:
    December 19, 2011 at 6:21 pm

    Can we get someone besides Kaare Andrews for the covers for this book? Please?! The art on the inside is sooooooo good. This book really deserves better. Let Andrews have his Ultimates books, and give this book a cover artist that better suits Sara Pichelli. It’s like the Ed McGuinness covers that stained the gorgeous Chris Samnee art in Captain America & Bucky. Does the book no justice, whatsoever.

  6. Avatar photo Neeks says:
    December 20, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Ya i dont know… this has been good but slow and i think i might just start trade buying this, ill have to see because i still havent commited it to my pull list but have been buying every issue.

  7. Avatar photo jonny says:
    December 20, 2011 at 11:21 am

    I just yanked Batgirl off of my pull because it was mediocre and I liked Babs a hell of a lot more than I like this new “-Spider-Man.” If I’m not impressed with this issue then I’m done wasting $4 a month on it.

  8. Avatar photo ghostmann says:
    December 20, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    I recently did a marathon catch-up session on Ultimate Spider-Man and absolutely loved it. Bendis’ Peter Parker/Spider-Man was a joy to read and when he died it truely felt like you lost a member of your family.

    And knowing the Ultimate Universe Comics, there is no coming back from death, right?

    Now we have Miles and he is slowly warming his place into our hearts – but that hole left by Peter is a big one.

    • Avatar photo jonny says:
      December 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm

      I wouldn’t say that, it’s just a lot harder.
      Professor X, Beast, Norman Osborn, and now apparently Scarlet Witch have been killed and brought back. Now I’m not saying that you’ll be seeing Janet and Blob coming back seeing as they were literally devoured, but “rebirth” is not unheard of in the Ultimate U.

      If they wanted Pete back, I’m sure that there would be some way to pull it off. However it wouldn’t be something done lightly.

    • Avatar photo ghostmann says:
      December 20, 2011 at 5:19 pm

      I’m new the Ultimate U so have yet to read about the rebirths.

      The one thing that I really picked up from the Ultimate line so far is that this world things are a bit more “real” and serious. That makes reading these books all more powerful because events have a lasting impact.

      There is that scene in Ultimate Spider-Man when Captain America is trying to tell Peter Parker/Spider-Man that he needs to realize that being a superhero means putting your life on the line and it’s not all jokes and swinging from webs. His message gets cut short when he is called away because the renagade Ultimates are fucking some shit up over on the bridge. Couple of issues later Peter dies because of him being Spider-Man.

      hell of a job

    • Avatar photo jonny says:
      December 20, 2011 at 8:04 pm

      Without a doubt, the Ultimate U is done the way it needs to be done. Aside from the handful of rebirths in it’s 12 going on 13 year life, there is a very serious tone when it comes to life and death. The only rebirth that has disappointed me was Norman Osborn; I understand Bendis wanting to bring the comic full circle for the Death, but it still doesn’t sit well for me. I was in denial that Bendis would actually kill Pete at first but when I realized that he wasn’t kidding and that Peter really was dead, it was powerful stuff (especially since I’ve been reading since 2000).
      Not only have I lost Peter Parker, but we’ve lost his supporting cast as well. No more MJ, Gwen, Aunt May, or Kong (of course we haven’t seen him in a while regardless). Those relationships lost hurt almost as much as losing Pete.
      Now some might say that my negativity towards Miles as Spider-Man is because I’m just pissed that they killed Pete. True, I’m upset about his death but I’ve always had full faith in Bendis. I advocated change in comics and trusted him to do a good job. As of now I’m disappointed with his work.
      I’m getting off on a tangent so I’m gonna stop there.

  9. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    December 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    Hmm… the book is good, but the pace is glacial. Might let a few issues build up, then read a bunch in a row.

  10. Avatar photo wallythegreenmonster says:
    December 20, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    i’m with a few others about the slowness of this. I want to like it more, and i really want it to have the same magic as the Peter Parker USM. Its just not quite there for me yet. Make or break issue for me i think.

  11. Avatar photo thompsonlive says:
    December 21, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Wow this was AWESOME! Finally got some action and it was worth the wait! Plus seeing all the other heroes in action was a great bonus as well. 5/5 and possible POTW for me!

  12. WookieLoveMachine says:
    December 21, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    Officially on board. This issue was excellent.

  13. Avatar photo Parthenon says:
    December 21, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    This issue removed a lot of doubts I had about the series

  14. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    December 21, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    Really excited that Miles’ spider-man career can finally start.

    Let the fun begin. Looking forward to seeing more of the Prowler, and hopefully the supporting cast will keep growing

  15. Avatar photo tomistommy says:
    December 21, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    Best issue yet. That last page made me squee with excitement.

  16. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    December 21, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    Great, great book. Nice origin wrap up.

  17. Avatar photo KenOchalek says:
    December 22, 2011 at 8:17 am

    While I totally loved the content of this issue (5 stars and likely POTW for me), did anyone else feel like the actual book was exceptionally thin? Of course, in a week with Leviathan Strikes everything else feels thin, but even comparing this book to my other Marvel books, it seems like there’s less paper.

    I’m sure there are 20 pages like usual, but do the Ultimate books have fewer ads or something?

  18. Avatar photo Neeks says:
    December 22, 2011 at 8:52 am

    I dont know it was good and ive liked it but im still not loving it, not sure if its the slowness or just Bendis as a writer im just not going crazy over it like everyone else it seems.

  19. Avatar photo xrcst says:
    December 22, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Best panel: DO you know what this means? …. It means you’re talking to girls now. It means I have to start talking to girls. Can I make it pick of the week based solely on that statement?

  20. Avatar photo wallythegreenmonster says:
    December 22, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    I feel like these first 5 issues were like a giant issue #0…but spread out. I hope this means we’ll get started on some actual adventures now. I’m still waiting for the USM magic to grab me again.

  21. Avatar photo TheRealVenom says:
    December 23, 2011 at 3:51 am

    Why does my cover not look like this? Spidey on the flag pole cover is kick ass.

  22. Avatar photo diebenny says:
    December 26, 2011 at 10:25 am

    Wish the art had kept the quality it had before. Sometimes you couldn’t even tell that it wasn’t all Pichelli, but sometimes it was painfully obvious.

  23. Avatar photo jonny says:
    December 26, 2011 at 11:53 am

    Alright, I was seriously about to drop this book until I read the climax to this arc with Electro. Bendis has bought himself another arc from me.

  24. Avatar photo Xeno says:
    January 6, 2012 at 8:54 am

    I’m really disappointed with the art on this one. I’d rather wait a month for Sara Pichelli’s full art than to get this David Messina finishes, ugh! The story is great but it would have been better to have great art too all throughout.

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