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Alright, I've now read issues 1-14 of the new Venom run.... Its not bad. But it's nothing spectacular, I guess I'm still kinda on the fence. Like with the new Jack-o-lantern, he's cool and he has some really good lines but his motives seem a little wonky. It's kinda like Rick Remender was desperate to establish Venom's rogue gallery and wanted to make Jack-o-latern his nemesis, just for the sake of having one. I mean, I get that mostly everything Jack says is tongue in cheek but his motives for hating Venom is that grenade blast that messed up his face... however he doesn't actually seem to even care it happened. Rick Remender is clearly grasping for an excuse for these guys to hate each other right away instead of slowly building there relationship like with Spider and Green Goblin. I mean if being disfigured actually bothered Jack in the slightest then maybe I'd believe this hatred but it comes off as kinda forced.
Flash Thompson is a good character, although he must be weak willed or somthing because without sedatives that symbiote manipulates him like nobody's buiness. Peter Parker and Eddie Brock didn't have nearly this many problems with it. Maybe he'd have an easier time if he fed it chocolate like Eddie Brock did. I guess Eddie was more clever than the team of funded government scientists.
When are they gonna drop this 'perminant bonding' bullshit, it never happened with Eddie and as we can see even Flash being bonded with it for days still strips it more often than his underwear. Let this concept die already, it doesn't pan out!
Spider-man never did follow that Spider tracer.
Why does every character use french expressions? I mean it would be better if maybe one character used a multiple french expressions, but everyone using one french expression? Not everyone uses french expressions, trust me I'm Canadian! :)
I just don't like crossovers so for me Spider Island kinda came outta nowheres and didn't quite conclude, but whatever.
Circle of four wasn't as bad as some people make it out to be but I gotta say Alejandra is the worst character ever and they should have given the spirit of Vengance back to Johnny. I mean could she be anymore unlikable? My only other complaint on that arc is minor and I would consider very nitpicky but the death of ghost rider and hulk were I little unbelieveable, those characters are much more durable but I can look past that.
So I guess I'm kinda hooked but I dunno, its written well for the most part but... some things just don't seem thought out or just rushed.
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