It’s also nice to see how they team up in a way as they attempt to figure out who the “ghost” is in the story. Much like the game, it’s her investigating that helps cue Peter into a greater threat he would have otherwise missed. She’s very much the main character here and she’s bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (maybe more so than Peter). She’s enamored with him due to his track record as a great journalist and it’s fun to see Mary Jane’s turn as a reporter further developing. Mary Jane gets a good deal of page time as she shadows superstar reporter Ben Urick. Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast! ![]() ![]() It’s one of the wackier villains and it plays well into the main threat that’s being established later on, since it’s an enemy that doesn’t immediately make logical sense. Hallum and Laiso do well to capture Spider-Man’s ability to mix hard hits with strategy and using his noggin. Very quickly, it’s clear this is a different universe due to the character design of Swarm and the costume Spider-Man is wearing as he fights this bad guy. We got a hint of this villain in “City at War,” but he’s given a bit more room to breathe here - plus, he pops up again later. This five-issue series picks up with an action sequence where Spidey fights Swarm. That charm comes from the great balance of science-minded Peter Parker and superhero Spider-Man melding into an ever so slightly different version fo the character apart from the 616 universe version. ![]() Subtitled “Velocity,” the series, written by Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum and drawn by Emilio Laiso, features one of the amazing costumes featured in the game, some new villains to populate that universe and a whole lot of charm. The Gamerverse continues to expand at Marvel Comics and this week is a good time to jump into the second Spider-Man series based on the PS4 video game.
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