Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by BARRY KITSON
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
DARK REIGN TIE-IN
He ain’t friendly and this ain’t your neighborhood! Yes, Mac Gargan, America’s favorite sociopath-turned-symbiote-host-turned-hero-hunter now takes the spotlight as Norman Osborn’s sinister Spider-Man. With the Dark Reign-a-raining, the lives of our mighty marvel heroes are being destroyed left and right – but for guys like Mac, the world is their oyster and the chef’s covering the bill. Mac’s a beloved hero. Women love him, men want to be him and nobody wants to run into him after midnight – because the symbiote is still pretty darn hungry... By Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel) and Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man).
BONUS REVIEW by JOHN ROBINSON
I'm a big fan of Chris Bachalo's art. I'm not a big fan of Chris Bachalo's storytelling though.
Normally his very pleasing style leaves me absolutely dazed & confused when reading a book - don't know if
he got his act together or if editor Thomas Brennan simply did his job and made the artist deliver a story
anyone could follow. Guess I don't care, bottom line is the story's a lot of fun, the storytelling was
GREAT for a change, and ask always I delighted in each page of Bachalo/Townsends art.
Got a kick out of Venom/Spidey/Gargan juggling his Spider-Man act, Venom impulses as well as trying to
pretend to follow Osborns orders while still doing what Mac Gargan would do.
Well done.
