The sky opens and energy tendrils ensnare Spidey and Hulk, transporting them to Lemuria, the realm of the Deviants and Warlord Kro. Kro gives them a tour and a history of the stone in Hulk’s possession and how its origin rests with the immortal space gods, the Celestials. Enter a mess of Eternals and the return of Karnilla who steals the stone and departs. Spidey, Hulk, and the Eternal Icarus give chase. Just when Karnilla seems triumphant, here comes Zuras, Leader of the Eternals and one last guest star, All-Father Odin, who puts Karnilla in her place and crushes the stone.

alongside artist ROGÊ ANTÔNIO (CARNAGE). THIS TIME, set your time circuits ahead to the techno-dystopian future of 2099! Miguel O'Hara, A.K.A. Normally this wouldn’t bother me a whole lot because I’m here for a Symbiote Spider-Man story, not so much an event tie-in, but this story was just flat-out dumb. Very out of character for the previous instalments from this creative team. It all kind of fizzles out in the final issue however. David attempts to get philosophical with the Word Of God and how imagination and Spider-Man feed into that, but the issue ends so abruptly that we don't get to explore any of it, which is a bit disappointing.Ultimately, I enjoyed the characterizations of Peter, Quentin, Felicia, and May even if they seem to be more modern versions of the characters than what I think we’d have seen in ’84. Being able to explore a more nuanced view of these characters than what was being presented in those days will be interesting. This sequel to David and Land's original Symbiote Spider-Man mini-series jumps forward a few months in comic time; Peter's still wearing the Venom symbiote suit, and this time runs into the Hobgoblin. What could be a straight forward Spidey story instead becomes a reality-warping What If? when the Goblin teams up with Baron Mordo to re-write all of time and space. Oops.

PETER DAVID AND GREG LAND DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN! After three sense-shattering series, Peter David, Greg Land, Jay Leisten and Frank D’Armata – the entire SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN crew – RETURN! This time, they’re taking Spider-Man down the road less traveled to the supremely psychedelic CROSSROADS DIMENSION! In their most ambitious series yet, the SYMBIOTE team puts Peter Parker and his alien costume on a collision course with none other than THE INCREDIBLE HULK, in a story set just before Peter David’s landmark run on the Hulk series! This got pulled in so many different directions that I started to think it was going to be horrible... but then I just relaxed and let myself go on the ride. Canon or not doesn't matter when it comes to symbiote stuff. Will Aunt May recognize Felicia as the young woman who “accidentally” climbed in through the boarding house window looking for a costume party only a few days before in PPSSM 91? To be honest, I can’t figure out the canonical state of Aunt May’s awareness of Peter’s secret at this point given the number of retcons that have happened over the decades, but it would be interesting to see May and Felicia get to know each other over the course of the next few issues and see how that affects their opinions of each other. (I’m particularly interested in this given how vehemently Felicia seemed to avoid the Peter side of Spidey’s life at the time and how she immediately dismissed Aunt May as a “drag” and a “fogey” at that meeting. Of course, she also called May “feisty” in the same thought balloon, so there’s some real potential for discovery and conflict between the two of them!) No aporta realmente nada. Construye sobre los conflictos de Spidey con la gata negra, el traje y la tía May para darnos una historia que busca resolver algunos de esos conflictos pero no los resuelve porque deberían de resolverse en la historia principal, así que al final del tomo sientes que no se avanzó nada y que el personaje sigue en el mismo sitio en el que estaba al principio, y tiene sentido porque ese personaje protagoniza el tomo dos todavía. I also agree, PAD, that the art in this book is pretty darned good. I haven’t always loved Mr. Land’s work in the past, but it worked well for me here.Peter David and Greg Land return for the next thrilling installment woven between the classic issues of the Alien Costume Saga!