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| Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 20: Ultimate Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Creator: Stuart Immonen
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 10781
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0785129618
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5973
EAN: 9780785129615
ASIN: 0785129618
Publication Date: September 17, 2008
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Product Description
"Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!" Things are changing in the young life of Peter Parker: Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four is now his buddy - and the hot-headed super hero has taken a liking to Peter's classmate, Liz Allen! But something is horribly wrong with Liz - something that will soon affect the life of every student at Midtown High - including Peter's ex-girlfriend, Kitty Pryde! Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #118-123.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Wow! This one's a doozy. February 26, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is the latest installment of the long-running , wildly successful "Ultimate Spider-Man" series, which takes the character back to his gangly, teenage roots. This volume gathers issues #112-117, and marks the debut of a new illustrator, Stuart Immonen, as the permanent artist on the series. I had gotten into the cartoony vibe of the previous artist, Mark Bagley, and was leery of his departure, but --man!!-- does Immonen deliver the goods! This is some of the most exciting, fluid, cinematic artwirk I've ever seen in a Marvel book... Wow! is it fun!
Writer Brian Michael Bendis is also totally in the zone on this one, too -- Spidey's bitter, sarcastic ripostes to floundering interim S.H.I.E.L.D director Carol Danvers are some of the best dialog I've read in ages - funny and also illuminating of Peter Parker's maturing inner strength. This is a *great* superhero book, and a nice upswing for a title that was beginning to sag around the edges. Hope Bendis & Company can keep up the pace, 'cause this was a lot of fun. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)
Terrific Service from Amazon March 5, 2008
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
I pre-order this book a while back. The first book i got was defective due to excessive glue from the binding, which glued a couple of the pages together. Amazon sent a new copy before i had the chance before i sent back my old copy. that's just quality service.
beside that. i found that this 9th series of ultimate spider-man includes the clone series that was released a couple of months earlier. so you might want to save some money if you havent decided to purchase the clone series. i already purchased both, but i have no complaint since i love the artistry.
good story March 8, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
1st off the comic is drawn very well, which is a big selling point for me since i'm an art student. 2nd story is also very important, mainly because with a sucky story everything goes downhill. fortunatly for us this g.n. has both. without ruining the story, you real feel for spidey(which is like 95% of the time) in this one. so much keeps happening to him and yet he's still one of the good guys. if only the majority of us could do that in real life.
Best USM in a while June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The opening of the book is a nice change of pace from the recent clone craziness, but it all comes together for one of the most memorable USM endings ever.
Stuart Immonen's art is fantastic! It seems much more emotive than his work on Nextwave and suits the book to a T. He's even controlled his habit of giving women giant, bouffant, 80's hair [for the most part]. Personally, I like his stuff here better than Bagley's, which, while always being reliable and consistent, tends to sometimes lack energy and excitement.
Ten thumbs up! Buy this if you want a great Spidey read!
 A review for THIS product September 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As far as my taste in Marvel goes the characters alone in the TPB had me ready to buy it the second that it came out. For anyone who is a fan of the teens of the original MU (Spider-man, Human Torch, Iceman) you should buy this based on their inclusion alone. HOWEVER, the story itself is a little mishmashed. The story begins as a typical day in the life of Peter Parker. We are at school at Midtown High, with Mary Jane, Liz Allen, Kenny,and former X-man Kitty Pryde. Then, out of nowhere, Johnny "Human Torch" Storm, and Bobby "Iceman" Drake just happen to appear for various reasons on the same exact day (and HOW exactly is it that the general population doesn't no Parker is Spider-man?) All in all it is a good trade. The goal of the first arc is to introduce Firestar, which is done interestingly and differently then the main Marvel Universe. The Omega Red story is kind of a throwaway, but the real gem is the Shocker story, giving us insight on the goofball that Spidey beats on on a regular basis. A good buy.
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