I was complaining a bit about the Ultimate X-men. I feel like their book is just rehashing old story-lines. I may be wrong. But, that's what it feels like to me. Kinda' boring actually. Anyways, this book, as I've felt from the beginning, is the exact opposite. There's so much originality here. And I so much like seeing Peter better as a teenager than as an adult. It's interesting to see him and MJ's relationship, in the beginning. It's ups and downs. The whole thing with Kitty coming between them. And now she goes to their school? What's that all about? And the big twist this issue? Well Wilson Fisk has captured Peter. He doesn't know who he is, or what his name is. But that doesn't matter. He knows that he's the real Spider-man, and that's what he wanted. Moon Knight is the one who delivers him to the Kingpin. He's trying to go undercover as a new assassin for hire. In order to buy his trust, he has to deliver Spider-man. Which he does. Now the big man has him tied up, and is giving him a lecture on how the world really works. He lets him know what he can do to him. What he can do to him and his family, and anybody else he associates with. Including his school. But . . . he's not going to do any of it. Why? Because he's more important to him alive than dead. Why? Because the Kingpin owns the marketing rights to Spider-man's name. Worldwide! And he plans on flooding the market. So as long as he keeps doing what he's doing, being a hero, being adored by everyone, being protected by Nick Fury . . . . as long as he keeps doing all that stuff that he naturally does week to week, day to day, hour to hour, as much a part of him as breathing . . . as long as he does all that . . . he's going to continue to make Wilson Fisk a much richer man. In essence, he's working for him. And right now . . . it doesn't seem as if there's anything he can do about it. On top of that . . . . the Kingpin puts a serious beating on Moon Knight. The rest of the team doesn't know it yet, but they've been ratted out by Danny Rand. During the course of their conversation, Fisk also puts some doubt in to Peter's mind about Daredevil. Or more specifically Matt Murdock. So when the Kingpin lets him go, and he goes back to the group, he's got a serious hard-on for some tough answers. And during the course of that conversation, is when Daredevil discovers that Danny is lying to them, and he's the one that sold them out. The issue ends with him looking like he's ready to kill him. Me? I'm betting this was all part of the plan. I mean think about it. They got a lot more information from this route than if they had put Moony undercover and left him there for months and months. I may be wrong, but that's what I think. Anyways fantastic book. Bendis and Bagley have truly mastered this character. And I really like the twists that Bendis puts on the rest of the Marvel characters. We're going to be switching creative teams here pretty soon. So enjoy this story-arc while it lasts.
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