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Amazing Spider-Man by JMS - Ultimate Collection Book 3

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This volume is one third John Romita Jr. and two thirds Mike Deodato. One third is the end of the Ezekiel arc, one other third is giving an unsettling explanation of Gwen's death and the last third sees the unwelcome return of a forgotten, former classmate of Parker, geekier than Parker ever was. As ever, Parker's resilience goes in overdrive throughout the turmoils. Though not as good, in my opinion, as the first two volumes of J. Michael Straczynski's long run, the book remains a good read.

JMS Ultimate Collection continues with three trades The Book of Ezekiel, Sin's Past, and Skin Deep. I feel like the other reviewer is being way too generous on this trade. The best trade collected here is The Book of Ezekiel which is a closeup to Spider-Man: The Other. While it is a somewhat predictable story the art by JRJR is great and it's the best trade collected here. Speaking of stories with great art the second storyline Sin's Past has great art as well but that is it's only saving grace. I don't want to retread on what I already wrote in my review of it but it was a horrible idea (even for a comic book) that damaged characters and screwed with continuity for shock value.

At first I thought it was a story that had to be read to be believed but you really don't. The third trade is Skin Deep which is a storyline that again shoehorns in continuity from the past in a bit of a haphazardly way but at the same time it's only somewhere between the two. It doesn't leave much of a impression on the reader but at the same time I felt like JMS was making a effort to try and tell a good story.