Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows: The Venom Experiment Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows: The Venom Experiment, bring an end to this incarnation of the series as writers Gerry Conway and Ryan Stegman concluded their run on the series by expanding the universe by introducing some classic Marvel characters before it takes an eight years jump into the future. The book opens with Professor Xavier coming to meet with Peter and Mary Jane during Peter's birthday party to invite them to his school to offer a place for their daughter Annie. However wile being given the tour of the school Magneto and his Brotherhood begin to attack the school with the hope to get his hands on Cerebro, which leads to Spider-Man and his family having to work with the X-Men to stop the villain. The next story sees Mary Jane trying to come to terms with he recent fight with Mysterio where see saw an illusion of an injured Annie which lead to her putting a toll on Peter and when she hears that Liz Allen has been working on an untested biotechnology that give Mary Jane the idea that it could help within her superhero lifestyle. However Peter become worry for his wife which leads to the two discovering that Mary Jane wearing the Venom Symbiote. The book then shifts the focus onto Nomie Osborn as he begins to put his plan into motion against Spider-Man and his family after they ruin his birthday when they stop the Lizard and his son when they break into Oscorp. Overall this was an amazing book as continues to build upon this version of the Marvel Universe as classic Marvel villains are introduce to the series, which leads to some great moments with Annie and Mary Jane while their reactions as they haven't fought the villains that Spider-Man is use to before. The introduction of this version of the X-Man is amazing as it helps to give this universe more of a backstory thanks to some of the interactions that the characters have while also leading to some great character moments which includes some call back to classic X-Men stories and imagery thanks to the amazing art work. The art throughout the book is amazing as the entire art team is able to balance the extreme well paced action set pieces with the more character driven moments with the Parker family as the way the the characters emote and interact with one another works especially well. 9.5/10.