Well, yes, Bendis did take Gwen where I thought he was taking here but he only reveals it at the end. The rest of the issue is terrible.
The dialogue, with Doc Ock explaining his evil plans because he’s crazy and making fun of Peter, is fine. But the idea of him knocking Peter out, kidnapping him in a van, stealing a private jet and flying off to some secret location to kill him?
Someone should have told Bendis no. Maybe his editors were must overjoyed at the corporate synergy tying into Spider-Man 2, even though he portrays the filmmakers as complete asshats.
The issue isn’t just bad for its stupidity, it’s also bad because one can see the machinations behind it too much. Reading Ultmate Spider-Man, one comes to expect Bendis’s decompression filler… but he’s too obvious about it here.
Even the Gwen-centric finish is weak.
CREDITS
Hollywood: Part Four; writer, Brian Michael Bendis; penciller, Mark Bagley; inker, Scott Hanna; colorist, Jonathan D. Smith; letterer, Chris Eliopoulos; editors, Nick Lowe and Ralph Macchio; publisher, Marvel Comics.
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