The Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows 2: The Venom Experiment

This story did alot of things right, ranging from doing family drama in a way that made sense and kept people in character, to giving wolverine and Jean a happy ending, to small references to past stories. All in all. Another great read and highly recommended.

I really like this series. It is fun to read. I’ll admit with the cover I was expecting one thing but the story went in a much different direction. I don’t want to give anything away about the plot, because it’s that good. I can’t wait to read volume 3. I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting it to end the way it did with the time jump though.

This book collects Issues 6-12 of Amazing Spider-man: Renew Your Vows and includes three story arcs and a one-shot:School Daze (6 and 7): Mary Jane and Peter receive an invitation to enroll Annie in Xavier's School for the Gifted and they make a visit on the same day an attempt to take over the school is made. This story is pretty fun (and the last fully written by Spider-man legend Gerry Conway.) It raises some interesting questions and also fleshes out the alternate universe and explains at least part of why the deal with Mephisto that happened in 616 didn't occur here.The Venom Experiment (8 and 9): Feeling the pressure of trying to balance being a Superhero with the challenges of being wife, mother, and small businesswoman, Mary Jane gladly accepts the Venom symbiote from Liz Allen. There are two problems with this. First, the way that it effects her is weird and different from how Venom typically operates. Secondly, the arc is rushed. She doesn't even get the Venom symbiote until late in Issue 8. This should have been at least a four issue arc, but the rush to wrap it up in two issues makes it unsatisfying.A Day in the Life of an Osborn (10): This story sets up the finale as it focuses on the sad and lonely life of Normie Osborn. There's some good emotion and also Spider-man and daughter battling the Lizard to get things from getting too heavy.The Curse of the Green Goblin (11 and 12): Normie's evil plans are revealed, Annie is kidnapped and it's up to Peter and Mary Jane to write things. This story has some great action, but also allows some good character moments and allows Annie to save the day through her heart rather than her fist without being corny about it. The issue is maybe a little too compressed due to the demand to wrap this run up with Issue 12.Indeed, that's my prime complaint. Really, this series and this team needed six more issues. I also did think at times they made Peter too weak, so the ladies could step up. Still, these didn't become big enough issues to stop this from being an enjoyable book.

In this second volume of the "Renew Your Vows" story line, Mary Jane takes on Venom while Spider-Man and his daughter deal with the grandson of Norman Osborn, the original Green Goblin. This book contains a lot of action and love in the style we've come to expect from a Spider-Man themed comic.

I incredibly liked the plot of the story and how MJ has to physically fight the symbiote but in her body.

Again, it's fun to see this side of the Spider-family. The banter between MJ and Peter, the way they have opposing view points but later see the other's side. The way Peter and his daughter bond when MJ is gone. They way the come together. The only downside by the very end of the book Annie-May is a teen so, not that it's a bad thing but definitely a "they grow up so fast thing". Looking forward to Future volumes and seeing the spider family interact, especially as Annie has just hit her teen phase.

THIS is the marvel universe that I think should be the main universe. Peter and MJ deserve each other, a marriage and a daughter. The family dynamics work fantastically and this is something who loathes the One More Day and Brand New Day storylines and how Joe Q. Errated Peter and MJ's history.

Fun read.