ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #120Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Stuart Immonen
I honestly thought this was going to turn into a generic super hero brawl after Magneto showed up and the X-Men were featured on this cover. Thankfully, this is Ultimate Spider-Man and it's actually a good comic, unlike some other Spider-Man book that will remain unnamed.
That doesn't mean there wasn't any action in this issue. There was the requisite Spider-Man and Iceman getting owned by Magneto before he chatted up Liz Allen, but, other than that, there wasn't really any brawl, even after the X-Men showed up.
Magneto holds the identity of Liz's father over her head in an attempt to get her to return with him to the Savage Land and the X-Men do the whole school recruiting deal while trying to convince her Mag's is a villain.
In the end, she takes off, not wanting to go with either of them and eventually makes her way to Mary Jane's place. This is where everything comes to ahead and the issue really shines as Spider-Man shows up shortly after and, along with Mary Jane, reveals to Liz that he's Peter Parker in a great scene. The ol' secret identity thing can pretty much be retired at this point, as I think there's only like two guys in Siberia that don't know who he is at this point. Like most great USM issues, the dialogue really held this one together and the ending was another great moment in the series.
Oh, and one last thing, the epilogue for this issue shows a flashback to Liz's dad talking to Magneto about getting a human girl pregnant and how he'd like to have her taken care of and basically everything that prompted Magneto to do what he did this issue. Who was the mystery mutant? The freaking Blob. If I'm Liz, I'm thankful I wasn't told this information. If I'm Liz's mother - what the hell did you have to drink that night you hooked up with the Blob?
Verdict - Must Read
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