Doc Ock and Kraven are great in this volume. ( )

In the previous comic, Spider-Man goes after Wilson Fisk whom he believes is the man ultimately responsible for his uncle's death. He fails miserably. He also goes after the Goblin and puts that villain to rest. However, Norman Osborne had been involved in an experiment with Dr. Otto Octavius that went terribly wrong and fused his mechanical arms to his body. S.H.I.E.L.D. took him into custody.

Dr. Octavius, or as his handlers have taken to calling him, Doctor Octopus, wakes up from his coma three months later with his eyes sensitive to light and four mechanical arms fused to his body. He kills his handlers and leaves to go home where he kills the woman who lives there now. His memory of what happened is gone but he wants revenge and he knows where to get it.

Kong believes that Peter Parker is Spider-Man so he has to take a beating to prove he is not him. New girl Gwen Stacy stops him by pulling a knife on him and gets in trouble with the principal and her dad Captain George Stacy. Meanwhile, his relationship with Mary Jane Watson has progressed to something like a girlfriend status.

Spider-Man also has to deal with the TV show hunter Kraven who has decided that he wants to hunt him down. Doc Ock is after the man who helped Osborne, Justin Hammer of Hammer Industries, who has his own humans with superpowers that he created in his lab locked up in that lab. Spider-Man finds himself protecting a man who is pretty despicable, while S.H.I.E.L.D. is trying to go after Doc Ock. Hammer put the blame on Spider-Man when it was Doc Ock who attacked him. Peter Parker has had to deal with being slammed in the press by J. Jonah Jameson constantly and now Hammer has him looking even worse. He can't catch a break. He's treated like a menace when all he wants to do is help people. Bendis writes great dialogue and fabulous wisecracks. This is a wonderful series that just keeps getting better. I give it five out of five stars. ( )

Boring and not really that interesting. No character development with anyone but Spiderman. They could of at least made Octopus interesting. ( )