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The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 3: Until the Stars Turn Cold by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr.
4.0

Another really solid volume.

This time we focus on two villains. One is a guy who steals kids from the hood and puts them into a astral plain of sorts. When he takes one of Peter's kids, Spider-Man decides to take a visit to him. Kind of a cool detective storyline prior to the astral plain. Then we get Doc Ock and his "replacement" which the Dock isn't too happy about. When Peter goes to confront him a building falls upon him...can he escape?

Once more JMS writes Peter so damn well on top of MJ and May. All of them are so well written, with so much heart, and even alot of funny moments. The fights are pretty great, and the survival motivation from Peter is fantastic. The Doc Ock storyline itself is okay, his replacement is too goofy to take serious. But overall still a great volume.