This week, we begin our discussion of Ultimate Spider-Man, and discuss the first volume, Power And Responsibility. How 2000s can a book possibly be? How does decompression change the way we interact with the text? Is Peter Parker the single best character of the last fifty years?

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Next week: we continue our live-show format and discuss the second volume of Brian Michael Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man: Learning Curve. Join me live on the Next Word Discord server at 8PM Central Time on Monday, September 23!

Footnotes:

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• Ultimate Spider-Man: Power And Responsibility (Bendis)
  
  
• All Star Superman (Morrison)
  
  
• Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Scott McCloud)
  

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