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Warning : SPOILERS forVenom # 19
Every comic fan experience ' The Fastball Special , ' a combination of superpowers so bright it is among the only official ' moves ' that exist among Marvel ’s superheroes . While the move spring up and is most often performed by Colossus and Wolverine of theX - man , the approximation seems unproblematic enough for anyone . But ifSpider - Man and The Thing ’s version of the attack is any indication … perhaps the tactic should be allow for to its Creator .
For those unfamiliar , the name has been applied to multiple attack , only requiring a big wedge throwing a more agile fellow worker towards an foeman . The version undertake in the recent varlet ofVenom # 19is a supremely faithful diversion , deliver in the thick of theAbsolute Carnageevent . While Venom is off trying tostop Carnage from destroying the universe , Spider - Man calls upon his own superhero friends and friend to do battle with a symbiote - control variation of The Maker ( a more sinister , Ultimate Universe variation of Reed Richards ) . Unfortunately , Ben Grimm presently decides that his dear class of action when look with such a monster … is to throw something . Anything . EvenSpider - Man .
The gathered force , includingCaptain America and Wolverinehave as little time to react as Spider - Man himself , asthe supremely powerful Thinggrabs hold of Peter Parker , and launches him as a projectile at full focal ratio . Despite Spider - Man pointing out that Wolverine is stand right next to them , reviewer are shown why it ’s usually someone likeLoganwho makes the most of this manuever …
With Spider - Man unwittingly hurtling towards him , the Maker just jam the attack , grabbing hold of Captain America and violently throw him at the incoming Spidey . It ’s a rare fail for the Fastball Special , and the Thing and Wolverine look stunned at the realisation that it could stop up hurtingtwoof their own side .
While the assembled radical of heroes make do to keep the Maker away for the time being , Carnage continues to make for havoc inAbsolute Carnageand his design toeat every symbiote legion in the Marvel population . While it seems like Eddie Brock and his Venom symbiote might be the only one open of going toe - to - toe with Carnage , is he fighting a losing battle?It ’s possible other wanderer and symbiote character could sustain the headstone , such asMiles Morales and his particular superpower , but it ’s reckon like Carnage will actually come through in arouse Knull , the Symbiote God .
In any case , Spider - Man and his allies better up their plot if they desire to have supplication in helping Venom block off Carnage . If theVenom # 19tie - in toAbsolute Carnagesays anything , it ’s that the heroes are going to postulate more than a faulty Fastball Special to advance the day .
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