Love Life

Collects Amazing Spider-Man #652-657 & #654.1. Facing a foe from his past bent on the murder of everyone J. Jonah Jameson holds dear, Spidey calls in the cavalry! But can even the Avengers help him stop the new Spider-Slayer from claiming his victims when he has the Scorpion and an entire insect army at his command? Plus: It's a new Venom for a new age as a character you know and love takes on the power of the symbiote you love to hate!

The suppression of family history is the initial thread that ties together The Love Bunglers, featuring Hernandez's longtime Love and Rockets heroine Maggie. Because these secrets can't be dealt with openly, their lingering effect is even more powerful. But Maggie's ability to navigate and find meaning in her life - despite losing her culture, her brother, her profession, and her friends - is what's made her a compelling character. After a lifetime of losses, Maggie finds, in the second half, her longtime off and on lover, Ray Dominguez. Much like John Updike in his four Rabbitnovels, Jaime Hernandez has been following his longtime character Maggie around for several decades, all of which has seemed to be building towards this book in particular.