Could Ultron Happen?

It's been about a week since Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, came out, and unsurprisingly it is still dominating the box office. The story revolves around the evil Artificial Intelligence Ultron, a robot created by Tony Stark to be a force for good, unfortunately Ultron turns on his creators and in classic Sci-Fi robot fashion tries to kill his maker as well as committing various other terrible things. The question I wanted to know is could an intelligent machine like Ultron ever be created, could Ultron happen?

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Spiderverse: Full Event Review

Every Spider-man ever. This was the tagline used when Spider-verse was announced nearly a year ago. Dan Slott, the writer of Amazing Spider-man, promised the biggest Spider-centric event to date when he publicly unveiled this behemoth of a crossover comic book storyline where every version of Spider-man ranging from the original Amazing Spider-man to the Spectacular Spider-ham, would team up to fight one of Spider-man's most powerful foes, Morlun, a vampire that feeds on Spider totems. A story which would feature fan favorites Miles Morales, Spider-man 2099, Spider-girl, and Superior Spider-man in the same place generated massive amounts of hype. Now that the event is finally over, did it live up to the excitement, or did it collapse from underneath all the pressure?

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Amazing Spider-man #2 review

After the relaunch of the Amazing Spider-man, Peter Parker has had his world flipped upside down and the second issue continues the tale of the wall crawler dealing with the damage Otto Octavius has done to his personal life.

After the introductory first issue, major events happen in the second issue, making the pace rapid and ongoing. To antagonize Spider-man this issue is Electro, who has a beef with Spider-man after the Superior Spider-man enslaved him for his "Superior Six". The battle between Spider-man and Electro is dynamic and flashy as usual, with the artist, Humberto Ramos, using his strength in illustrating battle scenes to make it explosive and visually appealing. However, the fight is brief and unresolved, and makes the real highlight of this issue the character interactions.

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Amazing Spider-man #1 Review

With a new Spider-man movie hitting theaters, Marvel needed to create a special issue to commemorate the event, and the return of the wall-crawler's original title was what they offer.

A bit of back-story for those who aren't familiar with the past year of Spider-man comics. In Amazing Spider-man #700, longtime Spider-man foe, Dr. Octopus switched brains with Spider-man and subsequently killed Parker off in his former body. After Parker's death, Otto decided to redeem himself and become a hero as the new Spider-man- the superior Spider-man. The Amazing Spider-man- a comic series that had been running for 50 years- was cancelled and Otto got his own title, The Superior Spider-man.

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