Writer: Justina Ireland
Pencilers: Marcelo Ferreira & Chris Campana
Inkers: Roberto Poggi & Craig Yeung
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
Letterer: Cory Petit
Cover Artists: Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi & Rachelle Rosenberg
Publisher: Marvel
Price: $3.99
Release Date: July 17, 2024
Peter Parker teamed with the Lizard and Misty Knight to rescue her partner Colleen Wing and Dr. Michael Morbius. Maxine Danger told Spider-Man, Lizard, and Misty where to find their kidnapped friends. But Theocritis holds Dr. Morbius under his spell while his underlings give Colleen love at first bite. Can Team Blood Spidey rescue their friends and prevent Theocritis from converting innocent people into vampires? Let’s grab some garlic, thwip into Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3, and find out!
Main Story
Maxine’s former underling used Dr Morbius’ blood to develop three new products. TJ used Lure to summon vampires to work for him. TJ changed his name to Theocritis and used Change to voluntarily and involuntarily convert Humans into vampires. But his third product, Cure, only provides temporary relief from vampirism. In Justina Ireland’s story, TJ needs Dr Mike to turn his treatment into a serum that will defang vampires permanently.
In Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3, Team Blood Spidey steals a van and rams through the garage doors of TJ’s headquarters. Misty takes Maxine’s flash drive in search of a USB port. Spidey thwips up the stairs after Lizard to ask for directions to Dr. Mike's swank lab. He finds one employee extraordinarily helpful. Like Dr Morbius’ new assistant Whitney, who TJ lured into vampirism through a dating app, the vampire worker didn’t choose to become a True Blood.
Despite her kicking and quipping in the Hemoglobin Inc. garage, Colleen felt a little down after her first blood donation. Yet, like Buddy Ryan in Night Court, she's feeling much better now. TJ's forced conversion brings Colleen surprising joy. She's so enthralled with her afterlife that she argues its merits with Misty. If Colleen can't convince her fellow Daughter Of The Dragon, she’s got another role in mind for Misty.
Dr Morbius struggled for years to find a cure for vampirism. Like the recipients of TJ’s Cure, he cannot exorcise the blood hunger from his body. In Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3, Dr Morbius utilizes TJ’s First-Class laboratory with all the latest scientific equipment to find the solution that has eluded him. So what if TJ forcibly converts Humans into vampires? With Hemoglobin Inc.'s impressive resources, it’s only a matter of time until Dr Mike discovers a permanent Cure for everyone.
Art
Spidey crashes onto a delivery van, thwips away vamps as Misty revs the engine, and goes Teen Wolf Surfing into Hemoglobin Inc. As Misty slips her flash drive into a computer, a silhouette with golden hair spies Misty’s golden arm. But when the lights come on, Colleen’s hair emulates her Bronze Age origins, and her skin is washed white as snow in Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3.
Rachelle Rosenberg brings vibrant colors to Marcelo Ferreira, Chris Campana, Roberto Poggi & Craig Yeung's art. Spider-Man's blue and red stand out against the turquoise walls as gray-skinned vampires greet a green Lizard clad in purple Hulk slacks and a white lab coat. Lizard's green skin contrasts with a pistachio combatant who emulates the Nazi guarding The Flying Wing in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. The yellow flames leaping from Spider-Man’s purple head dance in the tomato sky as Peter Parker confronts the vampire he believes created this Fright Night in Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3.
Cory Petit thwips large black uppercase lettering into white dialogue balloons and white narrative boxes with red borders. The Lizard’s giant roars threaten to pierce dialogue balloons. While Lizard’s hisses swarm this twilight battle, Petit’s vibrant and transparent sound effects reveal Lizzie’s brawlin’ muscles’ concussive power during this forever night. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.
Final Thoughts
Hemoglobin Inc. offers employees rapid career advancement, transformative economic benefits, and a zest for life. Yet Peter Parker won't stand by and watch others endure transformation without representation or leave them to face the moral quandaries he battled when a spider bite changed him forever in Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3.
Rating 8.8/10
To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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