Borders is bankrupt. I bet one reason is that the rent on their stores is probably astronomical because they're fucking huge. People haven't read books in great numbers for a hundred years so it's not a surprise that a book store is broke and closing a bunch of stores. The cleaned-out graphic novel section was half-off at one of the closing stores and I hadn't read "The Grim Hunt" when it came out last year so I bought it. Spider-Man is a great character with great villains but lately his books haven't been that great (even Ultimate Spider-Man has grown awful with the return of artist Mark Bagley and the "Death of Spider-Man" storyline). "The Grim Hunt," which brought back Kraven the Hunter, was a terrible decision. Kraven was a hunter who got bored and started hunting man and eventually Spider-Man. Kraven eventually thought he killed Spider-Man and then shot himself in the head. Great ending...why is he back? I suppose if he came back in a thrilling, jaw-droppingly cool story I might be okay with it...but "The Grim Hunt" is a disaster. Kraven's wife and daughter concoct some plan that brings Kraven back to life. The Kravinoff family attempts to kill off all of the super-hero "spiders" that include Peter Parker's clone, Madame Webb, Arachne, Arana, and Mattie Franklin (all characters I've never heard of). The rest of the four-part story makes no sense at all. Spider-Man is killed but it turns out to not be Spider-Man. Animals start running loose in the streets of New York City. Spider-Man dons his black costume for no real good reason and then the Kravinoff family just disappears after a short fight. The art by Michael Lark is dark and effective and the covers are great but the actual plot is incomprehensible, dull, and pointless. The co-story that was a back-up in the original issues is even worse. Reading this makes me sad for comics. *
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