Finishing out that issue, you genuinely felt hopeful for the future. I can even be a coward.” After the previous Gauntlet stories had run Spidey through the wringer, it’s a refreshing change of pace. The new Rhino is still at large, but Sytsevich has promised Spider-Man that he won’t take up his old mantle, if only for Oksana’s sake. This second Rhino becomes obsessed with killing Sytsevich, believing the only way he can properly ascend and take the mantle of The Rhino is by killing the original.ĪSM #617 ends on a positive note. He turns her down, leading to her reach out for a replacement criminal, who she equips a powerful exo-suit.

Mad scientist Doctor Tramma, who offers to upgrade his Rhino suit on behalf of the Kravinoffs, approaches Aleksei. He’s Aleksei Sytsevich now, a man willing to do anything to make his wife happy because she makes him feel like an actual person instead of a sideshow oddity. He’s hung up his horn, having chosen to settle down with Oksana, a waitress he met when he had most recently been released from prison. ASM #617 changes things up by presenting us with a reformed Rhino. Amazing Spider-Man #617 and #625 take place during “The Gauntlet” storyline, which saw Spidey facing a non-stop onslaught of his rogues gallery (orchestrated by Sasha Kravinoff and Ana Kravinoff, the respective wife and daughter of Kraven the Hunter) every issue for just over half-a-year.

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