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A Spider in Nerima features the events surrounding Ben Reilly's arrival in nerima, seeking a martial arts teacher good enough to teach him something despite the innate speed and preternatural reactins of being a Spidey-clone. On its own, I'd rate the story about a 4/10, but it as a Bible Banger 2 modifier - a negaitve if you're not devout, a bonus if you are. This Reilly is very devout, and in later chapters has a vision of Jesus-ala-cowboy who heals his clone cell degeneration via literal miracle, letters from Ma Tendo reveal she was a devout Christian who left a bible for each of her girls and Soun was "striking back at the Lord" for taking her by having a Buddist funeral and shrine, Dr. Strange cameos for magical advice and mentions that he's found the Chrsitian holy writings to be the most accurate references to the mystical, and so on. For myself, it wasn't QUITE enough to make me drop it, but I certainly skipped over the religious bits and am unlikely t reread it. It's something I'd reccomend without question to my sister for her kids, though, since she's been raising the poor blighters to be very religious.
- CDSERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
A kung-fu nun in a leather thong was no less extreme than anything else he had seen that day. - Rev. Dark's IST: Holy Sea World
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