So while in X-Cutioner's Song a particular issue could focus on a particular team or other subset, every issue here features Spider-Man. But, again, these books are all about one character. That's not completely unique - X-Cutioner's Song was basically the same thing. Each book written by the regular writer (which, for this series, is EiC Tom DeFalco) but picking up directly where the previous one left off with no change in tone. For a total of 14 issues across all five titles, we have Maximum Carnage. And nothing makes that point more clearly than the crossover that this issue kicks off. The books are virtually indistinguishable. It's debatable how much those distinctions really ever existed, but there's no debate now. And it's no longer the case that you could say that book A focused on the supporting cast at the Daily Bugle while book B was about Peter Parker's ESU peers, or that book A was the action book and B focused on Peter's life, or book A had the traditional adventures while B had as the darker stuff. That's five (5) books about one (1) character. Granted Unlimited is only quarterly, but at over 50 pages an issue (this issue has 2 regular comic length stories and an 8-pager), it almost balances out. Spider-Man Unlimited brings the total number of Spider-Man books to five (not counting the Marvel Tales reprint book, which was still going). Jim Sanders III / Jerry Bingham / Tom Palmer - Inker Ron Lim / Jerry Bingham / Mark Bagley - Penciler Tom DeFalco / Mike Barr / Terry Kavanagh - Writer Title: 'Carnage rising! / Playback / Long way down!'

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