"HUNGER... FEED..."
- Bendis once commented that his daughter, who was not aware of the original Spider-Man's backstory and just started to read dad's comics, was shocked when Uncle Ben died.
- Kingpin shows how ruthless he is by demonstrating what he plans to do with Spiderman if he ever gets his hands on him. How does he do this? By putting a Spiderman mask on one of his own men, then grips his head between his large hands as he screams in agony. The other mooks in the room could only watch in absolute horror as Kingpin crushes the guy's head. next morning, his corpse is found floating in the ocean.
- In issue 13 of the relaunch, both the original Peter and Jameson are tied up after being caught by the Chameleon siblings. While the brother was robbing a bank as Spider-Man, the sister took on the face of J. Jonah Jameson (but with a scantily clad female body) proceeded to shoot the original Jameson in the head. Right in front of Peter. Ugh.
- The story line (a follow-up to Longshot's debut in Ultimate X Men) in which Deadpool, who in this continuity is an Ax-Crazy mutant-hating bigot who traded in any lighthearted humor he had for racist gallows humor and kills for pleasure instead of money, and the mercenaries take Spider-Man and the X-Men to face "justice" on that game show. It starts with a school full of unsuspecting people getting knocked out and kidnapped and ends with them having to rescue Xavier, who is stripped, chained up, and has his eyes pried open Ala A Clockwork Orange, so he is forced to watch his students be killed while being unable to help in any way. Not to mention Deadpool's face is actually a casing that shows a skinless face and exposed brain and despite being defeated it's shown he is still at large in the end.
- Venom's portrayal in this series is absolutely nightmarish. The suit, rather than simply making you more aggressive like in the mainstream verse, seemingly drives its wearer to near insanity even giving them delusions to make them attack people (Peter ditches it after it makes him see a random burglar as Uncle Ben's killer before driving him into a murderous rage). Also it apparently feeds off its hosts like a parasite, driving them to try and consume people to stabilize itself in the most graphic detail. And it gets even worse after getting attached to Conrad Marcus; he becomes a hulking Implacable Man monster that Miles can barely hurt and unlike Eddie Brock, he goes hunting after Miles' family and friends, ending with him tearing through a hospital trying to kill Miles' nurse mother, Rio. And he succeeds.
- His design is utterly frightening to look at, especially compared to the mainstream Venom. While 616 Venom can be disturbing with his Slasher Smile and Overly-Long Tongue, this Venom loves to dig into Body Horror; being an towering hulking beast riddled with Spikes of Villainy and tendrils. The lead artist of the series, Mark Bagley, stated that he envisioned Ultimate Venom as more of a Humanoid Abomination than a villain; and drew him as he were a cancerous tumor, shifting its mass and warping. Combined with his extreme Adaptational Villainy, 1610 Venom is a monster.note
- Gwen Stacy's death at the hands of Carnage was absolutely bloodcurdling as she slowly has the life drained from her before being left an empty husk.
- Norman Osborn's insanity proves to be exceptionally terrifying in its effect on Peter's life and social circle. The man is so deranged he had his son Harry brainwashed and mentally triggered to better control him and ends up brutally killing him for getting in his way. However, he's so delusional that he pins all the blame on Spider Man to the point he declares God wants him to kill Peter and his friends before going to do just that. Even the other members of the Sinister Six are terrified of him and follow his orders out of fear he would kill them or destroy their lives if not out of mutual benefit. Not to mention even without the added Goblin drugs and overall insanity, Norman is an insanely sadistic man who will kill anyone who gets in his way and delivers detailed promises of murder with casual glee to teenagers, such as Peter, that leaves them with panic attacks afterwards.Norman Osborn: Well, first I will torture and possibly murder your dear auntie...I'll probably do it in front of you. Or maybe I'll just destroy your little girlfriend. Mary Jane right? Then I might delight myself in beating you to the edge of death. Not to death — just the edge of death. I will let you try and heal. I will watch you struggle through the broken bones and the severed nerves and tissues. And most probably you will heal. And then, just as you begin to feel yourself becoming human again, I will beat you to death. Do we understand each other?
- Nick Fury is this towards Peter Parker especially in how he tries to manipulate fifteen year old Peter's life for his own ends and the fact he brought an entire Spider Slayer regiment to his home and fired on his family to the point the Fantastic Four had to intervene to stop it. All that for simply slugging him as punishment for Fury endangering his friends. Not to mention Fury's declaration that he essentially owns Peter when he turns 18 due to being a genetic experiment gone awry, despite actually meaning that he would have Peter join the Ultimates when he reached of age. Keep in mind, Fury is supposed to be the good guy in most situations.
- The lead-in to the Death of Spider-Man story has Peter and MJ embracing, and all seems well... until a tiny panel of Spider-Man with x-ed out eyes
◊ in the Next Issue teaser reveals what's to come in an extreme, morbid case of Mood Whiplash.
- Our fathers died to create me. And now, YOU WILL TOO.
