Normally I would be joining the bandwagon that basically jumps up and down whenever Spider-Man becomes involved in a magic-based plot, as while I've enjoyed the various team-ups that he's had with Doctor Strange over the years, Spider-Man has never really shown himself to be a character that fits in all that well into the magic-based plots. However, this issue manages to succeed based largely on the simple notion that Spider-Man is shown to be out of place in this environment, as how else could one explain the extremely foolish attempt at resolving this problem by getting into a slugfest with Loki. In fact one has to smile at the panels where Spider-Man is shown to be raining punches down on a completely unfazed Loki. The interaction between Spider-Man and Loki was also a lot of fun, as Loki's annoyed arrogance makes for a fun contrast to Spider-Man's continuous banter. The scene where Loki has to apologize to Spider-Man does a solid job of playing up the notion of how unlike many vill Read Full Review

I would have appreciated Amazing Spider-Man more had the authors not cheated and gone back to the Dormammu plot which I thought was rendered void through magical time travel. Still, magic seldom if ever obeys the laws of physics, and this is an okay tale that's far superior to most Spidey stories just not reaching the level of quality expected from the creative team. Read Full Review

Not an out-and-out bad issue, but a further unnecessary delay which, though thankfully brief (only another issue to conclude - hopefully a more satisfying installment) is uninteresting enough that it risks turning off an audience that has been won over by so much good work on the title before. Let's hope this blip turns out to be temporary, and the upcoming Ezekiel storyline (starting in issue #505) puts this title back on course again. Read Full Review

It's not that this is hopelessly unsophisticated or anything, it's just horrible. Appalling. Severely dreadful. Stay away. Read Full Review