"Amazing Spider-Man" continues to be one of the best superhero comics on the Marvel shelves. And it comes out almost weekly? Amazing, indeed. Read Full Review

At just two issues, it looks like this Sandman-based arc is going to be short and sweet, and I'm already slightly disappointed that there's only one more issue of the story to look forward to. If every issue of Amazing Spider-Man was this good, then I wouldn't hesitate to recommend picking it up every week that it's published. However, whilst the book is still too inconsistent to make such a blanket recommendation possible, issues like this are definitely a step in the right direction. Read Full Review

I think one of the problems I may have with Spider-man are the artists chosen like Pulido. He is not a bad artist by any stretch. In fact, I like seeing Spider-man with big winter socks and a tuque. But while an accomplished artist, he makes this run feel like and old Ann Nocenti story which is not what I want to read here. I really feel conflicted here, because the artist is a top talent matched to a series that doesnt fit his style. I really like his rendition of the Sandman, but its not the stuff that makes me want to read Spider-man every week. Read Full Review

After the major misstep in the previous storyline, I was really hoping that Fred Van Lente could step things up in this issue to salvage the Gauntlet storyline before we get much further into it. Unfortunately, this issue is incredibly predictable and lifeless, with fairly humdrum artwork. Things are not looking good for the Gauntlet at this point. Read Full Review