While I've been on fully board with Amazing SpiderMan since the start of Big Time, this is the first dualstory issue where I was excited by both the lead and the backup. You get two great stories in this issue, both of which very finely crafted and have me really psyched for the directions they take their respective characters. The lead story cuts deep with its shocking and emotional ending, while the backup perfectly sells the new Venom ongoing series. It is a great time to be a SpiderMan fan thanks to comics like this hitting the stands! Read Full Review

This arc isn't as strong as the initial Hobgoblin story, but it is still a very solid Spidey-story with good action and a very cool twist on Spidey's secret identity problems. Read Full Review