The issue is not one you want to jump into if you haven't been reading along for at least a few issue prior, but it's certainly an excellent kick off to what terrifying plans Kindred has with the Sin-Eater. Read Full Review

When this book is on, it is absolutely on, making Amazing Spider-Man #44 one of the series' best issues in recent memory. Read Full Review

I really good issue. I like the darker turn, but don't want to see this turn into a dark era for Spider-Man. This could either be a "nice change of pace" issue or "that's the issue where everything started getting weird" issue. Here's hoping it's the former. Read Full Review

Spencer continues to bait Kindred like a carrot on a stick. The well for hyping his villain is running dry, and we can only hope the days of teasing us with his cryptic appearances are coming to a close. Beyond Kindred, we are treated to the Sin-Eater arc we've been seeing brewing in previous issues as back-up material. It's not a bad issue, just a non-special beginning of another arc. Read Full Review

This is a fine issue by its own rights, but when looking at it in the greater scope of Nick Spencer’s Spider-Man (that we as the readers can be aware of right now), it’s hard to believe that many fans are going to be enthralled by this issue. That wouldn’t be a huge deal if the delivery were excellent, but the writing and art sometimes drop the ball in communicating elements to the audience. This is entirely a teaser issue, so if you’re not already all in on Spencer’s Spider-Man, I don’t think you’ll regret waiting for this one on MU. Read Full Review

Good issue. I really like the dark and perverse tone that is handled in this issue and it definitely has a good presentation of "Sin Eater". Art fits very well with the story.

Said that, beyond that you may like or even hate "One More Day" (which is totally respectable). To this day it is a wound that has not fully healed and while the first years Marvel tried to bury the subject and close it, in recent years it has played with the presence of Mephisto and his relationship with the arachnid characters (Miles Morales and Superior Spider-Man) may be just winks or hints like the one we found in Spider-Man/Deadpool but added to the way that Slott handled the Peter/MJ relationship and that eternal "I want but I can't" (literally in the 700 issue and issues before 800 there are equal panels that reflect the treatment of the couple during Slott's run) this whole matter has been kept alive in some way and has definitely taken on more relevance since Spencer took the character, bringing things to an interesting point with the ring and what Peter wants to say to her (that appears again in this number). Because if I remember correctly in "One Moment in Time" MJ makes him promise that he will never put her in a difficult situation as asking her, in other words, she makes him promise that he will never propose to her again in life.

I point this out because Spencer plays long-term and somehow it seems like this new villain (Kindred),the whole ring thing, Peter needing MJ, what Kindred claims at the end of "Hunted", Mysterio's role and his relationship with MJ and what's going on in general in this issue and 29 seem to have any relationship, hence Spencer takes the time to put things in their place, I understand that this does not please everyone but if it is built well it can generate a stage that modifies to the foundations the status-quo that exists since "One More Day " and I don't necessarily mean the return of marriage can be anything that changes Peter's life but it has to be something big or important. If not, it is time wasted.





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Out of all the series that the comics shutdown has affected, I feel like Amazing Spider-Man got it the worst. The timing couldn't have been worse. It happened in the middle of an arc that was very light. Yeah, Gog's backstory was rough, but ultimately it worked out. And that's very nice and good, but it's not very gripping. And then the wait between that last issue and this issue finally coming out was even worse because we knew this big Kindred related event was coming and we were told Spidey and Kindred were finally going to meet. And then we get this issue and they don't meet. They kinda meet. Sorta. If this issue had come back in April, when it was supposed to, it would've been another spooky, hype issue but with follow through imminent. Instead, there was so much hype for this issue that anything beyond a big Spidey/Kindred confrontation is going to be a letdown. So on that front... I'm a little letdown, obviously. But I'm really hyped for Sins Rising. How could I not be? The Sin Eater is really cool, and the Sins monster is terrifying in a really fun way. Bringing the other Spider-People in is something that was teased so long ago, Doc Ock was still Superior Spider-Man (side note: Is he still part of Kindred's plans or does editorial reign supreme?). I'm excited for that. This issue, for all its horror elements and the Kindred teases that I'm a sucker for, is at its best with the few pages where Peter calls MJ. The best parts of Spencer's run is when Peter is allowed to be his insecure self, genuinely. That's why some of the best issues are tie-ins to Absolute Carnage. That's what makes Peter Parker so relatable. If this prelude issue gives us a good idea of the tone this next arc is going to have, we're really in for a treat. I hope this isn't overshadowed by the mass of people who just want to know who Kindred is, rather than read a good comic. more

It is starting to get more darker. Spencer's arcs have been a bit more lighthearted so far (Hunted being the exception) but this is starting to go somewhere.

I'm as interested to know who Kindred is as the next reader, but currently, I'm fine not knowing. This issue doesn't feel like a big reveal issue, nor is it marketed as such. It is a prelude for Sins Rising, and I am excited for that. And I liked this very much.

Pretty good, tbh, the dreams were suitably spooky, and I liked the call to MJ.

Spencer's Spider-Man just does not quit.

It's a good setup up issue. Hopefully Spencer can do a better one this time around because Hunted was underwhelming. We'll see how Kindred's story shakes out since it's pretty much the whole kit and caboodle of his run. The art was good with Jacinto but Oliveira was not up to the standard of ASM. This books double/triple ships regularly and sometimes getting artists to deliver 24-30 issues a year is quite a demanding. Even with Ottley and Gleason they can't cover it.

This has me back excited for Kindred. It was a really cool issue and while the last page was a tad confusing it was a pretty eerie book. I do think it would have benefited from an artist that fit the tone better but it is what it is

Underwhelming

As I've stated in past reviews, I've grown weary of Kindred after contant pop-ups over he last couple of years. It's obvious it could be anyone dead in Spidey's life, from Uncle Ben to George Stacy to God only knows. I am interested in the return of the Sin Eater, as I'm a fan of both his sagas from the '80s. The question is, will he stay around or die in the end again? But having him back should be interesting.

" You call yourselves inner démons huh. You know the half of it. Your sins are so many."
- SINS-EATER

Art 3.5/5
Story 3.5/5

Art not as good as usual and the plot is ponderous and meandering.

I have no doubt, however, that AMS will be must-read when things finally get moving!

This is Amazing Spider-Man. The company literally does not have a bigger-ticket ongoing series. And *this* they do to the art?

This book started off as one of my favorite books to pull; however, it has run in circles for the past dozen or so issues. There was a pointless 2099 arc, then some cute stories that didn't really progress the plot. And now it's addressing Peter wanting to marry MJ again, when that was teased nearly 20 issues ago. I get that modern comic storytelling has decompression, but patience wears thin really fast, and from what has been solicited and shown it will not happen for at least another year or so. Spencer is really stretching out the plot to a glacial pace, while filling it with admittedly fun dialogue and accurate characterization. That only lasts so long with me though, and the payoff better be massive in order to redeem this series for me. more

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Amazing Psycamorean - Jul 21, 2020

That pointless 2099 arc and those cute stories did progress the plot. There's more to the series than just the Kindred appearances.

allenquanobi - Jul 21, 2020

Not really in my opinion, they were just side adventures that didn't progress anything about the MJ plot nor even the Kindred appearances. He just shows up and promises to undo Peter's world, but nothing has happened so far. The solicits show that Norman Osborn is coming back, which is cool, but what about Kindred, what about MJ? Look, I get that you don't agree with me in a lot of points because you comment on a lot of my reviews, but in my opinion the series is slow. agree to disagree

Amazing Psycamorean - Jul 21, 2020

The point I'm making is that those aren't the whole of what the series is about. Those aren't side adventures. The stuff with Chameleon and Kingpin was set up in the first issue along with the MJ plot and the Kindred plot. I feel like there's too much of a focus by a subset of readers on Kindred. They're obsessed with that to the point where they can consider everything else to be filler.

Amazing Psycamorean - Jul 21, 2020

As for the rest of your comment, Kindred is behind all the Sin-Eater stuff, as we saw in issue 37, and that's going to lead to Ravencroft, which is where Norman is currently in charge. And we know Kindred and Norman have a connection, as seen in the Absolute Carnage tie-ins. MJ is still doing her own thing with Mysterio, which is another machination of Kindred's. He set Mysterio on that path in issue 25. The whole point is that he's separated the two, and Peter needs MJ.

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A humdrum start to what will likely be a very humdrum story with bad layout work and nothing visually exciting going on until the last few pages.