A worthy addition to one of the best Spider-Man stories (1985's “The Death of Jean DeWolff”), and if you're following the bigger story that has already started in Nick Spencer's run of The Amazing Spider-Man, check this one out. Read Full Review

Sins Rising Prelude does an effective job story-wise at setting the stage for the Sin-Eater's return to Spider-Man's life, with Nick Spencer providing a great deal of backstory as a refresher on the serial killer's deadly actions while keeping the humanizing element of the character introduced by Peter David. Spencer's changes to the mythology flesh it out more, but may not appeal to everyone. The prelude's art suits the dark tone of the story, though the choice to use pages from a decades-old comic produces some distracting side-effects. Still, readers interested in Sin-Eater's connection to Kindred and in following the Sins Rising storyline will find a strong starting point here. Read Full Review

A wonderful issue that sets up the upcoming event. Read Full Review

The compelling prelude sets up the upcoming Nick Spencer event, Sins Rising. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude #1 is undoubtedly an improvement over previous attempts to get readers excited for the upcoming arc. It feels substantial, even if the substance isn’t always totally fulfilling. At the end of the day, the creative team did exactly what they set out to do: tell an unnerving origin story that sets up more to come. I wouldn’t quite say that it’s mandatory reading, but you certainly won’t regret picking this one up. Read Full Review

For all the tortured religious upbringing and haunting imagery, Spencer doesn't quite stick the landing on bringing this Sin-Eater story back around to Spider-Man. Read Full Review

Sins Rising Prelude is a competently put together book, but its existence asks the question why? Why add a supernatural element to one of Spideys most grounded enemies? Why resurrect him at all, when there are plenty of living enemies that could serve a similar purpose? Why couldnt this have been part of the regular Amazing Spider-Man book and simply not decompress the narrative so much? Like most of Spencers run, this one-shot issue is just okay. Read Full Review

This is a case where you can see there are good pieces put forth and a solid idea behind it all, but it doesn't come together in a believable or satisfying way. I want the Sin-Eater to be dark, complex, and unique, but from what is presented it's grasping at straws. Read Full Review

I liked this a lot! Nick Spencer is always so good for these one-shot character deep dives that make me weirdly emotional.

OK now I'm excited for Sins Rising. This one shot was really good. Spencer as usual does a fantastic job in these character in depth explorations. The whole vibe was dark and borderline horrific in some places. I'm surprised this one was rated T and not Mature, at least it should have been a T+. Don't matter to me but if a young one reads this, they are not getting any sleep for a while. Guillermo Sanna was spot on with his art and fit the tone well. Bellaire was good too with her dark and moody colors and Joe Cramagna made his presence known with some stellar bubble work.

Relatively new to this character, knowing little about him before his return. This issue does a great job giving you all you need to know about him, and I say its justified considering he is from a story that is nearly 40 years old.

The art is fantastic and the tone is very grim, macabre with little to lighten it. In other instances this might be overbearing but it fits perfectly for Sin-Eater. Really hoping Spencer stick the landing with this arc, I'm looking forward to it.

What a change of pace in the story!

Love that Guilllermo Sanna art mixed with Jordie's colors.

Lots of red to boot.

Spencer knows hows to make you invest in villains and it shows.

If you are reading ASM I would absolutely recommend buying this!

This book offers some interesting insight into the psyche of one of the most impacting foes Spider-Man has ever went up against. In truth, I grew to accept Sin-Eater as a character lost with the ages. It's real interesting to see him back after so long, and this prelude alone ensures a real exciting story ahead. I'm looking forward to see how "Sins Rising" turns out.

The art was fantastic. I'll get that out of the way right now. It fit the tone perfectly. Also, its been a while since a really dark spiderman story came along so im all for it. It was an enjoyable read whether youre familiar with sin eater or not. Its shaping up to be a good story if Spencer can pull it off.

Feels like this switches, halfway through, from "you don't need to have read the original Sin-Eater stories" to "you DO need to have read them."

This is quite dark for Spidey, but the structure of the story was a bit sloppy.

" You can say that again, Buster ! Once a Sin-Eater, always a Sin-Eater--that's what i say."
- SPIDER MAN

The simple truth is that Nick Spencer is producing a middling run on the Amazing Spider-man. He won't be remembered alongside some of the more influential modern age writers like J Michael Straczynski and Dan Slott; both of whom definitely made their mark on the character with new villains, interesting concepts, etc. The current run of Amazing can't even seem to get a consistent art team. Its a constant rotation of Ottley, Ramos, Gleason, and other random fill-ins. All you have to do is look at what other creative teams like Ewing/Bennett (Immortal Hulk), Zdarsky/Checchetto (Daredevil), and Cates/Stegman (Venom) are doing at Marvel. They are operating at an entirely different level, which is awesome...but is puzzling that Amazing can't seem to get that type of talent on what many people would describe as Marvel's flagship character. Nick Spencer is a gifted writer and Ottley is a talented artist, but they just aren't the right fit for this book. If you look at the reviews for this run from it's inception...it's averaging around 7/10. That's good enough for a b-level title, but not for a tier 1 character. Marvel needs to have Spencer finish up whatever he's trying to do with the 50 issue Kindred build-up and then usher him off in favor of some new talent. more