Amazing Spider-Man #18 is a comic that truly understands fun. This whole crossover has been terrific at keeping the tone light and constantly hilarious. Its not this dark, melancholic atmosphere that weighs heavily on the reader whilst reading. Read Full Review

If it wasn't evident yet, Amazing Spider-Man #18 solidifies that this is bonkers, fun adventure times for Spidey and his amazing friends. That goes for demon-turned-Spider-Man Rek-Rap, the ridiculous Insidious Six, and even Chasm going Super Saiyan. Sure, Spider-Man is typically a more serious series, and it has been under Wells at times, but if you see what Dark Web has been from the start, you'll have the most fun. Read Full Review

Perhaps the single most impressive feat in this issue is how seamlessly it weaves the tones of over-the-top comedy and continuity-laden pathos into a single narrative that lands both its laughs and sighs. Read Full Review

McGuiness delivers some beautiful art in the issue. There are some great dramatic poses, visually engaging action and a great scope to the world of the characters. Read Full Review

I get that comics have to have crossovers, and I understand why they can be popular, but at this point I would love to return to regular scheduling programming! There are still overhanging web threads that need resolving. Like a good meal, things take a while to simmer; if you leave it to long though, the meal is spoiled. I would hate for that to happen to what was a revitalised Spider-Man book. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #18 is somehow worse than issue #17 because it tries to continue #17's (poorly written) humor while attempting to mix it with hard-hitting, serious moments. Neither the drama nor the humor works, so by trying to do both, you wind up with neither, and the big reveal at the end lands with a mild thud. Read Full Review

This issue is good, but the plot points were easily predicted and it feels like there isn't enough here for Zeb Wells to insist on stretching the event out for as long as it has been. Which is weird, since the event is really short anyway. I really didn't like the Rek-Rap thing from the previous issue, but it was more fun here.

Rek-Rap is a delight and so was JJJ convincing the demons that he's one of them just by being himself, but it's hard to miss that this crossover is kind of all over the place, shapeless, uneven and weirdly paced

The pace is good, the art is nice, and though I wasn't laughing myself, I think the humor is done well. But the overall tone seesaws wildly, from the absurdity of Rek-Rap to the would-be pathos of Ben Reilly. This wants to be serious and silly at the same time. That's not impossible, but this isn't a good example of it.

I find it both ironic and annoying that Madelyne Pryor's role in this event is completely contrived, yet her story is the best-handled.

Ehh. I can't say it was absolutely terrible. Rek-Rap was annoying, but I have to say I was kind of rooting for him. Other than that, it's just a passable read and nothing more.

Everything I like about this issue I like except with all the Ben Reily stuff. His character has been so twisted and changed without reason that He's unrecognizable. His turn to the Jackel made more sense than this bs.

what a weird issue. I'll leave it at that. Art is fine, but I wished we got more character arc for Madelyn Prior. The fact that one of the most important plot points in one of the key characters happens in a tie-in issue and not hte main event kinda sucks. But it is whatever. It's fine. Action and character is fine. Ben Reilly is more crazier right now, but it is what it is.

Story is just alright and moving very slow, and I find the Rek-rap character just annoying. I'm not sure reversing the Parker name was the smartest thing to do by the writer/editor. Re-krap sounds exactly like re-crap. They had to add the hyphen to soften it. lol. Sorry, but I can't be the only one. Hoping the story moves at a better pace.

Art good, story bad. Ben's place in this entire event feels so lost. He's never felt like an antagonist or even any sort of pivotal character when this is about him and Madelyne just trying to get their memories back. All this shows is that the X-Men part of the story was the only one worth telling. The worst thing this issue did was take the phenomenal ending to the Dark Web: X-Men series and undercut it by having that very heartfelt reconciliation between Maddie and the X-Men and make her somewhat antagonistic again. Not that she became a villain but it feels like a little bit of that growth was gone instantly. Wells was clearly not talking to Duggan. Disappointing overall.

I honestly don't care anymore. I will keep reading ASM because it's always been my favourite series, but this is just... Nothing. I'm not even mad as I was with ASM 900 or other terrible books. This story is just meh. Ben Reilly is ruined forever, you can't go back after this Chasm phase. Peter is the usual supposedly smart guy who gets constantly kicked in the face. Maddie just did a U-turn to quickly end this story arc. It has its funny moments, but we really are at rock bottom.

It's a very perplexing issue. It's... certainly something.

If we put the atrocius and horribly written direction for Ben aside, it's passable. It's a demonic invasion that doesn't take itself too seriously, with great art from McGuinness.

So as it's own, it's okay. If we ignore the "wtf is this bs" they did with Ben. (King Chasm...?)

But as an event, it's very messy. Pacing for it was off, it felt like not a lot happened in the main book of the event. And the tone was all over the place. This feels like a parody version of the opening issue of Dark Web. Or that the writer changed the direction heavily after that.

Tie-ins too take this much more seriously. And because of the tonal inconsistencies, it's hard to enjoy this event as a whole. Gold Goblin, X-Men and Venom all took this event to a very different direction than Wells. Which just confuses me so much.

So as a penultimate issue of Dark Web, it's not good. As it's own issue, it's not that bad.

So let's give it a meh.
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Pointless event

Im fr curious if anyone enjoyed dark web