Romita Jr delivers some beautifully detailed and impressive panels throughout the issue. Not only are the Spider-Man moments visually thrilling, but the character moments are impressive as well. Read Full Review

The first arc of Wells and Romita Jr.'s Amazing Spider-Man wraps just in time for issue #900 to drop, and it feels like there's never been a better time to be a reader. Read Full Review

The StoryThe Amazing Spider-Man #5 wraps up the first arc of his run of the series.  While Tombstones story has been entertaining, it hasnt supplied any answers to the big questions posed in the first issue.  Readers still dont have any idea of why Peter is on everyones bad side, what he did to get there, or whats going on with Mary Jane. Wells does start to reverse some of these dynamics, with the appearance of Black Cat and how Peter has grown over the last five issues, but its too much of a slow burn.  Too many questions, and not enough answers. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #5 wraps up the first story arc with a story about Peter Parker's smarts. It's also a reminder that Spider-Man gets in his own way, but when he's having a little fun things go better for him and the reader. Read Full Review

This opening storyline ends with a bit of a whimper, storywise. The writing and art are really fun and enjoyable, but they were put into service with a very basic, uninspired plot. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #5 concludes the arc with a shockingly unsatisfying finale. The multiple bombshells dropped in the first issue are all but forgotten, Romita Jr's art is becoming more distorted with each issue, and any of the dramatic tension Wells successfully created in the last few issues is entirely gone with a relaxed and dialog-heavy chapter. It's hard to imagine a worse possible ending for a first arc from a new creative team. Read Full Review

Despite the outrage over Mary Jane, this series continues to be very good. I liked that, although he was tricked by Tombstone in the last issue, Peter was able to end up using that whole situation in his favor as it shows that the both of them are smart people without making either of them seem "dumb." Overall, this was an engaging first arc for this run and I hope Tombstone makes a return to this title in the future.

A great ending to a very good first arc, it's well drawn, it's well written, it's engaging and FUN. The way Peter "solves" the mess he was into here was something i was not expecting, and seeing him being empathethic to Tombstone after everything he put Peter through the last issues really made me smile, it's been a while since we had seen this side of him, it's what always made me so fascinated with this character and why he's my favorite character of all time, he loses a lot, but he gets back up, he messes up a lot, but he always make up for it, he's short tempered, but he's also a kind and empathetic person. Loved it, looking forward to #900!

what a clever way to end this arc. Like I said in other reviews, I'm loving this run. The conversations about how's Peter in this issue are so good, that moment with Felicia and May. The Tombstone thing? Well, a perfect final for a great first arc. If Wells continue like this, it's gonna be a great run for spiderman.

Good!

This arc ends in an unusual fashion but its great to see. Spidey essentially pulls an uno reverse card on Tombstone and despite what the cover may have you suggest, they just have a conversation in the end. Nice to see things switched up and Peter using his wits to win instead of his fists.

Romita kills it on this issue. His facial expressions are very emotive and his paneling and storytelling is great as ever. Hes a living legend.

Wells writes a good story here, im definitely interested to see what is next.

this was actually a really good and interesting issue. John Romita Jr's art is very good and I am very invested and interested in this series. Glad I was being fair for the first few issues and not outright hating this issue. People who trash on this series before the first arc even finished are being REAL quiet today. It's okay to make mistakes, just admit them and promise to be better.

It was an entertaining issue but, damn one of the last images of Peter's busted face just made me laugh.

So I was going to drop reading this altogether since I hated the first 2 issues but it was a slow week for new comics for me so I picked up issues 3-5. So this is sort of a review of all those.

Yes, I quite enjoyed it now.

Issue 4 in particular had me annoyed at first, at how it seemed like such a cliche of villain captures hero and lets one of his nameless goons kill him... but then the ending spun it around in a way I did not see coming and completely justified what I had previously thought to be bad writing, was now a clever spin by the writer with Tombstones plan. The final issue continued that good plot with a satisfying ending that didn't involved a physical fight between Spiderman and Tombstone. I am all for non-violent resolutions in comics. I don't need action just for action sake and this story actually provided good reason for action (when spidey beat the Rose and his men) and had a good story to tell after that didn't require fighting.

So this was a good read.

I still do not like how Peter Parker is written but the benefit of the past 3 issues was there was very little Peter Parker, just Spiderman, aside from a few panels. I'm going to try to be open minded to where this is going with Peter, maybe that aspect will turn around and I can't hold that dislike against this issue.

I don't mind JRJR's art but if I never saw it again, I wouldn't miss it. There's better and worse out there.
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This was a good arc. Nice and simple all things considered. Dealing with characters and villains we really don't see and it once again takes me back to JMS's run. Stories about a few characters at a time and their back and forth. Diving into who they are, not so much the simple conflicts that the antagonist is presenting to Peter. Tombstone was for me an odd choice but a welcome one that I am very happy with his inclusion.
Wells does some great dialogue for Peter here that had me chuckling. Cracking jokes will always be Peter's specialty but not all writers are gifted with being able to give that voice to Peter. Wells seems to have really captured it and it elevates this issue and parts of the whole arc. Levity is important.
There were also some flashes of brilliant, beautiful work by Romita Jr. contrasted with some absolutely abysmal stuff. I don't really know at this point. He's so 50/50. The issue's highlights are absolutely his interactions with Felicia and May. Two very strong women in his life that he has some making up to do with. I'll be here to see it when it comes.
Unsurprisingly, the user reviews for this series got better with each issue. And those who had mostly negative things to say are either quiet or ignoring their fairly baseless criticisms that they levied far too soon. This has been a good run. Not great or ground breaking. There are still big questions we all have that have almost been completely ignored since the first issue but I mean come on, it's a story telling device and a means to get you to buy issues down the line. Don't act like this isn't new. They've been doing it since the 60s. Hell even before that. more

Great conclusion to this silencing arc, the mystery of what happened is still out there, but I imagine in issue 900 we will get some answers (hopefully) but Black Cat coming around is always welcome ( I like her more then mj after one more day ) and Pete going back to have dinner with aunt May.

Felicia gave him the words he needed to hear, and I think this run is going to be a classic. I can't wait for issue 7 to get here.

Another good issue, finally.
Issue 4: Tombstone screws Spider-Man / Issue 5: Spider-Man screws Tombstone.
I feel Peter's mysterious situation is leading to him being more reckless and aggressive. The scene of his confrontation with Tombstone is very weird for the "classic" Spidey, but his plan involving Digger is a great idea. Unfortunately, I think this storyline is done after this issue, and Zeb Wells will focus on something else for ASM #900.
Please Marvel, keep this quality.

For the first arc, this wasn't bad all. Of course, Nick Lowe cannot write a synopsis, even if his life depended on it, but we are sadly used to that by now.

But otherwise, I can't say I hated this. It was good. Sure, this doesn't have any revelations or answers for Peter's current life, so if you are after that, you gonna have to wait with the rest of us.

I don't really know either where Zeb will take us next. #900's premise doesn't seem that interesting (when Peter fought against 36 enemies at the same time, fighting a Adaptoid made only from 6 of them doesn't seem like a big foe), but hey, I'm ready to be pleasently surprised. I had been this far.

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End of the first arc. Is Peter back to being Peter?

With the end of the first arc of the new volume, we can see that things are returning to normal. There wasn't much progress in terms of Lore, Rosa was arrested and thombstone continues to dominate his place. However, the first had almost zero participation, not interfering in anything, and the second continues where it left off. The only thing that remained for the following editions is this possible partnership between Peter and the tombstone. We've already seen that Peter is fine with Norman, is he willing to work with another of his villains?

Regarding the great mystery of the volume, we haven't advanced that much either. But, we can see that nothing tragic happened between the spider and the black cat. I even thought she was a little lost with the situation. but, although she is not aware of everything that happened, she was important enough to give some tips and get Peter back on track. He is going through a very low moment, he was even deceived by enemies, all he needed was to talk to his friend and know that he should smile and be himself again.

Peter attending dinner with May shows this evolution of him returning to who he is. I hope this plot progresses so that we can solve this mystery soon. more

This arc certainly peaked with the big twist in #4. This issue is a softer, slower cool-down. And it's OK. Writing and art are strong, but both have been done better earlier in the volume, short as it is.

Spidey's clapback against Tombstone was cool. Petty, but cool.

I take issue with the final scene. Yeah, it's great to see Pete and May reconcile. Except: a) Pete's done nothing at all to earn that reconciliation, and b) we still don't have the slightest clue what he did to disappoint her in the first place.

In my opinion, so far this volume is a pretty good Spider-Man comic and a pretty poor Peter Parker comic.

Wells: 9
JRJR: 0

The book is well written and paced but JRJR's art is just dragging it down.. please Marvel, this dude is not his father, let him draw a Minecraft book or something.

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Batmanaholic - Jul 6, 2022

If it was a Batman book I 100% agree with you. I hate that man's Batman stuff. But I love his Spider-Man stuff. It's so weird to me lol, I can't explain why I like one but can't stand the other 🤷‍♂️

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The storyline of the relaunch was not worthy of a relaunch.