The mano a mano fight that started last issue is so huge it took over the cover to here! Come see John Romita Jr. do what he does best with the most brutal fight in Spider-Man history - SPIDEY VS. TOMBSTONE!
Rated T
Attacked by his allies, family, and society, Tombstone unleashes his monster to survive. So, in Amazing Spider-Man #59, Spider-Man reminds Lonnie Lincoln that he doesnt have to be a monster to thrive. Read Full Review
It really feels like a blockbuster movie type of feel and we should enjoy it while it lasts. Read Full Review
Romita Jr. delivers some beautifully detailed and brutal art throughout the issue. While the story itself dragged, the visuals were great to see. Read Full Review
Amazing Spider-Man #59 is a fight and nothing else. There's no plot, no story progression, and no effort put into writing this comic. It's as if Marvel approached John Romita Jr. and said, “We don't have a story, so draw a multi-issue fight.” This issue may possibly be the worst example of disrespect for the Spider-Man IP (and Spider-Man fans) in Marvel history. Read Full Review
A brutal issue following the events of the previous issue, this one is all action, no talks, diddle-daddles or anything. Like Booker T would say, "no bread, no water, just beef!"
John Romita Jr.'s artwork, Scott Hanna's inks and Marcio Menyz's colors combine perfectly to bring Zeb Wells' idea to life in a violent way. Joe Caramagna is simply wonderful on the lettering, truly inspiring for a amateur letterer like myself.
Well, now for issue 60, the end. To close the open ties, leave some open for the next writer and also say goodbye to the greatest superhero Marvel created.
This issue is a solid 10.
Plot
Tombstone continues to fight mortally against Spidey, he is furious and does not stop chasing his friend Janice to kill her, reaching the subway station, which becomes a fight of deadly scale, where neither holds back in their blows, but Spidery does not cross the line of killing Tombstone, what he wants is to save Janice and save Tombstone from doing something unforgivable.
Mind-blowing chapter full of dizzying action where Zeb Wells does not give rest to breathe.
Art
John Romita Jr achieves that gloomy and gloomy tone of this situation and incorporates it into the unique body language that he gives to Spider-man with his art. It is a privilege to read comics illustrated by this legend who always evolve more
I'm not convinced that the fight needed to be two issues, but judging the issue on its own merits this half of it was VERY exciting. I don't think the cover is terribly well executed, but I do love the idea of using it like a connecting freeze frame at the end of a TV cliffhanger that unfreezes at the start of the next episode. It really helps feel like the action has already started before you read the first page.
Issue promised a long and brutal fight.
And thats exactly what I got.
I've nothing to complain about. Its incredibly intense.
Really cool. This long action scene reminds me of something from Mission Impossible with being so incredibly long and tense throughout. It just holds your breath and does not let you take it and I like this, every moment looks like it could be a deal breaker. it's simple, but it breaks the monotony and it holds weight because this arc from its beginning was way more grounded and raw and here it goes hard in this rawness and accentuates it. I like this approach to this whole arc a lot.
This was a brutal fight, and it was fun in the moment. How next issue goes will determine if these last two were wasteful. Given Wells' track record for endings on this run... Well, maybe I'm just a cynic.
It's like Spider-Man gave Tombstone a bad coupon.
I'll be nice about the review, because it was fun and the fight was pretty decent. Best ever? No. Did it need to span two issues? No. But did I actually have fun reading ASM? Yes.
This and the last issue could’ve been one issue. Just like the last issue, pretty good action but felt superficially short.
It's not bad. In a vacuum it's fine. JRJR's art is good. Not the most brutal fight, that still goes to Spidey facing Morlun in Coming Home.
However, here we see Peter being brutal to someone who is more in his weight class.
But as a penultimate issue, this is very lackluster. I didn't think we needed this to last two whole issues. Issue #60 has too much stuff to resolve and conclude, and I think it won't do even half of those.
There isn't really any character moments here. Like issue #4 had. No clever twist, or Peter's headspace. There are nice moments that showcase his empathy and heroism, but that really isn't enough.
Even if #60 delivers, this just feels padding and not necessary.
this is just a decompressed issue where nothing really happens and it could have been combined with the previous issue. I can't wait for this series to end so we can move on
Spidey sense is non existent, Peter is too often a loser and this was as "brutal" as any any other fight but it was just two comics long with some extra blood that couldn't cover up the less than stellar art. Sad that Spidey used to carry four ongoing books and now we're stuck with...this.
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