The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man continues to be a fun read, offering spectacular battles. I'm really enjoying Peter Parker's ongoing struggle to balance his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man with his regular life, being there for his girlfriend and Aunt May. These Scions are proving to be much tougher than the webhead's usual foes, making for an exciting monthly read. Read Full Review

As an individual issue, The Amazing Spider-Man #64 was a perfect distillation of what makes the Peter Parker side of this title so engaging, but was missing the high-flying fantasy of Spider-Man. It further proves how disjointed this story feels as one could describe Kelly's initial two issues in an almost polar opposite manner. That being said, this was the best writing for Peter on this run in a long time, grounding the overall conflict of '8 Deaths' in something deeply personal for our web-headed hero. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #64 marks a solid step forward for the series, showcasing Peter Parker's resourcefulness and evolution as he embraces his magical role with increasing finesse. The art complements the narrative with energetic action sequences, but the lackluster characterization of the Scions leaves the story feeling incomplete. While not perfect, this issue re-establishes momentum and sets up an intriguing path forward for Spider-Man's mystical adventure. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #64 is the strongest chapter of The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man storyline we've had thus far. Justina Ireland does a great job understanding how to use this storyline to have Peter Parker show growth as Spider-Man. Combine that with Gleb Melnikov and Marcio Menyz's vibrant artwork and the interest in this storyline is as high as its been since it was first announced. Read Full Review

It's a unique take and a reset of sorts after the Zeb Wells run, one with action and a fresh perspective on the iconic character. Read Full Review

The “critics” rating this above 9 should be questioned. To each their own, but if you think this book is a 9+ you have to rate everything amazingly.

The book is fine, a better installment for this 8 deaths run that’s just a holdover until the new permanent team. For what this arc is doing, it’s doing a fine job.

I had some fun with it. Nothing spectacular and it's premise is the same as the last few. Just feels a little better written with this writer compared to Kelly.

Reading this, I'm reminded of Gauntlet from Brand New Day. And how it would've been much worse, had each foe only gotten one issue and all issues followed the same structure.

That is the problem with 8 Deaths. As a standalone issue, this is what I call perfectly fine. Everything is in place, plot moves forward, we see some personal life of Peter and Spidey action and have pretty good art.

But forgettable villain, the same structure for each issue and bland overall plot makes this worse. I don't really care about this storyline, and while Ireland does her best to make this more interesting (much more than Kelly did), this is just eh. There aren't any unique twists, foes don't look anything special and their gimmick isn't anything to discuss about.

This is just safe and bland overall story that I can't think will be remembered after Kelly's run starts. There isn't anything special here (at least yet) to remember it by. more

Like last issue, I liked this more than Kelly's first two. The problem here is that we keep being told how important it is that Spider-Man is the champion but everyone, including Strange aren't telling Peter, much less us, WHY that matters. It doesn't feel like there is weight, purpose or tangible stakes to fighting the Scions other than it being what the story is about. It comes off as incredibly contrived. Couple that with the lack of impact from dying (hey he managed to not die!) and we're left with a story that doesn't feel much like it fits in Amazing Spider-Man and he's just going through the motions.

I called him a reactive character last time but we're not really getting anything for him to react to except for the Scions and we know what is going to happen with them. Everything is happening around him, people talk at him. One pops up, Peter fights them in an anticlimactic, truncated fight, he dies, rinse and repeat. The conflicts in these issues don't even last more than a few pages. We have to keep building up to the next Scion deciding, "Okay NOW I'm going to fight him", when having a back to back gauntlet where Peter gets continually beaten only to be pulled back at the end by the reeds, the deaths taking more of a toll on him because he has no time to breath may not solve the issue of the story being contrived but that it would have more impact and add depth to his situation. Like I said, it's better than the first few issues but I still don't really care.

So as not to be a complete downer, once again, the women here are written very well, (with the few scenes they are in), and the art is really good. Melnikov got the first issue jitters out of the way. more