A great ending to a fun story where Spider-Man gets a firsthand lesson in just how much the world values the service he provides. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #70 is a thrilling and unconventional conclusion to "8 Deaths of Spider-Man," bringing big action, emotional payoffs, and a visually spectacular showdown. The issue successfully balances fun superhero bombast with meaningful character moments, making it a strong send-off before the series resets to #1. Read Full Review

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The Amazing Spider-Man #70 has strong art and solid character moments, but misses a few key moments to make a stronger emotional connection. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #70 is a stronger finale than the sum of its parts should have allowed the issue to be. Joe Kelly ends this volume of the title with a theme that inspires nothing but confidence in the web-head's future, even after such a shaky story arc. Ed McGuinness turns in the performance of a career here on art, instilling an even deeper sense of a high-flying direction for the title that should hopefully continue to pull it out of its recent misery. Read Full Review

The Sorcerer Supreme proves that he's not all iron fists and horrific masks, the god Cyttorak learns an important lesson and we wrap on Spider-Man's magical days in Peter Parker style. Read Full Review

The way the conflict with the Cyttorak's is resolve is very generic that still does not escape how forced the X-Men's part in the story is. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #70 ends the 8 Deaths arc with big punches, magical spells, and (almost) all the toys going back into the exact same toy box, leaving a bad taste in your mouth. Joe Kelly's finale is a pointless mess, which doesn't bode well for his upcoming tenure as the main ASM writer. Read Full Review

Despite how this arc has meandered and how much you could argue it didn't need to be a Spider-Man story, I really do appreciate the message overall, especially given what we're living through right now.

Plot
Spider-Man has the power of Cyttorak thanks to Cyra's sacrifice. He is Spider-naut, and with the help of Juggernaut, he manages to stop Cyttorak's attack, who understood the value of life thanks to Cyra's sacrifice. Doctor Doom chose Spider-Man for this competition to break Cyttorak's unbreakable will.

Peter returns to normal and understands the value of his life and that its fragility is beautiful. He apologizes to Black Cat, MJ, Aunt May, and Shay, with whom he will begin his romance anew.

This arc finally ends. Although it had a good premise, it was longer than necessary. Now this comic is rebooted.

Art
McGuinness presents his super classic and nostalgic art that highlights facial expressions and achieves dynamic sequences with bold and brilliant angles.

Summary
Spider-naut unleashes his unstoppable power.
Closing of Story Arc 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN more

Gotta say, art was phenomenal. And I liked what Kelly's idea was for this and message was heartful So, I can confidently say that if the hack fraud who works for the Spidey office as the main editor doesn't quit by 1000, then I will. The sheer level of incompetence this storyline has showcased has been disrespectful and horrible to see.

Like, way to ruin a nice idea by Kelly. Like what the hell was this storyline. What a waste of time with no consequence

What was the point of Peter moping for three issues, cheating Shay or treating her horribly, breaking up with her and then getting back together. The only thing managed was to showcase what a joke that relationship is and how horribly Shay is been treated. At least show some character we saw from her in #55.

What was the point of that one-off between Peter and Felicia. It didn't change anything. Only lessened the relationship between them. Why where the rest of the X-Men here besides Juggernaut. This is the second team-up we see with them and Spidey and it means nothing. Why do they need to bring Cyclops and Magik here, if they don't interact with the main character at all. Don't they have trust that this will sell? Who is this for???

I like the idea of Cyttorak being the new casket. But what we have seen from this storyline, rules don't matter at all, so by the next time we see Cyttorak, Randy Robertson can be the new casket because why not.

And when the Fraud mentioned that it was Kelly's idea they started to work on, I got the idea how it went down. Kelly wanted to do a story where he showcased Peter's love for life and how it can affect even immortal gods like Cyttorak and motivate them to do good by seeing the beauty of life. It's a beautiful idea and Kelly does his best here to showcase it. The rest of this arc pretty much ruins it by disastrous editing, since there is no clear vision how to make it last for 12 issues.

And they even didn't get the name right for this. If all other mistakes and choices weren't enough, they can't even name the storyline correctly. 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN!!! WHERE HE FACES 8 SCIONS OF CYTTORAK. BUT ACTUALLY IT'S ONLY 5. HE ALSO DIES ONLY 5 TIMES. TWO OF THE SCIONS AREN'T EVEN SEEN, JUST KILLED OFF-SCREEN. more

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daspidaboy - Mar 27, 2025

Spider-Man's greatest enemies is not Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom, or even Morlun. It's the Marvel editors. The Marvel editors should just try to not interfere as much as they can and let the writers tell their own story. Even if I don't like it, I can at least respect an author's vision more than a meddled up editorial vision

Toonstrack - Apr 10, 2025

This review is so insanely spiteful I'm almost wondering if it is a satire.

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whomp whomp whomp. And just like that, another run ends. The art may be nice at the end, but I really was not a fan on how Spider-Man was treated like a side character. The pacing and story was dragged out too much, the X-Men took the story over, and the villains as well as dialogue weren't engaging or interesting.

For real, this is my definitive end on the main Amazing Spider-Man run. I have come to accept that my interpretations and view on how I want Spider-Man to be are different from Marvel. I don't mind Peter not being with Mary Jane, but he needs to evolve or grow as a character. I don't mind Peter Parker stuck in limbo not being married, but at least make him interesting or likable with solid writing.

Overall, after Nick Spencer, Zeb Wells, and this story arc. Just don't feel like reading Amazing Spider-Man forever. Oh well, I got Hickman's ultimate spider-man more

Felt like more of the same. Didn't really have end on anything new. Kind of bummed that Spider-Man is going to keep this writer around.