SPIDEY VS. HELLGATE, ROUND TWO! The spacefaring SPIDER-MAN heads back to Earth - only to find HELLGATE standing in his way! Spider-Man's finally strong enough to beat the most powerful foe he's ever faced…right?!
The dynamic between his new supporting cast works better than it should, and this issue made me laugh out loud more times than I can count. Read Full Review
Joe Kelly continues to do an amazing job telling this gripping story of Spider-Man! We get comedic moments from Rocket as well as emotional moments with Raelith. The flow of the dialogue is top notch making this feel like a quick read. Kelly does such a suitable job with context clues that if you are new to this series, you could easily figure out what is going on. However, I recommend collecting the earlier eighteen issues, and of course this one! Read Full Review
Amazing Spider-Man #19 continues Joe Kelly's strong run by blending cosmic spectacle with character-first storytelling. While a few pacing and clarity issues momentarily pull you out of the story, the emotional beats, sharp humor, and explosive art more than make up for it. This issue wraps up a space adventure and sets the stage for bigger, riskier stories to come, proving this era of ASM is firing on all cylinders. Read Full Review
Amazing Spider-Man #19 proves that a climactic issue can be just as interested in promises as it is in payoffs. This comic earns every moment of emotional catharsis by refusing to shortcut the work that gets you there, and it does so while delivering genuine action sequences that serve the character arcs rather than existing alongside them. Whether this is worth your money depends on whether you've entertained by Peter's journey in a recycled Guardians of the Galaxy tale, but if you are, this is the issue that makes the entire space arc feel necessary rather than indulgent. Read Full Review
I don’t care that it doesn’t feel like a Spider-Man book. It has Pepe Larraz art.