Drugs helped Itsy Bitsy cope with life. Illicit chemicals enable Peter to connect the dots in his investigation. But Peter's brainstorm worries his friend Brian, who breeds magic mushrooms for a living. And despite Peter's plea, Norman says, “No more.” As Peter struggles to discern reality, the drugs twist his childhood memories into an unending nightmare in Amazing Spider-Man #3. Read Full Review

Spideys throwdown with Itsy Bitsy is filled with hallucinations and heroics. Kellys writing is hitting every mark fans could want. Larraz and Garcia crank up the volume on the action with the art. It warrants saying one more time: SPIDER-MAN IS BACK BAY-BAY!!!! Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #3 continues Joe Kelly's emotionally grounded and stylistically ambitious take on Peter Parker, pairing kinetic, beautifully rendered action with a meaningful exploration of trauma and drug use. While not all the threads are fully developed yet, the issue succeeds in deepening the stakes, both physically and psychologically, for a younger, angrier Peter. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man Issue 3 pushes the heros mind to the brink of breaking. The presence of the unlikely villain gives the series a fresh feel, putting Spider-Man against someone new. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #3 gives us a new look into Peter Parker's past as he attempts to uncover a mystery affecting not only him, but some of his villains as well. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #3 keeps the relaunchs hot streak going with an issue packed to the brim with greatness. From the art to the writing, the early days of this volume continue to get better and brighter with each sequential issue. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #3 comes in strong with good dialogue and expressive art, but the short action sequence and lack of growth in Peter's characterization hold it back. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #3 is a chaotic mess in the best and worst ways. It's visually breathtaking, emotionally ambitious, and occasionally thrilling, but it also veers into off-putting weirdness and suffers from messy plotting. The ideas are strong, but the execution stumbles. If Kelly can pull these threads together soon, this arc could still deliver. But for now, it's more frustrating than satisfying. Read Full Review

As with the previous two issues, Amazing Spider-Man #3 is very much about establishing the voice Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz are giving this series. They are doing so in a way that provides a reset point for Peter Parker while using the current status quo of the members of the cast. Read Full Review

The new Amazing Spider-Man has some interesting ideas sprinkled throughout, but they are overshadowed by an uninteresting and all-encompassing plot. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #3 is a weirdly uneven comic. Joe Kelly's central mystery about a Hobgoblin plot to poison people is picking up steam, and Pepe Larraz's art is fantastic. However, Itsy Bitsy's presence and weird affection towards Spidey is unwelcome and gross. Plus, there are too many coincidences to swallow to stay invested in the story. Bonus points for the art. Read Full Review

I never read Deadpool and spodey so this is my first exposure to itsy bitsy and I quite like her as a villain. Sort of like a spider-harley Quinn type. A little psycho, a lil freaky. This redesign of hers is pretty awesome. Maybe she can get an action figure now.

Solid issue, the action scenes are really good. Pepe larraz art is hitting and exceeding every expectation. Sometimes he draws panels in sideways or upside down do you can turn the book and see from Peter's perspective. Its very cool.

Gotta say I never expected Norman being "good" for so long and their dynamic has reached a point where I enjoy seeing them talk. They've always had similarities eith their scientific minds so it's refreshing to have them tackle a problem together.

Kinda more interested in this stuff than whatever hellgate is but im open to see what Kelly comes up with. This run is 3/3 for me so far.
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I liked this! The run still continues to be very solid and I remain interested what happens next! I've missed ASM being consistently good....

This is issue was significantly better imo. This issue read much better and less confusing than the last and the story is definitely getting legs. Not a fan of itsy bitsy or angsty young Peter but that could just be me. The art continues to be great as well and does the heavy lifting.

Is this really as bad as people are saying?
Or perhaps, the character is so popular that it is literally impossible to please everyone?

For the mean time, I'm enjoying this. It's not DC Absolute or Ultimate Spider-Man level but I don't feel it's bad as it's being made out to be.

I feel like people's reaction to everything these days is default negativity and expectations of perfection.

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Hex - May 10, 2025

People have unrealistic expectations for Spider-Man (and Batman) that really can never be fulfilled for two reasons. They don't know what they actually want, and the time they are trying to go back to isn't possible. That's also not to say that the period they remember was actually objectively good or not. If people really wanted to make a statement, stop buying. Buy Ultimate, really and truly speak with their wallets. Otherwise, stfu. These are comic books after all.

Hex - May 10, 2025

The target demographic is still children and "fans" of these superhero characters continually show how they never grew up to realize that. One can enjoy something as an adult that is still targeted at kids and not be unbelievably critical. It's honestly why I stopped reading the last arc of Spider-Man. I don't want to bash this character that means so much to me so I took a break to read old stuff. But that doesn't mean I want that old stuff in what we have now because it's not new.

motorik - May 11, 2025 (edited)

What a logical and measured approach. I admire your stance. I stopped reading mainline Spider-man many times. The flux in appeal is so variable but you're right. It's kids/teen media and most of the folk on here crying about it are grown men. Crazy when you really think about it. Like you say though, a considered goal by writers could be to have the quality or theme appeal to all ages - but with the variance of thought in society - then factoring age and life experience, makes it challenging.

daspidaboy - May 11, 2025

To piggyback off what you guys are saying: Personally for me I think a lot of people tend to compare previous run on what makes a comic book run "good", and that is really not fair. For me personally, I don't like to do that because that's not how to review an issue or a run. I look for pacing, good/consistent art, solid dialogue, action, coloring, story, and good writing for characters. And if people don't like the current/new series, then they can just not read this to get pissed off.

daspidaboy - May 11, 2025

Who knew that if you stopped reading books that you get mad, you'll be happier than life? For me personally Spider-Man ended right after Dan Slott finished his run. Because for me, I was not a fan of Nick Spencer or Zeb Wells run. Who knows, maybe once Joe Kelly finishes this run and people praise it, I'll go back and read it. For now, I just like to read books that I enjoy.

motorik - May 11, 2025 (edited)

Daspidaboy - That's it. That's the greatest mystery on here for me. Hate reading. There is an actual slew of people on here with personal vendetta's against certain writers because of their perceived political stance. These people pretend to keep reading and hate review. It's like the review bombing phenomenon. I just don't get it. Your hatred will not usher in change. Step away from said thing giving you so much misery and put your time in something that gives you jo

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