Amazing Spider-Man #31
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| Writer | Joe Kelly |
| Artist | Patrick Gleason |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
THE TALK... Peter Parker's world will never be the same. Don't miss one of the most pivotal issues in Spider-Man history!
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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10
Nerd Initiative - TravisComicHaven
Jun 17, 2026This issue has something for everyone. If you want action, the Vulture story is for you. If you want to know more about Aunt May, you’ll get that too. This is an amazing issue that brings to the forefront the issue of infertility and its impacts on the “want to be” parents. A very emotional story that will bring some to their knees. I know it did for me… Go get this impactful issue from your local comic shop today! Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Jun 17, 2026Amazing Spider-Man #31 succeeds because it understands what has always made Spider-Man compelling. The emotional core comes from people trying to make sense of complicated family truths rather than punches being thrown. Kelly gives Aunt May one of her strongest spotlights in recent memory, exploring loss, hope, and the life she shared with Ben in a way that feels authentic and earned. The action scenes add energy, and Gleason's artwork elevates every page, but the heart of the issue belongs to the conversation at its center. While the answers about Cormac remain incomplete and the secondary plot lacks clarity, the story's emotional honesty makes it a memorable chapter and a promising next step in the mystery. Read Full Review
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7.0
Fanlight Zone - Josh Allen
Jun 17, 2026Joe Kelly drops what might be the biggest twist in the Spider-Man mythos is some time. It’s a great issue with a very compelling story and artwork that is simply stunning. Read Full Review
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7.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Jun 20, 2026Parallel stories are both fairly enjoyable and mostly fine. We’ll have to see where they go from here to really know. Read Full Review
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5.0
Comical Opinions - Gabriel Hernandez
Jun 17, 2026Amazing Spider-Man #31 unveils the truth behind Peter Parker’s long-lost cousin. Unfortunately, the explanation is as unsatisfying as the setup. Patrick Gleason’s art makes the most of a wonky, frustrating script, but the character introduction of Cormac Crane is bad enough to almost qualify as Paul 2.0, and nobody wants that. Read Full Review
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5.0
You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff
Jun 18, 2026Revelations about the past of Aunt May would seem all the more intense were enough for the fact that Peter Parker's past has been so thoroughly analyze from every possible angle. As it is, Aunt May’s past doesn't really seem all that interesting in life of everything that's been going on. Invariably it's going to fall with some sort of us in a plot or something like that. That's the way these things that usually work out in the Weber corner of the Marvel universe. But it's difficult to tell. And it's even more difficult to care. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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8.0
This feels like a very forced retcon for the upcoming issue 1000. It's powerful don't get me wrong. May keeping this all this time makes sense in context. It's devastating. I hope it doesn't all turn out to be a fake out. That would be the most tragic. I also just don't see what it really adds to the world of Spider-Man. Is this going to be a recurring element or just a one off to sell an issue? That's my hang up. The art and the writing are very good, even if the main story is interjected with a weird villains bidding on other villains tools thing we've seen in countless books before. I really wish Gleason would just stick on Spider-Man for a long time. He does it so well.
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7.5
I am a bit mixed on this.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the art, villain stuff was good and writing for May was excellent.
But I just wish there was less action and more talking. I just wanted more of that and not Blood Market. -
7.0
Ok so…. this could have been a great, heart wrenching story on a topic we as a society don’t talk about. It’s not healthy that we don’t talk about it. SO many people have gone through something similar and because we don’t talk about it, they feel alone and isolated. The problem here is that we kept jumping to an action sequence with zero context and, currently, no relevance to the story. Just do the whole book on May and Ben, why did we shoehorn this other subplot? Crazy this was approved.
This could’ve been an 8.5+ but the unnecessary subplot took away from the A story they were telling. This is something the EDITOR should’ve shut down. -
3.5
No No No. this revision in history is insane and wrong. Joe , why are you doing this to these characters ? why is editorial allowing this ? enough of this crap. awful stuff.
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6.5
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