Heroes Reborn: Peter Parker, The Amazing Shutterbug #1 breaks Spider-Man down to his fundamentals, showing that even without powers Peter Parker would still be a good person. I highly recommend reading this and Heroes Reborn #2 back to back, as this issue provides a great deal of context for the latter. Also if you're a Spider-Man fan this comic is definitely worth the read. Read Full Review

Though I think it spends a little too long in high school, overall I had a blast with Shutterbug. This is a very enjoyable one-shot that uses the alternate universe premise of Heroes Reborn to do great what-if work on Peter Parker. With strong, simple art and insightful words, it capably illustrates the heroic streak in the character that will always shine through, spider-bite or no spider-bite. Read Full Review

Even if you don't read the overall "Heroes Reborn" event, this issue still has something special that deserves a closer look. Read Full Review

As One-Shot's go, I wasn't blown away by this. It was a good take on a Peter Parker standalone story. But die-hard Spiderman fans may be left disappointed. If you are looking for an action packed story, this isn't it I'm afraid. It's more so a look at Peter Parker as a person and whether he would still achieve greatness without powers. Read Full Review

The world of Jason Aaron's "Heroes Reborn" gets a bit bigger as readers learn what happened to Peter Parker in a world without the Avengers. Read Full Review

Peter Parker manages to be a hero of sorts in the end, even without ever being Spider-Man. Read Full Review

"Heroes Reborn: Peter Parker, The Amazing Shutterbug" #1 is an ambitious alternate take on a classic character, though the misfires in its ending and artwork hold it back. Read Full Review

Maybe this one is more for big fans of Spider Man who want to see something different with this character that has not really been done before. Everyone else maybe pass over this one if you want to see more action. Read Full Review

Both De Latorre and Lim do great visual work with the story, but there isn't enough story worth exploring so the art never gets the opportunity to engage the reader. Read Full Review

It would have been more interesting to see Peter go through some more extreme personality changes as a result of losing Aunt May and being continually bullied and looked down on. Instead we see a fairly well adjusted hero emerge in spite of the totally new circumstances. The characters and art all work as we'd expect without any genuine surprises beyond Peter's final transformation. Read Full Review

I didn't expect it, I almost fell off the seat when it turned out to be Aunt May.

I liked seeing an intelligent, creative Peter and this is the part that I love about Peter Parker, it completes so well, as a human being, his sense of humor, someone who is always on his feet fighting. He is not the typical uneducated superhero or the millionaire who makes inventions or his company designs them for him. A pretty nice book.

I definetly wasn't expecting this!

In this AU, Peter Parker missed the super-spider bite thanks to bullying. The bullying theme comes back hot and heavy when his first encounter with Hyperion turns tragic, and then later events give Pete one grim but fulfilling chance to be a hero. This is a surprisingly thoughtful story. The art is spare and a little too simple for my taste, but it gets the job done. It's the script that really impresses, with sharp dialogue, compelling ideas, and amazing thematic work. A real treat.

A curious, yet not fully original or that well-executed reimagining. It removes the driving force behind Pete- the guilt and does not do really anything that interesting with it. IMO the issue needed to do more exploration and probably more creativity.

This was very dark and cynical, and that's fine, but I don't think it really fits Spider-Man. I feel like maybe it could've been done better if maybe the writer cracked open a few old issues of ASM. Maybe. It was alright though, I don't mean to be so harsh.

There were things here that I liked but overall a big ol meh from me.