Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #4 delivered all the fun fans have come to expect from everyone's favorite Web Slinger. Chip Zdarsky does such a great job balancing the comedy and drama that surrounds Peter Parker's life in and out of his Spider-Man adventures. Some strong progression in several sub-plots helped make the main story surrounding the mysterious Teresa Parker even more intriguing. Read Full Review

It's hard to trust after two misses, but the more character focused Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #4 shows that writer Chip Zdarsky is capable of curbing his jokes in favor of dramatic tension, leaving hope for future issues. Read Full Review

I'm not sure what has happened to Adam Kubert's art style over the last few years, but I am not digging it. It just feels so unfinished compared to his work from earlier in his career. It doesn't help that Kubert is on the comedy Spider-Man book, and there's nothing inherently humorous about his art. Read Full Review

The weaknesses in this series are on full display with this issue, from bad comedy to narrative cheats, and it's weighing down the whole adventure. Read Full Review

I have been anticipating this issue since I picked up the first 3 last week. Today was finally the day. I picked it up as soon as I could (only making it to the comic book store 30min before it closed). It was another great issue with the plot progressing in unexpected ways. The art work stays amazing and I absolutely love the logic one of the supporting characters portrait in this one. Can't wait for the next one!

I can't get a feel for this series. One minute it is funny and a blast to read and then it's serious and the jokes that are there aren't that funny. I think it's not that bad, but it really isn't that great either. It has a lot more potential. Hopefully, over the next few issues we will get to see it get back to form. The art is pretty good as well which is something that keeps that title going.

The Tinkerer obligingly serves as a classic scenery-chewing villain. Some of the character work is great, (a little of it is less-great - this issue treats Robbie Robertson pretty shabbily) and the plotting gains some much-needed clarity and momentum. Remarkably, it's the *humor* that doesn't work in Chip Zdarsky's script this time around. Spidey's abortive moment on a stand-up comedy stage could/should have been funny-unfunny, but it ends up plain old unfunny. Adam Kubert still appears to be drowsing his way through the drawing process, taking a lot of shortcuts that produce shabby results and doing very little to sell the emotional or humorous possibilities of the story to the reader.

I don't understand what happened. I thought the first issue was really funny but this was just painfully unfunny. None of the jokes land and that's what this series has relied on. The plot is uninteresting and the art is very mediocre.