Bagley delivers beautifully detailed art throughout the issue. There are some great visual moments in the issue and I love the different look of the world. Read Full Review

If you enjoyed Spider-Verse and its sequels, get on board and read Spider-Man #2. It captures the fun of a vast multiverse while setting up a showdown that injects some oddballs into Peter Parker's team against nearly every beloved version of Spider-Man ever made. Spider-Man continues to redefine the Spider-Verse in new and exciting ways. Read Full Review

This is likely the calm before the sheer chaos that is on the way if that ending is anything to go by, but I've really enjoyed this adventure so far, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. Read Full Review

Spider-Man #2 is an acceptable entry in the series that relies almost entirely on exposition, explanations, and setup to get readers up to speed and characters in place. There's minimal action, and the pacing is almost too high, but the narrative stays clear throughout. Read Full Review

A rough story combined with great art doesn't quite make it's a must-read, but it's pretty worthwhile for any Spider-fan to see Bagley's work return to form. Read Full Review

It's fine. Would be so much better without the "chosen one" plot.

Bagley does a lot of the saving with his wonderful art.

Overall, I enjoyed this and would recommend but there are a few things that bothered me.

The good - Bagley always draws well. Not my favourite but always good and not much to complain about. I also like that Shathra is the villain this time around. She hasn't been used much and is something different and very much a threat. So, for the overall story, good big bad villain. I also enjoyed the pacing of the issue. There was a lot of information given, I never felt like it was poorly delivered, and we ended up in a different pace than where we started. I quite enjoyed that we finally had an explanation for why Morlun and his family had such a spider fetish. Prior to this, I always thought they just liked the taste of spiders best, since they have been shown to feed on non-spider beings. I'm someone finally attempted to explain that. I'm satisfied with it.

The bad - a few things bothered me. Rant mode engage. First, Disney princess spider is so annoying. For a parody comic, sure, I can see that as a thing, but as a gag it has already overstayed it's welcome. Also, why is there a gay stereotype spiderman? I hope Slott knows that you can write gay characters without them being the side character best friend in a 90's rom-com. A good example would be how Alan Scott was written in Earth 2 from the New 52. A fantastic series that has been completely forgotten but anyway, Alan was written as gay but completely function like a normal person, who just happened to be into men. His character didn't revolve around his sexuality, he had other struggles and character arcs that had nothing to do with his sexuality, as we get with straight characters. I think it's great to have gay characters and any other demographic, get'em all in there, but write them like 3-dimensional people, not one note stereotypes. Just like in the real world, if you define yourself by your sexuality, then something is wrong and rethink your life.

Not done ranting. Where are Kaine and Ben Reilly? I know Ben is waiting to show up again for the Dark Web story that's about to come out and not likely to show up but when this story explicitly states that every other spider in the spiderverse has been changed, that would imply that he is either under Shathra's control, not likely based on what's to come for him, or he is still around and a possible, at least attempted, recruit. Perhaps Kaine was also changed by Shathra, but no indication of that. This may be addressed in later issues, but I get the feeling that Slott just forgot they existed despite having fairly large roles in the past 2 Spiderverse stories, one of the written by Slott!

AND just leave the whole "chosen one" thing out of it... The story could be basically the exact same without that silly trope in there. I do think the story is good and I like where it is going and am excited for the next issue, but the chosen one nonsense needs to go. They can all go to Peter 616 because of the fact that there's not many left and also because of his track record, especially with Morlun. There, that's why he's needed so much, no chosen one needed for the plot. I don't want this to become a stupid Deus Ex Machina for the ending and ruin it.

Rant over. I feel better now. more

Maybe the author is being lazy or I'm too old and savvy, but it's clear to me that a lot of this issue's stupid is intentional bait-and-switch stupid that'll be reversed later on.

For example, I rarely make predictions, but I'd put money on Araña being the Chosen One, not Spidey. That's how all the event build-up went.

Gosh, it's still A LOT of stupid, though! Not very well-paced stupid, either. And even the art can't rescue it. It's far from bad, but also far from the artist's best.

(Finally, though I loved Spider-Princess in her solo introduction, WOW is she not suitable for team-ups.)