Bagley delivers some beautiful visuals throughout the issue. The visual style of the story is fantastic and the action was amazing. Read Full Review

Spider-Man #9 is a continued return to familarity, but not quite form. Hidden within the nostalgic writing and visual stylings of Dan Slott and Mark Bagley is a fun, down to earth Spidey tale that hits on well-missed characters notes in a particularly strong and conceited way. Read Full Review

Spider-Man #9 is a serviceable issue that forces Spidey to contend with his out-of-control Spider-Sense. The premise and action are great, and the cliffhanger against Electro has potential, but Spidey's trademark quippy-ness is awful, and Spider-Boy's obnoxious cameo is a drag. Read Full Review

Dan Slott and Mark Bagley's Spider-Man has succeeded in capturing the tone of a classic Spider-Man adventure, with the artwork dialogue, and premise coming together beautifully at times. There are other times however where the book's tone and dialogue shift from classic to dated, and while Spider-Man #9 has plenty of stellar moments, the ever shifting balance of those two tones can't help but take you out of the story. Read Full Review

I like that Slott does not really try to reinvent the wheel here or at least not that much as with his run on ASM. Also, there is certainly some old-school aspect to this storyline in particular. The themes ring close to Spidey, it's nothing new, not even for Slott's Spider-Man nor something is done in some spectacular manner, nope it just feels like one little adventure in the adventurous life of the character. It's pretty much what one would expect from a second title. The issue is really easy to read and comprehensible, it's really simple. it shows more of Pete's world, from family to even villains, like New yorks feels moving again. It really plays to a lot of the classic notes, Spider-man's comics do, but with the current status quo, so there is a certain comfort to all that, but it's certainly something older writers managed to do better in the past. This should be the base of what a good or even passable spidey comics should be. more

This is what I like to call "perfectly fine".

While the trappings (e.g. the Oscorp suit, the Gold Goblin) peg this to a specific point in time, the basic story is a little ditty that could fit in any decade of Spider-Man. Spidey struggles with a power problem and has to--eventually--clobber Electro, lather rinse repeat.

That rather generic story is a vehicle delivering some solid Dan Slott Spider-humor. I think the demand for that is booming given how many people have decided to hate ASM right now.

But this is also a delivery vehicle for Spider-Boy, and the glacial pace at which we're being introduced to him doesn't fill me with confidence.