In a vivid look into a nightmarish future New York, Peter Parker is no longer Spider-Man. He doesn't even remember what it feels like to don the red and blue and swing through the night sky. That is until an old "friend" arrives looking for help...
I'm a little confused by the lack of any real indication of where this book is going, and I think that Andrews' opening is too long-winded and emotionally detached from its central character to really have Spider-Man fans interested. There's no hint of what we can expect from the next issue, and no story threads are established strongly enough to make you want to read on - so anyone who buys issue #2 is going to be doing so out of a blind faith that Andrews is going to take the book somewhere interesting. At $3.99 a pop, that's quite a gamble, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a massive drop-off in sales after this first instalment; personally, I'm enough of a fan of Spider-Man and of Andrews' art that I'll look in again next month, but if the story doesn't start moving and get interesting any time soon, Reign is going to go down as quite a disappointment. Read Full Review
While Andrews is a decent artist, his storytelling needs improvement. He delivers a pretentious comic whose visuals make no sense. The faces are often unattractive and the colouring overbearing. Just don't buy this comic, okay. Read Full Review
Well, this is an arguable story. It's dark, heavy and hopeless... But it's really good, at least this exact issue. It could easily be a one-shot, this story didn't need to be continued. But well, there are 3 issues more. What can I say about the art: it's weird, but I like it! I didn't like it years ago, but now it seems great for me. It fits with the tone of this story. I remember next issues being not that good and even awful, but maybe I'll have a different opinion this time.
P.S. It's not 10, because I have some questions... For example, how could Jonah be alive, when Peter is SOOOOO old? And where are all the other superheroes? Okay, maybe there was not that many of them in this universe and they are hiding just like Peter. more
Got this since Reign 2 was coming out, even though it seemed to be controversial that a sequel was coming. The art is weird, but it fit the vibes of the story. Interesting premise. My only issue is this doesn’t quite feel like the Peter Parker we know, but it’s technically an “else world” type story so I give some lenience.
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