A book that is written by untested writers isn't an experiment that I'm ever been overly impressed by in the past, with the last time I seem to recall Marvel trying this formula being the "Marvel Presents" series, which was more often than not filled with some truly dreadful stories. However, I'm a big Spider-Man fan and based on this first issue so are the writers that are being called upon to deliver stories for this series. Now neither one is a real eye-opener but they're both enjoyable enough in their own right, and frankly I've always been rather fond of a series that features a constantly shifting creative team, as every issue makes for a new reading experience. Now I'm not sure about the split format, as I'd much rather have a single 22-page story than two 11 page stories, as the longer length would allow for a more in-depth story, but than again neither one of these opening stories feels like that could've supported an entire issue, so perhaps this format is for the best. In th Read Full Review

I never heard about this series, only saw some covers. Somehow it interested me to read it. There are 2 short stories in every issue, every story has it's own creative team and they do not connect in any way (at least it seems so).

Well, these series always give me vibes of something like Tangled Web. It's cool to read something else beside the main ongoings. This exact issue was pretty okay for a series like that. The first story with a decent art of Takeshi Miyazawa was about a terminally ill girl who was a fan of Spidey and Peter decided to take her for a ride. Does it remind you of anything? Oh yeah, that's the typical story to make you cry, remember that story where Spidey did the same for a homeless girl? Or maybe that TAS episode? No? But I do, so yeah, it's not that original and the conclusion with Cage, Fist and Matt was silly and completely unnecessary, but the story is still good.

The second one remembered one of the low-tier Spider-Man villains - Slyde. Before this comic, he had only 3 battles with Spidey and the story is really amusing. It doesn't make that much sense, but it's not bad and it's always buys me when Marvel remembers some old characters with only a few appearances.

So maybe it could be better or feel more important, but it's really nice the way it is. If the series will be the same for all 15 issues, I would be totally fine with that. more