All-in-all, I was pleasantly surprised. Despite liking it a whole lot, I immediately got the impression that this series, like their work on that old hornheaded hero from Hells Kitchen, will read much better once it is collected in trade. But then, doesn’t most stuff read better in trade anyway? Well, that’s an argument for another day. It was a good issue and I’m giving it a B+. Read Full Review

An artistic master-piece with deeply introspective writing. This is the definition of promising. Read Full Review

But those aside, Spider-Woman is off to a strong start. There's certainly room for improvement, but it's nice to know Jessica Drew isn't the next in the string of properties Marvel has given an ongoing series with minimal direction or reason. Read Full Review

Overall, it looks like Marvel has another potential hit on its hands with Spider-Woman. Recently launched, and re-launched hero titles such as Invincible Iron Man, War Machine, and Wolverine: Weapon X have been quite good, so hopefully Spider-Woman will follow suit. It certainly has the potential to do so with its creative team. Read Full Review

Divorced from the impetus for this series, "Spider-Woman" #1 isn't as powerful as it could have been, coming off as overly melodramatic based on the way that Jessica Drew has been portrayed since the end of "Secret Invasion." The added pages for this issue help as the second half is better than the first as Jessica leaves her self-pity behind to focus on her mission at hand. Hopefully, future issues will continue in that direction as this constant 'My life is so bad' narration doesn't work without some actual evidence of hardship. Read Full Review

Bendis's pacing and problematic verbal tics as well as some odd visual non-sequiturs hurt what feels could have been an interesting start to this new series. Read Full Review