This series has performed well recently and this issue is not different. It could be considered to be a bit of light fluff, but it also manages to hold it together with the strength of the characters as they are written. Even the Porcupine comes off as a much more redeemable character here than he has elsewhere, even previously in this series. As is promised in the letter column at the end, there are changes coming to the series, but they are changes that focus on the character once again, and proves that the creative team has got it right with how to handle what they have here. This issue might not be the best example, but it is fun and it works and uses what it has to its advantage. Read Full Review

Spider-Woman has a fun energy, and I hope Hopeless can keep it up when we come back. Read Full Review

Event gripes aside, it's still a pretty issue as rendered by guest artist Natacha Bustos. Her lines possess a similar energy to series' artist Javier Rodriguez, though her action sequences aren't quite as dynamic. Here's hoping a new Marvel means less event obstacles. Read Full Review

Despite the slightly rushed feeling, this final issue carries over the wacky, enjoyable camp of the B-movie story from issue #9 while preserving Jessica's new status quo that started with issue #5 and will hopefully continue into her new series. Though I have my own personal reservations about the new direction (mainly centering around the idea that Jessica Drew is a character who says things like "That is a baby. Now get it away from me"), I have a great deal of faith in how Hopeless and Rodrguez have brought her character through the past six issues and hope this new direction is preserved as they move forward. Read Full Review

This book is a whole lot of fun and it's witty, Hopeless' direction is hopeful with questions needing answers and notably developing The Porcupine's previously lesser-known character in the Marvel Universe. He is an awesome wing man and/or comic relief for this story and given the right direction has potential. The added art by Bustos and Gandini is pleasing for the eye and is sharp and it emphasizes Hopeless' story. Read Full Review

Spider-Woman #10 features a misguided story that only serves to get readers to pick up "Secret Wars" titles. Between the peculiar pacing and the unremarkable plot, this is one of Hopeless' weakest issues since this series launched. Read Full Review

An abrupt ending, though one with the promise of a new start soon, and some fun bits of action/comedy along the way. Read Full Review

The end installment of Spider-Woman is one that has its moments, particularly from guest artist Natacha Bustos, but in the end it manages to turn me away from the book under the main team. The series had – and still has – the potential to do some fun things with Jess that takes her away from the world ending events and multiverse elements. But they swung far too far in the other direction and ended up scraping the bottom of the barrel and making Jess into someone that wouldn't step up for the big event without being shoved into action for the most part. Hopeless had some good dialogue for her early on and I enjoyed her adventures in the Spider-Verse, but once Hopeless got past that it felt listless. I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for Bustos though as she did a solid job here with layouts and the overall dynamic, especially with the Black Widow pages. Read Full Review

I liked this series, but it felt like it got crippled by tie ins and never really had a chance. Hopefully the next one catches on better.

Fine. If the cliff hanger from last week came out of nowhere then Jess’s escape is even less earned. Basically, she does some basic parkour, makes a cheap joke about her tragic past, and then runs into a load of hulked out cows.

I think the writer even knows this is painful stuff as he has Jess toss off a quick gag to acknowledge it. So that makes it ok then.

So now we learn why the Porcupine was dragged along, it’s so he can solve the case by “thinking just like Jess”, because just being in her company has taught him everything he needs to know. Actually he lucks out, like the other detective work in all the previous issues, by bumping into a nurse that pretty much tells him what has happened and now we understand the action taking place in an abattoir, I guess, it’s all such random happenstance it’s hard to tell.

Porcupine finds out the whole town has been controlled by a gamer which doesn’t explain how they had greater moves than Jess as they were still normal humans, nor does it explain the hulked out cows, but never mind, Ben, who I had forgotten was shot in the previous issue, is still alive (as if there was the slightest doubt), and is making unfunny comments that are supposed to be jokes as everyone is laughing. Ho, Ho!

And then Jess leaves to go save the World or something, it isn’t clear, and after this trivial and pointless issue I could care less. more