Spider-Woman #5 ends Prez and Pacheco's epic run with a whole lot of action in an exciting finish. It's a deeply emotional story for Spider-Woman as she deals with dysfunction, but also a bit of closure. As a milestone issue, it closes out well, reminding us this character has come far over the years and there's so much hope and a bright future for the character going forward. Under Pacheco and Prez, Spider-Woman is as exciting as ever with a bright future in front of it. Read Full Review

The leap into the next issue that hits at the end of #5 feels like a bit of a lurch. This is odd as Pacheco has done such a good job of making sure that the pacing has been quite nearly perfect throughout the past couple of issues. The sudden journey out to meet with Captain Marvel is a jaunty lead-in to next issue, but it feels ever-so-slightly at odds with the dramatic weight of the rest of the issue. Theres almost nothing connecting the end of one issue with the beginning of the next. Its nice to get a preview of whats coming next month, though. Read Full Review

Spider-Woman #5 is emotional and bold, pushing Jessica Drew to new limits, all while throwing family drama right in her face. This combination suits her character, as does the artwork that supports her story so far. Read Full Review

Writer Karla Pacheco loves to put Jessica Drew through the wringer, and while it's crushing some times, it does make for some fantastic comics. Read Full Review

Craziness abound as the first story wraps up more so with mysteries to come than concrete conclusions. Read Full Review

I love Jessica Drew. I have a load of her original run.; I have her return in Avengers and she is fantastic in Madripoor. Consider the Dennis Hopeless run and you have a character that has managed to have a a sustained longevity, if not always her own book, in the Marvel Universe. Now there are two Spider-Women kicking around; the one in this book and the really well written one over in the Captain Marvel book. You can can take your pick of which you prefer. Read Full Review

I didnt exoect to like this that much

Finally a good issue. Action was not only great but brutal. Very impressed by how fucked the characters looked. Really helped sell how powerful the hits were.


Glad they didn't made another "parent is not what you think" retcon.

Second story was fine. The many different covers in between ech page felt like padding, but with an art as amazing as Mattia de Luis's i can't complain too much.

Intrigued by what Jess and Carol will do in space next arch.

The Dennis Hopeless Spider-Woman run was amazing and coming from that to this just isn't doing it for me. It's way too convoluted for its own good. We're going way out out of our way to make it harder than it is. Why?? Carla Pacheco wants to torture Jessica and then redeem her later but it's just done in a weird way. This is not a bad comic book, it just isn't a great one. Pere Perez is great in his dynamic art but it's Mattia De Iulis that saves the day here with his amazing art. I would probably read this MESS of a book if he was the main artist.

The plot here is very weird and convoluted, but I didn't hate it. And that Mattias de Iulis art in the back was amazing.

Here, the creators aim to break conventions, but I think they also cause collateral damage to storytelling fundamentals. Karla Pacheco throws a big betrayal into the script; it comes so early and so suddenly that it's confusing and alienating. Pere Pérez draws female characters seriously clobbering each other; between injury and fury, his faces end up disturbing rather than compelling. I'm still on board the story and want to keep reading, but #5 is going to be the issue I gloss over with a murmur when I summarize the series.

This entire series thus far has felt like an over the top soap opera using a mad libs script. Nothing is resolved that was setup and it made even less sense getting there. I don't understand the reviews for this series , people starved for a Jessica comic maybe ?