Yet Thompson isn't just content with action and humor, but he also leavens this book with some sharp character moments, whether it's Peter having a cute heart-to-heart with one of his younger fans, or Thompson recognizing that somewhere deep down, there's actually a lot of similarities between this brilliant teenage outcast and this brilliant not-so-teenage dictator. While you can't help but wonder what an artist like Bradshaw might have done on a script this good, it's not to say that Araujo slouches one bit on this book. If this is a case of pilot syndrome at work, I'd say that Thompson has finally figured out exactly what he wants to be - and if that's the case, Spidey readers have just hit the jackpot. Read Full Review

Doctor Doom isn't quite as cool in his square off against Spider-Man for reasons I won't spoil. Really the best part of this book is a moment that Spider-Man has with a young kid. I think I would rather these books take a arc formula rather than a "one and done" thing like Stan Lee used to do.