SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: ALIEN REALITY #1 is a fun, engaging tale, brought to life with eye-catching artwork. It's an impressive start for this new black suit Spidey adventure. Read Full Review

Symbiote Spider-Man fires on all cylinders right out of the gate, providing readers with a rip-roaring adventure that's as fun to read as it is to explore its upside-down new reality. For anyone fatigued by event comics, Earth-shattering cosmic crises, or endless reboots, here's the perfect antidote: a comic that aspires - no,dares - to just have fun, and in a smart way to boot. Buy it today! Read Full Review

This was kind of fun but I wasn’t as excited about it as some would no doubt wish.

I'd be down in general for a "retro Spidey thrown into an alternate universe" story. But the storytelling used in this example, in words and art, is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

Peter David's script is full of dad jokes and lazy plotting and the latter is supposed to be okay because it's all oh-so-waaaacky. Seriously, a @#$% open-topped mattress truck?

And Greg Land is still Greg Land. I guarantee he'd draw the redhead in the Black Cat costume exactly the same whether it was supposed to be Natasha or MJ. And without Frank D'Armata's hair-coloring, it could be literally any sexy superheroine.