Dan Slott ends his initial run on Amazing Spider-Man through the 'Dying Wish' story arc where Doctor Octopus swaps bodies with Peter Parker, with the former enjoying the benefits of the webslingers life while the latter tries to reverse the scheme the bad doctor has pulled off. The ending sets up Slott's next few story arcs in the 'Superior Spider-Man' series. Slott makes good use of the given pages by showing us how Otto Octavius behaves as he parades around in Peter's body, showing his unwillingness to forfeit his new lease on life as he takes measures to ensure the true Spider-Man demise as Peter is stuck in Otto's body as it decays and begins to fail its bodily functions, all while Peter uses every asset within his power to take back what's rightfully his. Towards the end, Peter even takes extreme measures to eliminate Octavius with what little time he has. The artwork holds up well in all three issues, especially in #700, which showcases kinetic action through its pages. The trade paperback also comes with two additional stories, the first showing an alternate future starring a man and his great grandson as the elderly one regales his ward with his story of Spider-Man, while the second stars the Black Cat as she leads the police on a wild goose chase away from the webbed one. Both stories are not very long and are somewhat entertaining with good artwork in both cases. This is a good conclusion to Slott's first run on Amazing Spider-Man and is a teaser of what's to come.