Not quite as intriguing as the rest of the series thus far, but still enough to keep me reading. Nieto does a nice job filling in for Caselli here. There isn't a whole lot for me to report, if I'm being honest. This, unfortunately, felt more like a filler issue for the most part. A good one, though.

Okay, listen. I understand the criticisms about MJ and Richard's sudden acceptance of Peter being Spider-Man. As a matter of fact, I, somewhat, agree as well. Richard seemed a bit troubled or concerned, but I have a feeling that we'll revisit that at some point. As for MJ, I'm not sure there. I'd like to have faith that there's a bigger reason for how well she took this, considering it's Hickman, but I'm unsure currently. All of that said, I still really enjoyed this. Especially the dynamics between Peter, Harry, and Wilson. That was just a lot of fun, man. I was super stoked to see Checchetto back on the interiors, as well. more

Another intriguing issue. I don't know what, specifically, it is about this, but I'm having a pretty good time. Momoko continues to do a fantastic job with her art, particularly depicting facial expressions and such. The writing could still use a little more substance, but I still like what we're getting.

I wasn't sure how to feel about this when it was announced, purely because the only thing I had read from Camp prior to this was his Children of the Vault miniseries. I didn't dislike it by any means, but it wasn't something I thought was incredible or anything. All of that said, I regret ever having the slightest bit of doubt. It's not a perfect first issue, but it was still very good. A lot of intriguing things going on here, andI think everything was handled well. Frigeri does a fantastic job of bringing everything to life here, as well. This is starting out strongly, with only Ultimate Spider-Man having a better debut issue, in my opinion, and I have a feeling I'm really going to like where this goes. more

Stellar performance by Hickman and Messina. Where I was concerned with Messina's abilities last issue I really think this was a truer example of his talents. Sure he isn't Checchetto but he's still a brilliant artist all the same.
I appreciate these slower issues building the world around the characters since we know that we're taking such big time jumps between issues. While almost completely absent of Peter Parker I'm just as interested in Harry and his role to play in this story. His ambition to take down Kingpin and the rest of the cabal that framed Tony. It's thrilling. Not something we get a lot from Spider-Man books.
We're not sure yet how that is going to affect his relationship to Peter. Is this Peter going to be less inclined to pull his punches as a father who fears for his family? Is he going to completely agree with Harry? These are the questions that should be popping into people's heads as we see Harry employing some pretty barbaric tactics even if what we see on the page can only be speculated on future ramifications. more

Look, I simp for good things, and Hickman's writing is a good thing.

I know this book is called "Ultimate Spider-Man," but I really appreciate Hickman diving in on Harry's recent past to give us a lot more context on where he's coming from. Messina did a better job here with his interiors as well, in my opinion. Not that he did bad in the last issue, but I just think his art worked even better this time around.

I feel pretty much the same way about this issue that I did about the last one. Great art from Caselli and an intriguing story from Hill. I'm still looking forward to reading more and learning more about this world, especially with Ra and Khonshu getting a stronger focus this time around.

This is a really interesting series so far. I'm very curious how it fits within the universe.

The best issue so far, in my opinion. Maybe it's because a lot of what I've been reading recently hasn't been my absolute favorite, but I really enjoyed this. Mei's backstory was fairly simple, yet handled really well, in my opinion. Momoko's art definitely helps out with everything, also.

Good stuff once again. Messina's art can be a tad bit distracting at times, but it doesn't drag things down here for me or anything. The story is the true highlight here, though. Hickman gives this issue a rather slower pace in order to focus on the character interactions, mainly between Peter, MJ, Harry, and the newly introduced Gwen. I'm really looking forward to seeing all four of these characters interact more as the series continues. more

Another super solid issue here. Caselli's art continues to be fantastic, and the story continues to intrigue me. This did move a bit swiftly, as there wasn't an incredible amount of dialogue, but I still definitely enjoyed this. There's a lot of mystery here and I'm looking forward to seeing everything, hopefully, unravel.

It's a by-the-numbers manga with great facial expressions; the light horror bits help to give it some personality.

I might be over-rating this a little because I've been getting into more into anime and such recently, but I liked this. It's relatively simple, but it has a certain charm to it as well. AmericanHealthcare nailed it in their own review, to be honest, so I would read that.

I'm gonna make a prediction right now by hopping on the "the new Venom is Paul" train. I feel as though, with Ewing writing this, the identity of the All-New Venom will be someone not even in the initially proposed list of suspects. I feel like actually going with one of them is a little too obvious. Aside from that, this was a solid read, but still a little disappointing considering this was written by Ewing. Gómez's art is definitely a highlight, though. more

Not a bad start, but I was expecting a bit more from this. Especially with Ewing writing it. I don't mine the more grounded take with Venom, or even the mystery as to who the symbiote has bonded with. I think those are both fairly interesting concepts, but the execution was just...a little lacking for me, unfortunately.There just wasn't as much for me to latch onto here as I would have liked. That said, however, I think there's potential here. Plus, I know Ewing is capable of great comics. Hopefully I'm not let down in the end. more

I don't know, I liked it. I know some feel a bit disappointed by this, and I think I feel that as well, to a certain degree. However, I did still enjoy this for what it was. What I wasn't a huge fan of, though, was how this ended. I don't mind Carnage bonding with Eddie at all, and I even think it's an interesting concept. However, it felt like something that should have either been thrown in right before getting to the proper ending of this book, or something after the proper ending. I use the phrase "proper ending," because the story felt like it stopped to go to the Eddie stuff and be wrapped up there. Maybe I got that feeling because the officer's dialogue ended on the first page of the Eddie and Carnage stuff, though. Either way, I am intrigued by and looking forward to reading what comes next symbiote-wise. more

Not a bad book, but I didn't really care a whole lot about most of the characters, unfortunately. I do think Pirzada wrote Sable nicely, though. That and Maresca's art were my favorite parts of this. While you probably don't need to read this if you're reading Venom War, I'm glad this had more natural ties to the event than some of the other tie-ins did.

It's cute. This was my first time actually reading a Jeff the Land Shark comic, and it was about what I expected. Cute and fun. I don't really know what compelled the powers that be to give Jeff a Venom War tie-in one-shot, but I'm not complaining about the decision.

Not a bad conclusion here, although it did feel a little messy at times. That said, this is very much like the Deadpool tie-in miniseries, in that this isn't really essential, whatsoever, when reading the Venom War event. It's still a solid story, though, with some nice art from Walker throughout.

Ultimately, this was a tie-in that is more for the diehard Deadpool fans that read everything. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't all that great either, unfortunately. It also didn't really have any larger connection to the Venom War event aside from "this is what Deadpool was doing during the zombiote outbreak."

Definitely an intriguing way to close things out, especially with how this ended. One of the things I wasn't a huge fan of about these past few issues with Old Man Dylan is that they didn't feel as though they had a clear connection with the Venom War event, outside of his interaction with himself in the present back in the first issue or two of this storyline. Now, with Old Man Dylan landing where we left off in Venom War #4, I'm looking forward to seeing what his role is in Venom War #5. more

Not a bad way to close things out, even if I'm really not into Land's art. I don't think it's terrible when he's drawing Peter in the suit, but it all goes downhill when he has to actually draw faces and such. At least Kelly & Lanzing had a fairly compelling story to tell, though.

Good stuff, once again, as things begin to draw to a close. Everything is coming together and, as usual, I'm interested to see how things end up playing out. Plus, as per usual, Coello kills it on the art duties.

A fun "finale" here. Ryp's art worked great in each issue, which I'm now realizing I didn't mentioned elsewhere. Aside from that, this did a nice job go making me invested in Shocker. Furthermore, I'm super glad to see Boomerang back. I know there's always the complaint of so many comic book characters dying for a little bit and coming back to life, but I can't deny the good feeling I got when Boomerang was resurrected and reunited with Shocker. more

I really struggled to get into this one, unfortunately. Vazquez's art was super solid, but I just couldn't really get all that into the story. It didn't help that it was pretty wordy at times. That was something I mentioned about the previous one-shot for Daredevil in this event, but it wasn't overly so, in my opinion. This was just...a lot.

Another tie-in for Venom War that's losing me. Maresca's art is good and probably the strongest aspect of the book. However, I just didn't find the story to be incredibly interesting, or, rather, as interesting as it could have been. I appreciate that the flashbacks are, now, coming into play in the present, though.

A pretty solid way to wrap things up here. I think Grønbekk, particularly, did a nice job of writing Meridius. The way he was written was one of the aspects I enjoyed most about this. Still, though, I will hold onto the idea that these last three issues really could have been Issues #9, #10, and #11 of the mainline Carnage book with "Venom War Tie-In" slapped on all three.