I still like the Dark Detective storyline. It is not groundbreaking or anything, but good enough for me.

As for the Jason part, it would be better if the art wasn't so lackluster. I don't mind simple art but this one felt like the artist stopped working on it midway.

There is no reason for this to be so good. But it is. One of the best tie-ins this event has.

Some times it's just fun to have a big bad with a big army and only handful of heroes fighting against them. No complex and deep backstory of that said villain. Just pure fun.

And with great art from Stegman and very well written moments, this event is becoming one of my favourites in a long time.

Again, I like what I see but there isn't enough of anything. The ideas this one explores are interesting. But there are so many stories here but I feel like there aren't enough issues to make these stories as interesting as they could be.

Maybe I shouldn't read King's comics, I never am happy after that but every time I pick one and read them...

And it doesn't hurt that I really enjoy Mann's art here, it is excellent.

As for the story? Well, the best I can summarize it: it's like 4 different tv shows are going at the same time, you watch each one of them and just switch channels after 2 minutes to another show just so that you can keep track on what is happening. Surprisingly, it doesn't work.

Well, I usually don't get that kind of experience when reading a comic but King makes it happen. And because he does, I don't care about anything that happens in any of the stories. It's hard to start even investing in this. The word messy is thrown a lot when talking about this series and for good reason. It feels messy.

Maybe some people like this kind of storytelling. I don't.

Again, there is nothing really to hate here. It just doesn't work. I'm not disappointed nor surprised.

But at least the art is nice. more

This issue is like Schrödinger's Cat. Either the cat is dead or alive, and until we observe it.. It's actually still dead or alive.

This week, I'm seeing more and more people who are liking these individual issues, while still complaining about the lack of answers, and are letting the lack of answers determine the issue's worth as a whole. I don't know if this is something that always existed in the comic book community, as I've certainly contributed to it myself, but I find it weird how often we as comic book fans tend to decide a story's worth by how much information it contains (ie how "important" it is), without giving enough credence to how it's written or drawn.

This arc clearly had a real effect on the characters in it, that will almost certainly be felt for the foreseeable future. Peter beats Norman relentlessly, as he keeps reliving his multiple deaths at the hands of Kindred in his head. That's not something that's going to be forgotten. This arc promised to put Peter Parker through the ringer and it did exactly that. There were answers in this arc, they just led to more questions. Is that okay? In a long form serialized comic? Yeah, it is.

To come away from this issue thinking that Last Remains was just hype, that it didn't actually do anything... That's an extremely reductionist take, and I think it highlights a problem with the fan community and this rabid need it has for something to be obviously epic and earth-shattering, and for the almighty plot to be advanced in such a way. That's a problem because we're seeing the effects of this story playing out on the characters involved and yet so many people discount the entire issue because it's not an exposition dump about how Harry changed, and therefore it's not "important".

I think this run as a whole has this problem where too many people think anything that's not Kindred answers is filler. And it's not just ASM, I see this happen with most series. Some of my favorite issues have been lambasted as filler because instead of being plot focused, they've made it character focused. Maybe the solution is to clearly define what is filler and what isn't. Maybe Marvel and DC should put a "FILLER" sticker on the covers of issues that are filler, so this unnecessary use of brain power in the comic book community is snuffed out before it can do more harm. more

It's so hard to say where this issue will go. But am I excited for it.

These synopsis are really missleading and annoying to read.

As for the issue, it's fine? Once you have accepted that Last Remains isn't what you tought it would be, this is not half-bad. Bagley is wonderful as always and I really liked the dialogue between Peter and Norman.

Like the previous issue, these Post-Mortem issues are good as themselves and as epilogues. But since the Last Remains was such a letdown for me, these won't fix it.

And yes, the teases continue still. It seems that at this rate, Round 2 between Kindred and Spidey will be in #100... more

Dark Detective was a really good one. Dan Mora's art was wonderful and I was interested almost immediately. Other Future State comics haven't been that interesting to me, but this one is.

Tired of the cock teases Nick Spencer. Just tired

Don't get me wrong: the writing and the art are always very good because Spencer and Bagley are the best you could wish for now. The problem with this whole "Last Remains" is simply the hype, as most readers were expecting something else. There was NO revelation and NO answers to what Kindred is really trying to do. It's always a "we'll see what's next".

Man, people remain mad about this. Part of me wishes I could join them in their righteous anger, but I... just don't mind what's happening here. For one, on a very emotional, how-do-I-feel level, I'm still enjoying these issues. I like the characters. Kindred's last words (for now) were just so sad and carried so much baggage. We get pay off to what happened in Last Remains, we really do. Kindred will be back and it's so fucking obvious that OMD is at play here. I think some of the frustration is that Marvel has cockteased this sort of thing before, so a lot of abused readers and fans just need someone to say it. Hints aren't enough. An entire issue dedicated to recreating it isn't enough. Kindred needs to be clear. Peter made a deal with the devil. But for me, I don't have that problem. I'm fine with the storyline, that is obviously going to keep going, to not give all the answers exactly right this second. This is where the filler comes home to roost.

Then there's the felicific calculus. Nick Spencer's run was never going to end with Last Remains. Do you realize how bad it would be if this arc ended with OMD being explained to Peter, and then we had 30 issues of Peter fighting Kingpin over the lifeline tablet, or stopping whatever Chameleon is up to? The people who called every issue that wasn't about Kindred filler would unironically have brain aneurysms. Plus, this means Nick Spencer isn't wrapping his run up for a while, which means I get more issues of a run I'm a huge fan of.

I get slightly frustrated with my scores for this series. I hate that I'm giving out 10s like they're nothing, because it looks like I'm completely blind to any and all problems this run may have. That's not true. I just really fucking enjoy this run. So fuck it, I guess. more

As Cates did with AC, these Venom tie-ins are well worth the wait and money. This was great.

I liked Last Remains. Until we got no answers to anything.

This issue work very well. It serves as an excellent epilogue to Last Remains, art is wonderful and writing and the twists are very good.

But. BUT. WE GET NO ANSWERS TO WHY LAST REMAINS EVEN HAPPENED. Kindred remains as a big question mark and from the looks of things, that won't change any time soon. And that is the biggest insult of this event.

It is starting really hard to care about anything in this run, if the main villain's motivations and backstory aren't told to us readers. And it is really hard to start caring about them after this event.

Why is this reminding me of King's Batman run... more

The Next Batman storyline had me interested and it was good but it was too short. I didn't really care about those backup-stories, Detective Comics' Arkham Knight -storyline was not that interesting for me and I never really read Outsiders.

That was bad. Like. Actually bad. Other issues have been mediocre and full of nonsense but this was like bad. I didn't like anything, every problem I had with Death Metal are multiplied in this issue.

I did like some of the jokes batfamily made and the art, so it is not a total waste. I do hope that BWL is gone. And never to be seen again because Snyder ruined him.

Like others, I got many vibes of Hickman's Secret Wars, but this just wasn't that. I didn't know that WW and BWL were nemesises. Nor did I get that feeling during this event.

I haven't hated DC event as much as this after HiC. Maybe it is these Crisis/Anti-Crisis -events that rub me the wrong way. DC, please don't do these kidn fo events in the next 5 years? Please? more

Overall this event was a 2015 Secret Wars parody, that repeated the plot of Convergence and had similar consequences as Doomsday Clock.

It is very stupid. But it works.

Well, Last Remains did not conclude since this didn't conclude anything so don't go expect that.

Spencer reminded me of "City of Bane", worst Batman run I've ever read with this issue so that is "nice".

I'm currently so confused. I don't know how the editorial messed this up but it seems that the "fallout" of Last Remains will actually be the finale.

It is hard to review this with this mindset so let's give it a 7/10. more

This comic showcases everything wrong with Death Metal.

This felt... random? I liked Metal, I dislike Death Metal and this felt very eh? I didn't like the art and sometimes I didn't know what was happening.

Hard to say why this is worth anyone's time or money...

I liked the art. And the writing was okay. I like Clownhunter more than before but if you are expecting more than average, skip this.

After the brutal opening that was the first issue, this one is a much more of a setup and slower paced one. WHile it is still a good read, and the artwork by Stegman is amazing, I really don't like how too many tie-ins are being setup. One reason why I enjoyed Absolute Carnage was that you really didn't need those tie-ins to understand it fully and I do hope this one won't either.

This was surprising. And very well done. I really liked these tie-ins and can't wait for the finale next week.