Agree. Kingpin introduced as this huge weight but what materialized from it. Such a huge gap from the first issue.

I firmly believe that if Hickman was not pigeon-holed into writing everything into 24 issues, and forced to do the monthly time skips it would have flowed a lot better. Because some of these characters I don't feel a connection, and as a result I just don't care. It's honestly crazy how so many important moments happen off-screen

In Issue 11, and 12. Peter Parker is abducted off-screen. How in the world did Peter's kid get the black symbiote? I don't know. Maybe Otto gave it to him? But it happened off-screen. how did J jonah Jameson and Uncle Ben gather the evidence? Well, it was happening in teh background, but off-screen. How does Peter get better at fighting? off-screen. We don't see Peter learning from his mistakes. What's Peter's reaction to his son being a hero? Off-screen. HOW ABOUT OTTO BEING SUPERIOR SPIDER MAN

Yeah concur completely. Spider-Man never seemed to be the focal point of his own comic. And for a book that’s supposed to show progression as it is a comic book there was nothing. Frustrating

Hickman wasn't forced to do monthly timeskips. That was his own idea and this isn't the first time he has done this. He was the architect of Ultimate Universe. He did the same during Time Runs Out, where each issue covered a month before Secret Wars started.

Maybe it’s me but I’m sensing a pattern with Hickman. Much like HoX/PoX things start out strong but then drops markedly

I'd say that the aftermath of HoX/PoX was likely an issue of editor tampering or too many cooks in the kitchen which is why he left the X-titles before he was fully finished. He wanted to end it sooner but Marvel wanted to milk the success dry. So Hickman comes in with this and sets a strict 2 year restriction but it was probably too much to handle or couldn't flesh everything out in his plan.

Hickman was a gun for hire with this book. He made it what he wanted to write. I don't think this is a bad book, but it's certainly not a Spider-Man book.

I don't recall, but was this announced as only 24 issues? I may be wrong, but I believe we learned of the Ultimate Universe ending midway through from Deniz Camp. By that time people were already committed. I wonder, had Marvel stated from the beginning that this would be a 2 year event if sales would have sufferred. I stopped pulling this around issue 13. Is it too far fetched to think Marvel refrained from stating the length to protect sales. Agree,not a bad book, but not a Spider-Man book.

I initially jumped on this book because Hickman and Checchetto sounded perfect. The first issue was excellent (hence the ridiculous eBay sales). As an older reader the thought of PP having a family and just getting his powers was intriguing. I was in for the long haul (hoped for a Bendis like run). But here we are.

It wasn't announced as a 24-issue series. The main reason people knew about the universe ending before the announcement was because, about 6 months ago, Zack Davisson (English translator for Ultimate X-Men) had mentioned that UXM was ending at #24 and that everything else was ending also (He, specifically, stated "All of the Ultimate Universe stuff will." when asked if UXM was ending at #24).

The post was soon taken down and Peach Momoko's husband (he speaks English, but Momoko doesn't, at least not incredibly well) replied to everything saying that they didn't know, for sure, what the future would hold. I had talked to another creator who writes for Marvel at a convention and, when I asked an unrelated question about the future(s) of something specific at Marvel, they told me they weren't allowed to talk about stuff like that because someone else got in a little trouble online.

They never named Davisson specifically, but I believe they were talking about what I just explained (They didn't even seem to know the specifics of the situation, which does make sense since they aren't writing anything for the Ultimate Universe, but they mentioned getting an email to be more tight-lipped about certain things).