Straczynski turned this somewhat ridiculous concept into a great little cautionary tale, that works quite well because it makes you think (without being preachy like most Marvel comics these days).
On the downside, there's a lot of talk (even for a fan of old comics like me), and Casagrande's art isn't quite as perfect as that Gary Frank cover. It's still good, but probably not the best choice for a testosterone-filled action story. more

All the woke X-shills that haven't read a comic before 2022 will surely give this issue a ten. I I wonder though how other X-Men fans of 30+ years see it. To me it seems like this is the culmination of all the weird bullsh*t that has plagued the X-books since Jonathan Hickman left the line: questionable ideologies, psychopathic behavior celebrated as being heroic, former heroes getting the villain treatment and characters unrecognizable to any old-time reader. All this wrapped up in shoddy dialogue and bad art. This book is not only a low point in X-history, it's a disgrace and it hurts my soul.
The second point is for the colorist. At least one person on this book did their job. more

This issue is proof that comic books can tell meaningful stories. The ending was a bit rushed though, which is a shame because it could have been a perfect comic.

Teaming up Kang, Black Cat and the Technet sounds like one of those weird ideas that would have made a great issue of Excalibur back in the day, but in the hands of Jed MacKay it ends up being just as dry and boring as... well, any issue of this Avengers series I have read so far. I don't know what it is, but this series is just not working.

Beautiful, comic nirvana.

I was coming in not knowing what to expect but after the first couple of pages I fell in love with this humble one-shot. Seeing JMS as the writer definitely got my attention. Nonetheless the art was great and the dialogue was perfect, bringing depth to Volstagg like this is extremely creative. Going to check out the previous issue of Doom and Rocket now because I liked this so much and will read next ish, I mean Nick Fury and Fin Fang Foom?!! Now this is comic book heaven for me!!! more

Eh, I took a two month hiatus on reading new comics and coming back I have to say I did not miss much. The last good issue for this series was #20 when Black Panther was in that pocket dimension helping some resistance group, I loved that concept. But it really has been just going through the motion since that ish.

This should be great, Kang hiring Black Cat to help steal (well honestly I forgot what it was called), Black Cat getting her father in on it. But it sucks. I don't know, the writing, the pacing, the dynamics between each member. Just sucks...

Gonna go back to staying away from this. Will probably check it out when Black Panther comes back. more

I'll just say this... stick to ultimate spiderman.

Remember when marvel was intentionally trying to ruin the xmen brand before they got the movie rights back??? It feels like marvel is intentionally trying to ruin spiderman for reasons I don't know. But the past few years of bad writing, horrible characterization makes me think someone at Marvel wants to tank the character. Previews for the upcoming relaunch look like they are keeping the bad writing coming.

Stick to ultimate spiderman. In Hickman we trust. more

This issue we get another spotlight on the new recruits, and for the most part it feels like a classic New Mutants story with some unavoidable Gen Z BS on top. It would be a nice, entertaining transition issue, if it weren’t for the art.

Bressan is yet another artist who would be a great fit for an alternative small press book, but who is just not on the professional level I expect from a Marvel title. He might be great at some point in the future and I wish him the best for his career, but currently he’s just not capable of conveying Gail Simone‘s well thought out script.

Anyway, I can see the good intentions for this book and I’m starting to like the Outliers. I’m also willing to make a prediction: Calico will eventually turn out to not be a mutant, but her horse will. Which will make her some sort of trans mutant. Yes, I think that’s what they’re going for. I hope they don’t.

Writing 8, art 2. more

honestly a pretty solid issue with great dialogue, characters, and art. The pacing is quick and snappy. I am excited for the second year of Hickman's Spider-Man

Plot
Richard Parker, Peter's son, has been Spider-Man for months, thanks to the nanotechnology of Peter's suit, which physically behaves much like the Venom symbiote, of course it is like an artificial intelligence that Peter programmed to replace him if he disappeared. The whole family knows that Peter is missing and that this version is a substitute, what nobody knows is that Richard is impersonating his father.

Richard wearing this suit looks like Spider-Man, who patrols the streets to see if he can get a clue about his father, he only gets it with the new Black Cat, the daughter of the original who was seriously injured after his fight against Green Goblin and Spiderman.

The location of Peter and Harry is still trapped by Kraven, who for months has been torturing them and has them controlled with explosive collars. Kraven asks Mole Man to lend him his underground world, which in this version is The Savage Land, to send Harry and Peter and then hunt them down. This perverse game is also being supervised by Mysterio. Kingpin's Sinister Six are working as a team, though their differences are about to blossom.

Peter and Harry have three hours to prepare in the Savage Land before Kraven comes in to hunt them down, Peter's plan is to reach the edge of this place where it is possible to get an exit to the surface, of course they will achieve this if they escape from all the dinosaurs and lethal fauna of this place.

This comic gets better and better, showing this alternate version with many new elements based on other comic classics, where many times the reader has a great complicity with the comic.

Art
It is loaded with great details that explode in your face supported by subtle and well-placed textures, which gives a raw and powerful tone to this story that shakes and gives a realistic twist to Spider-man.

It is organic and dynamic.

Summary
Peter and Harry are in a race against time to save themselves and thus save their families from Kraven's wickedness more

Am I going crazy, or didn't Spidey-Office just tell this story. Wasn't the whole point of Wells run going from depressed and avoiding people to stable relationship and getting back on your feet.

We just did this.

And we are now doing the same.

Art was meh, writing while solid, is just screams repetition, that I can't be bothered to be invested.

I don't mind Peter Parker losing faith and giving up, and later in the end we see Peter regain his motivation. But at least have the story, dialogue, and character writing work. Half of this issue isn't about Peter Parker at all, and it's kind of funny how Black Cat broke up with Peter, yet she kisses him. And immediately goes back to him. And how half of the book is doctor strange with X-men stuff in it.

Marvel needs to get new editors or a staff team and have actual good writers who. care about Spider-Man write Spider-Man. Maybe that's why Ultimate Spider-Man works so well. It's run by a different team and Hickman cares about Spidey. Hickman isn't really seeing Spider as a pay check more

Unfortunately nothing is going to change while Nick Lowe remains editor of this comic. I know this is old news but it's truly unbelievable how far Marvel have allowed this flagship book to tank in quality. Big and extensive changes are needed, but I feel like we've been saying the same thing for years.

Watch a team of redundant superhero copies walk from point A to point B. Oh, and they talk a lot, but there’s no suspense or momentum. The art is good though.

I don't have anything new to add that hasn't been said but for me the dialogue is golden. I already feel like I know these characters in just 2 issues Ram V is simply amazing here!

This was an forgettable generic story. Art is really nothing to brag about and this doesn't make me more interested in the Ultimate world.

Improved from last ish, still good art but honestly the story is just not doing it for me here...

I really loved this, though the AI spidey suit with Peter's son was not that good but it didn't ruin this. The best part for me was Kraven throwing Peter and Harry into the Savage Land. The action in this was perfect! Of course.dialogue is still top notch!

SYLVIE!

Alright so this was a big improvement from issue #1. Nothing huge happens in terms of action, comic is mostly dialogue but feels like it is getting back to its Loki roots. Was a faster read than the previous ish but that might be because it was more to the point.

Highlight of the comic is Sylvie shows up so I'm happy about that and clearly a good build up to a Loki reveal hopefully but it will most likely happen by ish #5. Nonetheless my only criticism is that the characters going to hell or specifically Hellstroms city where people can right wrongs,was like no big deal. Then when Sylvie shows up she applauds spider-gwen and Gambit for their gusto walking into hell. Like what?

Why do I have issue with this little comment? Well this is Sylvie, who lived her entire life hiding from the TVA by living in moments in time where apocalypse would begin to avoid detection. So she never lived in a stable world until Loki controlled the multiverse. Most importantly she was one of the main forces through sheer vengeance to find and kill Kang being the one responsible for the collapse of the almost invincible tyrannical TVA and also the multi verse going awry in the first place.

So a couple of characters walking in the safest version of hell is peanuts when compared to what Sylvie went through. That's bad writing and I have to call that out.

Please next ish do not diminish Sylvie to raise up the lesser characters, she needs to stand out more, including the original cast like Mobius, B-15 and OB. They are integral and honestly spider-gwen and Gambit should be side characters to the Loki' cast journey.

Still this comic I would only recommend to fans of the Loki show, it is a hard sell to a broader general audience of readers. more

Huh.

I'm not going to lie, I actually really enjoyed this. At first I went in not expecting much but I actually like the characters in this. I didn't read the Steve Fox Spider-woman run yet I'm still finishing the previous Pachinko run first so I don't know the whole backstory for these characters but Steve does a good job giving you some insight on what you might have missed.

This is a new kind of era where a comic cover sucks but the actual material inside is good. Like that cover is so bad but luckily some reviews even reviews that did not like this issue peaked my interest to check it out.

I like the personalities for me they are not too much, or overbearing/annoying for how young the characters are suppose to be.

I'm adding this to my pull list.
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Marvel generally hides badly drawn books behind a great cover, but in this case the opposite is true. I almost didn’t want to read this book because of its crap cover, but I saw some of the interior art, which is much better. In the end, the book couldn’t quite deliver what I expected from this first impression. The story is a bit too simple, some of the characters are not my cup of tea and even the art couldn’t hold its quality over the course of the whole book (I’m not sure what each of the two artists is doing, but I suspect I like one more than the other).

I also noticed that this doesn’t feel like a first issue. The characters apparently know each other from Spider-Woman, but I haven’t heard of any of them and expected a proper origin story, but that’s not happening here.

Anyway, if you’re looking for a fresh fun book, give New Champions a chance. There’s a lot of potential. more

I’m reading NYX mostly to spot the woke indoctrination, since that’s the only consistent aspect of this mess of a comic. This time the ideological nonsense is in the background, as two battles take the center stage, both of them not making much sense.

Having Prodigy and Sync fight over the leadership of the group (what group?) seemed completely forced and made me realize that both men are pretty much the same throwaway character. Ms. Marvel (who shouldn’t even be in a mutant book) vs. her cousin makes even less sense. He doesn’t realize it’s her because she’s wearing a €%&£ mask? Come on… it’s 2025! In the end, both fights are resolved too quickly, and in Prodigy and Sync’s case, just as unnaturally as it started.

I’m writing too much about this crappy book. It’s crap. Don’t buy it. more

Not really knowing much about this character I gave this a try and enjoyed it. Like other reviewers on here I feel the same that her design in this ish is bland. But the design on ish 2 looks phenomenal so hopefully it changes.

Story was nothing amazing but kind of cookie-cutter anime vibes,for me it specifically took inspiration from Bleach. Her Darkchilde trying to take over is very much like Ichigo Kurosaki' Hollow that is always trying to take him over. Her sword and fighting demons make me think of this sorry can't help it! more