I liked this issue. I thought it was an enjoyable read. That's not what I really want to use this review for. I've liked most issues of this run, and even the ones I didn't like, I didn't hate with a passion. Anyone following my reviews can assume I'll probably like this and future issues, barring any craziness.

I want to use my review to point out something about the Spider-Man fandom that I find troubling. It's super sexist. I'm not making a joke, I'm not being hyperbolic. It's just the worst. By the end of this issue, we know basically nothing more about the MJ/Paul/Kids situation and yet, this is the issue where so, so, so many Spider-Man fans decided that MJ is a slut who couldn't keep her legs closed, and cucked Peter with Zeb Wells' self-insert(???) Paul. Now, this issue could've ended with Peter busting in on MJ and Paul, mid-coitus, and this would still be extremely hateful nonsense. It has nothing to do with whether *factually* MJ let Paul hit it. It's got everything to do with what the perception of "facts" allows people to get away with and say, and the narratives that they can form around it. They are justifying a misogynistic attitude and tendency by the actions of a fictional character, who... by the way, was written to do and act a certain way by a man, and drawn doing and acting that way by another man. I've got no patience for this, genuinely. It is not okay to hate women. Bold stance, I know.

To all the people who were a little shocked by the response to this issue, who up until this point were right there with the Outrage Brigade (coined by KittyNone), this is your moment to take a step back and re-evaluate what you're saying and how you're saying it. For all the outright misogynistic fans who slut shamed a female character because of their attachment to the idea that their self-insert-able favorite hero owns that pussy, there are so many people who aren't making the connection of how their being super upset about obvious bait and switches in comics leads exactly to the misogyny in question. It's all feeding into the same sort of thing. Outrage culture is just a step below right-wing politics. And you can't convince me that slut shaming isn't right-wing politics. That's like half of their rhetoric on Roe v Wade. Lawmakers shape and damage the lives of millions and millions of women based on the same rhetoric that Spider-Man fans are now using because they don't like a plot point. That'd be a joke if it wasn't so upsetting. Outrage culture is a cancer, and we need to cut it out.

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How is this a separate issue, it's just a DLC to the previous one. #23/#24 should be just one issue.

Spidey team is just prolonging everybody's misery for that TPB. Peter lashing out at his friends again for the sake of the narrative and than an obvious fake-out at the end with MJ's family. I could see it from a mile ahead, the editorial don't have the balls to make such drastic change. They want to have their cake and eat too, or simply to piss readers off for engagement and then undo it in maybe 2 or 3 years.

God save us if we just wrote good stories. more

My problem with this issue, and this entire run, hasn’t been the separation of MJ and Peter, it’s the circumstances around it. The status quo prior to this was completely disregarded and we just jumped into these new events. This seems more to me like Marvel wanting to sell books out of shock value and Wells wanting to force Felicia/Peter rather than telling a good story.

MJ, one of the most well known characters in Marvel, was paired up with a random guy we’ve never heard of. Even after this it seems more from circumstance and going through a terrible 4 years than growing together. It’s disrespectful to MJ. I saw another review that said if Paul/MJ have a trauma based relationship, by that logic Peter/MJ should’ve been married with 12 kids from what they went though.

I admittedly wanted MJ/Peter but I’m open to it not working out if it’s done right. I do think this could’ve been a good interesting story, but again it feels more rushed and forced than anything. Plus nothing here was a surprise, we all saw this coming. The only surprise was the kids weren’t birthed from MJ.

I’ve liked past work by Wells, I was excited to have him in the book and was hoping #25 would change my opinion but it hasn’t. I am hoping 26 makes it worth it but if they just kill off MJ, I don’t know how they got this story approved. It was teased in this with the “if you get 3 skulls” and I feel like we’re about to see that next issue. more

...the second story was actually pretty funny. I did like it quite a bit but we're all here to trash the main story!

The lengths Marvel will go to...to...keep PP from MJ? OK, whatever.

But Peter behaving like a complete man baby and needing to punch other superheroes even *after* MJ is safe? This is just frustrating silliness from the editorial team. Apparently, having Peter act a little adult is also a big no.

I believe there is still a lot of storytelling potential for Spider-Man, but Marvel insists that we the readers do not deserve better, and also they need to remind us that things cannot get better by giving us this crap.

IDK why I still read this... more

I can give two things to this issue. It has nice art and the backup story was cute.
But the main story is poorly paced and jumps around a lot, I couldn't care less about Paul, the kids and that villain whose name I have already forgotten. There is no chemistry between MJ and Paul. Forcing her into a relationship with a plank of wood just to get a reaction from angry fanboys feels very insulting to her character.
This arc was nothing more than outrage bait which is creatively bankrupt. I think even Wells doesn't want to write it because the story is so bare bones and thin, it's barely a proper arc. more

It was perfect on so many levels.
Xermanico's art was top notch, every transformation by Clayface was slick and detailed, the emotions conveyed in 9-panel grids were very moving creating a stage-play feeling. This felt like a movie storyboard with so many cinematographic shots.
But the story here was hands down the best in all OBDs. It makes you sympathize with Clayface but also recognize what a selfish monster he is. Something that modern media doesn't do while romanticizing its anti-heroes which is called out by the writers in the book. Every thematic aspect of the issue is so well put and thought-out be it the corporate side of filmmaking, art over people or the fanservice over substance in the mainstream media. The use of fanservice in this issue elevates the themes better than any other OBD.
Kelly and Lanzing exceeded all my expectations for them as writers. I thought, like some of their other books, it is going to be a generic forgettable Clayface story but they crafted something very special. more

What a nothing event. High concept after high concept, no fun at all. The only meaningful things were happening in Gillen's issues, everything else was just wasting time. Time jumps between 10,100,1000 didn't matter at all, they were so abrupt that I felt only detachment from the event.
Gladly this issue is written by Gillen and actually focuses on Sinister and has some interesting stuff in the end setting up Fall of X. Only those parts matter but they shouldn't have been converted into an event. I just wish it was only a single-series event focused on Sinister. Ewing and Spurrier failed at interesting worldbuilding creating bland high concept sci-fi that wasn't engaging.
X-men truly don't need so many events that tanks the whole momentum for the 3 series. Every week I was more interested in other X books than in SoS issues and that's telling. more

My god was it terrible. The narration killed all the momentum for the plot. The long introductions of familiar characters, many boring plotlines and that childish beef between Jan and her friend. The main story barely moves but the whole readthrough is so long. By the end I forgot what I've been reading.

Icon vs Hardware right now feels like a solo Hardware story whose actions are very inconsistent. And with the reveal of big bad we won't see much of Icon vs Hardware, so it's a major let down. I do hope Icon gets more pro-active in the story because I enjoyed his series much more that Hardware's.

Rocket and Icon/Hardware portions feel like separate books that don't mash together very well. As the setup for future conflict between the titular heroes this issue feels lacking. Icon is barely in it and he does nothing till the end.

Poison Ivy x Gwyneth Paltrow is not crossover I wanted but the one I needed especially if it's a drug-induced orgy. Consensual tho, at least I hope.

Those middle aged white women events would be so much better if it was just an excuse for a fuck fest, tbh.

Not as good as the previous one. More of a "Let's talk about Gwyneth Paltrow and Ivy's ethics" less action. Still both Wilson and Takara deliver good writing and art.

More of exposition and empty dialogue less Batman and Joker being a DUO equals quite a tedious read.

Probably the best issue so far. The opening section was good and the train riddle was the best. The art and those tired Nightwing butt jokes drag this issue down from being truly great.

This went kinda downhill. This series was at its best when it was just Joker and Batman interacting but as soon as the main antagonist appears the flaws are showing. Overdose of exposition, boring main villain, weak plot and bleak action

A bit heavy on text but overall decent. Rosenberg really likes to write Jason as a batfamily outcast which is trite and trivial, but Stephanie and Jason friendship is nice, so I'm a bit conflicted on him.
Couldn't care less for backups tho at this point they are so one-note, Rosenberg isn't bothered to be creative.

Rosenberg has a nice voice for Joker but this book is tiring.

Nice to see Manhunter for once but this book is STALLING

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This event was decent but could have been better. Everything was all over the place. The main characters, the undercooked villains and the art. The art was underwhelming, especially considering that it's the last big thing in Adams' run before #800. Pasarin was the saving grace as usual for this Flash ongoing.
The family moments are the strongest points of this whole run and the aftermath felt sweet and charming. Still sad to see Adams go after #800. more

I think one of the biggest problems of SOKE was lack of exciting adventures for Jon. Taylor did an okay job in character development but plotwise not so much. Here TT is on the right track, he finally brings some stakes to the narratve making more engaging. Also, the inclusion Earth-2 characters is a nice addition after so many years of not seeing them.

Don't know how I feel about sense of closure for Jon in relation to Ultraman but the finale rocked hard for me.

Not a big fan of this arc. Mike Hawthorne's art is the only positive thing about this last few issue other than the plot was mediocre at best. The concept feels like an underdeveloped Grant Morrison story devoid of their creativity.

More of an X-Force issue than Wolverine's but this was great.
While I hate war criminal Beast Percy finally developed Beast into a cool villain who is about to get some comeuppance. I wish we would have gotten here earlier but better late than never.

It's a solid fun book. By the end of this issue I really dig Valentine, at first I thought thet would be very one note love interest but Alyssa Wong surprised me with their writing and an interesting twist. While I didn't like Doc Ock's inclusion because it was poorly explained (imho) but the Carnage aspect was very cool. Princess staying as side character could provide for an interesting dynamic with Wade. more

Coccolo's art is perfect for this one. I love the body horror aspect of new Deadpool.

Pretty cute and gory rom-com. Overall a fun direction for Deadpool. Being dorky and slicing shit at the same time.