WTF happened to you Bendis?

Literally amazing.

A classic xD

I'm gonna be honest, this is a really well written story, the dialog is amazing, the art is gorgeous, but even though i'm not the biggest fan of Gwen Stacy this just feels so wrong. Gwen wasn't perfect, but she loved Peter and would never do this to him, and i really doubt that MJ would keep this a secret for so long, okay Gwen made her promise to not tell Peter because she was afraid it would destroy him considering everything he was going through at the time, but after Gwen died, and after everything that MJ and Peter faced together through their relationship, and after how much they matured and went from friends to best friends to lovers to husband and wife, and above all, partners for life with such an healthy, fun and beautiful relationship since the moment they met, i can't stand to idea that she couldn't bring this up to the person that stood by her side through the worst and best moments of their respective lifes, hell, Peter was the only person she ever talked about her dysfunctional family, but she was afraid of telling this to him because she didn't wanted him to destroy his memories of Gwen? Mj and Gwen were friends, but this is so out of character for both of them. I Love the JMS run, it's one of my all time favorite run's but i can't say i'm happy with this, it's just so disrespectful, shameful and offensive, and it doesn't matter if there are great moments in this story arc, because it will always be overshadowed by this unnecessary retcon.

I have no words.....this is horrible, one of the worst Spider-Man stories of all time along with Sins Past and the Clone Saga, but the damage this one has caused may be the biggest of them all. This arc just throws away years of character development through the most stupid and out of character way possible.....thanks Joe Quesada!

I have a very funny relationship with Slott's run, he absolutely played with every single one of my emotions during his 10 year tenure, his stories could go from excellent to horrible in a matter of issues, and vice versa. He would butcher and shit on characters that he didn't like and even mischaracterize Peter a lot of times, but when he did them right, he really DID them right. In the end, it's not one of my favorites, but i need to be in denial to say that he didn't leave his legacy on the character, for good and bad. Superior is an already iconic run of the character(even though there are things that REALLY bother me), spider-verse is meh, but it opened the door to so many great stories of different spider people across multiple mediums, Spider-Man Into The Spider Verse wouldn't exist if it wasn't for him(even though the film just takes the concept of multiple spiders and completely ignores the comic storyline.). He had the guts to take Peter and his supporting cast and put them in new and strange scenarios, sometimes it could work, and we would have things like No One Dies, Spider-Island, Dying Wish, Superior, Renew Your Vows and Go Down Swinging, other times we would have things like that stupid pheromone thing with Peter and Cindy Moon from being bitten by the same Spider, Spider-Verse, Parker Industries, Clone Conspiracy, issue #2 of Superior where Otto accessed Peter memories with MJ.....speaking of MJ, this is one character that he absolutely wasn't a fan, he did a lot of questionable stuff with her, but even she had some great moments. Aunt May had great moments, Harry had great moments, the Daily Bugle staff had great moments, Green Goblin had great moments, Otto's Development during his run is just phenomenal, he always tried to make the most of his crazy scenarios to put a spotlight in the supporting cast. And, most of all, after 10 years, he managed to go out with a bang in issue #800. But like every Spider-Man fan, he knows that the little stuff is what deserves the attention, and he made this really heartfelt one shot as his goodbye letter to his favorite character, alongside Marcos Martin, who i consider to be the best artist to work with Slott during his run. Thank you for everything Slott, thank you for the good, and for the bad, it was one hell of a ride.

Man......

I loved everything about this arc.

We must protect Gog at all costs.

This issue was just perfect, Spencer abslolutely nailed the dialogue here, specially in the conversation with Spider-Gwen.

This was freaking AMAZING, Patrick Gleason is a beast.

Okay, i normally don't write long texts in my reviews, but i have a lot to say about this issue and this run as a whole. First things first: i'm a massive Nick Spencer fan, i absolutely ADORE Superior Foes, Morning Glories is amazing, The Fix is one of the funniest comics i have ever read, His Captain America run was really good(even though Secret Empire ended the way it did) and everything he did with Ant Man was awesome, i just love how much he takes advantage of canon to create his stories and i think he has a really unique sense of humor, and up until Last Remains i was REALLY enjoying this run, you can see my scores for this ASM volume to confirm that. I loved Back to Basics and it's simple but effective story, i loved how he handled characters like Black Cat and Jameson, i had tons of fun with Hunted and the nods to Kraven's Last Hunt, i loved the character arc for Boomerang and Janice from the original Superior Foes team, i thought the Absolute Carnage tie ins were Amazing, he and Ryan Ottley delivered what is probably my favorite fight between Spidey and Carnage(even thought it's Norman). I wasn't a huge fan of the 2099 story line but i quickly forgave that after the podcast story with JJ and the little arc with Gog. Sins Rising was awesome and Last Remains would be a perfect story if it wasn't for the lack of an ending. Up until this point i was absolutely in love with this run, i didn't care if the pacing was slow because every story beat was working for me, and i understand that a lot o people had problems with the pacing in specific even before Last Remains, but at least until that point i could feel that Spencer was telling the story he wanted to tell, whether we like it or not. Having said that, i can't express how disappointed i'm with everything since the Mister Negative story. There were some VERY good character moments after it of course(Peter and MJ focused story on #60 for example), but that was just it, the big moments that we where supposed to get after years of seeds being planted for 50+ issues just weren't worth it, everything started to feel so rushed and everything Spencer was aiming for fell short of what it should've been the peak of his run. King's Ransom had the Boomerang twist, but it also had the Robbie and Tombstone rivalry, Randy and Janice relationship, Kingpin's pursuit of the tablet, Gog, Peter's new job as a streamer working with JJ and Norah Winters, the Defenders little reunion....oof. The arc felt so packed and convoluted that every payoff was deluded. It was also where the artist rotation started to become a problem, it doesn't matter if you have many good artists on a book if you can't keep everything consistent, 2 issues with Patrick Gleason(him and Ottley delivered the BEST visuals of this book), 3 issues with Federico Vicentini(a revelation, i loved his style) along with Sabattini helping him, we also had Neves, Antonio and Gomez doing the Giant-Sized conclusion, great artists, but it doesn't matter because everything felt rushed so the art(except from Gleason and Vicentini) was just okay. The Chameleon Conspiracy was even worse, 3 to 4 artists rotating in EVERY issue between 67-69 and the Giant Sized issue, not even Spencer was managing to write on his own and they had to bring Ed Brisson to help with the tight schedule, it was pretty clear that the Editorial was starting to compromise whatever direction the book was going and everything started to completely fall apart. But the absolute worst happened during Sinister War, it was so rushed that even Bagley who is know for being really fast didn't manage to pencil every page of every issue, and Spencer just wrote the 1st issue of the main event and went on to write the tie ins, which guess what? were also rushed and convoluted with 3 to 4 rotating artists. The big finale of this run, the big moment in the making for years, couldn't even have a consistent art team. I'm not even going to talk about the retcons, which although were VERY appreciated(Sins Past, not the Green Goblin one, that was a complete misfire) felt very convoluted, i felt very sorry for new readers of this book and the readers who haven't read every single one of the story's that were referenced between 72-73, it must have been a complete nightmare, i have read every issue of ASM, Spectacular, Friendly Neighborhood, Web Of Spider-Man, Spider-Man and every obscure miniseries you can imagine and i still had to re-read that issue at least 6 times to completely get every single change, and i probably still missed some very big details. And them we get to this issue, and not only we have all of the problems we had for the past 15+ issues but we also have rushed dialogue, lackluster conclusions, and questions that won't even get answered. What the hell did Kindred wanted Peter to Confess? What Happened with the Villains at the Graveyard after Sinister War #4? What about the Rose? Teresa? Did Boomerang even had a proper sendoff? Kindred literally killed Peter i don't know how many times during Last Remains for NOTHING? So Harry died(again) and we don't even get to see Peter Mourn for his best friend? If kindred died, wasn't Norman's Sins supposed to go back to him? What the hell happened with all of these plot points, did they simply forget or did i missed something? Wasn't it also implied that MJ knew what kindred wanted? So they referenced OMD, Had Mephisto and Dr. Strange on the sideline playing a game and they didn't have the courage to address that mess of a story directly? What all of the flashbacks of BND during Last Remains were for? I just can't believe all of this stuff was simply forgotten so that they could finish this run as fast as possible, every single person on the spidey office should be embarrassed by this, Spencer deserved better, WE DESERVED BETTER, this is NOT how you deliver a satisfying payoff to a long story. And last but not least, the book is called Amazing Spider-Man and i don't know if it's just me, but Peter felt like a side character on his own book since even before Last Remains, almost everything interesting that happened during this run came from the characters around Peter, but not him, and up until a certain point it was okay, but after King's Ransom it was starting to bother me A LOT. So, do i absolutely despise this run like I've seen so many people say? no, is it the worst ASM run of all time? hell no, not even close, is it one of the most disappointing eras of Spider-Man and one of the worst long format storytelling of this book since the Clone Saga? unfortunately, yes. It started with so many promises, and it didn't deliver to many of them. And what's even worse is that I'm not even excited for what is to come, it doesn't matter if you have some of the best writers and artists in the business teaming up to tell a bold story if the people in charge of the editorial continue to mess everything up. If you enjoyed every single thing about this run, i envy you, cause i really wanted to like this finale. Having said all that, i will stop reading ASM for the first time in my life for a little while, at least until the book gets to the half of Beyond, hopefully i will be excited when i come back.

Fantastic beginning from Wells and Gleason, I'm not a huge Ben Reilly fan, but this looks interesting, let's see where this goes.

Again, another superb issue, wasn't expecting the beginning of Beyond to be this good.

Kelly Thompson writing ASM is a dream come true for me, I love everything that she does, even though this is a breather compared to the first 2 issues, it still has some cool moments, and it just fun, something this book was really needing after the end of Spencer's run.

Again, a very fun issue. Only major complaint I have is that Sara Pichelli art here feels very rushed, not her best work, which is unfortunate because she is amazing.

Again, well written and well drawn, and of course, fun, also loved the interactions between Collen and Misty.

I'm really more invested to knowing how Peter will comeback than in the Beyond story, but nonetheless, this is still fun, Ziglar and Dowling did a great job.

Things are starting to get interesting.

Damn, wasn't expecting this to be a "horror" issue. Loved it, Fornes is amazing, loved the voice Ahmed gave to Peter and MJ, nothing happened related to Beyond itself, but i'm more invested in Peter story anyway, so ill just wait.

Patrick Gleason, that's it, that's my review.

The main storyline is starting to move, and it's fun, very well written and drawn, but i'm just not so much invested in Ben as a character.

I've finally catched up with ASM again, took a very long break after the disappointing ending of Spencer's run, but when Zeb Wells was announced as the new writer in the next Volume along with freaking JOHN ROMITA JR, my favorite Spider-Man artist of all time, I had to start catching up, so this is basically a review of the Beyond Storyline up until this point. I'm not a huge Ben Reilly fan(was trying to forget that he was still alive after the debacle that was Clone Conspiracy)and everything that is happening with Peter feels much more interesting and compelling to me considering that him getting out of the coma is a very great way of saying that he's getting back up after all the things that happened during Spencer's run(Harry and Boomerang death, etc) and getting ready to face whatever comes in the future. But regardless of which Spider-Man the issues are focused on, this story has been really fun. Just mindless, pure fun, which was something that this book was needing a lot after Sinister War and the Kindred Saga. It reminds me a bit of early Michelinie's run with Todd McFarlane, well written, well drawn, and just fun, the main difference being that the Michelinie run also had it's impactful moments, something that for me was missing from Beyond. But these last issues are starting to deliver the impactful story beats that I was waiting for since issue #75, and things are looking really good for the next 7 issues. Also, Wells has probably written the best issues of this story(also a shoutout to #83 from Gleason) and if he can keep this up in the next volume, I think we are in for a very good run.

This, the MJ and Black Cat Special, Moon Knight, Death of Doctor Strange(also the upcoming Strange series with Clea), Black Cat, Mackay is absolutely killing it, I know Wells is the next writer of Amazing, but please Marvel give Mackay a run on Spider-Man. Friendly Neighborhood, Spectacular, Web Of, I don't care, just let this man write Spider-Man(presuming of course that he's plate is not full with so many series lol).

LMAO Ben just turned into Bully Maguire, was kinda hoping he was gonna say "See ya chump" to MJ, what a missed opportunity lol. Besides that, another fun chapter of Beyond, really intrigued to see what will happen in these last issues.

Gleason on writing duties and Freaking Mark Bagley on the art, what more can i say? it's great, the end of Beyond is shaping up to be really great!

"Go on...your brother needs you" absolute chills man. Bagley did such a great job on these past 2 issues, i loved what he did during Spencer's run and Sinister War but here his art blends so well with Gleason's writing. Speaking of Gleason, along with Jed Mackay he is the greatest surprise of Beyond, i knew he was an amazing artist, and he showed he was perfect for this book ever since he started in the 2099 arc, and he's amazing pencils in #50-#52 and #55 were one of the highlights of Last Remains, which i consider to be the highest point on Spencer's run, but sometimes is easy to forget that he's also a great writer even when he has amazing runs like Batman & Robin, Superman and Green Lantern Corps under his belt with Peter Tomasi. Amazing Pencils on #75 and #76, KILLER issue on both art and writing duties on #83, a killer duo with freaking Mark Bagley on #89 and #90, and we still have issue #93 with Zeb Wells. I hope that he'll stick around when the next volume starts or that he gets a chance to do his own thing with the character, like a limited series or something, but if he doesn't comeback, i hope he's proud of everything he did on this book.

Ben out there giving us another "see ya chump", i guess he missed the part where that is his problem. Is the end of Beyond him coming full circle and becoming Bully Maguire? Kelly Thompson is one of my favorite writers working in comics today, and while the issues she wrote for beyond so far haven't been close to some of her other works like Hawkeye, Black Widow and Captain Marvel, it's still fun and a good read. Beyond has been a very fun arc, but the inconsistency between issues can be a problem sometimes, it's not the worst thing in the world but is disappointing to go from consecutive amazing issues like 75-76 and 89-90 to just a couple of fun issues. I must say however, something is off about Sara Pichelli's Art and i can't quite put my finger on it, i don't know if it's rushed because of the tight schedule or if it's the colors, but it feels inferior to her stellar work in Ultimate Spider-Man, even her more recent works like Fantastic Four and the JJ Abrams god awful Spider-Man Miniseries feels more consistent.

It was good, but from an editorial standpoint this is a mess. When the solicits came out Thompson was gonna write this but it turns out she only did the plot, i thought well, she probably has a lot on her plate with Black Widow, Captain Marvel and Her Substack work so i understand why Mackay is writing, but then we have 3 rotating artists...they're amazing but they have clashing styles, which gives the worst feeling a comic can give which is inconsistency. And 3 rotating artists is just one more indicative that the only thing this book is consistent is the editorial staff doing such an underwhelming job that even when they have determined the number of issues to tell a story they will still find a way to rush the creative team, putting 3 to 4 rotating artists in one issue or 2 writers. It happened in the end of Spencer's run with King's Ransom, Chameleon Conspiracy and Sinister War and is happening again, and as much as I'm enjoying Beyond just like i was enjoying Spencer's run up until Last Remains, the only thing that's holding it all together is the fact that we all knew from the beginning that this was gonna last for 19 issues, instead of a whole saga of more than 50+ issues. We have one tie-in and one main issue left, which gives me the feeling that the end might be rushed(i sincerely hope not), the same feeling i had with issue 73, one issue before Spencer's last issue. I hate pointing out names but why Marvel is still letting Nick Lowe be the editor of their biggest series? the lowest points of Slott run happened when he took over, the inconsistent art rotation started when he took over, so many editorial mistakes like failed references of past comics and character names started to be more apparent after he took over, this does such a huge disservice to the creative team. Also, what the fuck is wrong with these solicits? there isn't a single one of them that is actually accurate to the contents of the issue and they pretend that every issue will be this "mind-blowing issue that changes the character forever" thing and it's already so played out that it's unbelievable how they keep doing this. Not spoiling the main content is one thing, lying is another thing, how are the fans supposed to feel optimistic about the future of this book if things never change? we just want good and consistent stories with a consistent art team, is that too much to ask Nick Lowe? Anyway, sorry about the rambling but this thing just gives me the nerves, but nonetheless I'm hoping everything turns out well in the end.

Oh hey, look at what we have here, rushed conclusions to multiple storylines of Beyond, who would have guessed....the Daughters of the Dragon and Morbius pairing went just like i expected, underwhelming. Monica Rambeau attack against Beyond is okay, but this only had like one tease in 78.BEY so it feels very misplaced with the current events. Then we have Doug being Doug, which means it's entertaining, the Slingers doing an cameo(again), a great Queen Goblin Tease and another Morbius epilogue. This gives ending to things that supposedly are important but most of them don't feel so necessary to the overall story, let's just hope that Wells and Gleason can stick the landing.

It was okay, it's an fine ending for "OnE Of ThE MoSt SuPrIsInG SpIdEr-StOrIeS oF tHe PaSt DeCaDe" according to the solicits, it wasn't perfect but at least it's not as bad as the end of Nick Spencer's run. Wells did his best and the majority of characters are written very well, Peter is okay, MJ is okay(Which is an surprise cause Wells doesn't seen to be a fan of her), Janine was great, never cared about her before but i loved how she was handled during this arc. I think Wells will do a very good job during his run and I'm very curious to see what he will do with some of the seeds he has planted, and i don't have anything to say about Gleason that hasn't been said already, he's AMAZING, no pun intended, and if he's out of ASM i will surely miss him. I said this before, but Ben is far from being one of my favorite Spider Characters and i just wasn't so invested in his story, also i have to thank Clone Conspiracy, Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider and SpiderGeddon for completely taking any little hope i had for this character when he came back, those are big reasons for why I'm not as bothered as the big majority of fans. But then i saw the editorial note at the end...and is one of the most stupid excuses i have ever seen coming from Marvel regarding a characters fate. Are you telling me that Ben Reilly, everyone's favorite Spider Clone, the Spider-Man that a whole generation of readers grew up with when they started reading comics, the Spider-Man who has two of some of the most iconic Spider-Suits ever made, a character with so much potential from the stories of J.M Dematteis, Bagley and John Romita Jr in the 90s has no place in the Spider Landscape? Really Nick Lowe? we all know that Peter, Miles and Jessica Drew won't go anywhere, but are you saying that BEN REILLY has no space close to Spider-Gwen, Spider-Punk, Silk, Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Man 2099? with all due respect to these characters but none of them have the Potential of Ben Reilly and most of them are lacking a lot in terms of great stories, except 2099, another character which i think deserves a better treatment. But nope, he has no space, let's make him go bad again, or better yet, lets make him into another Spider like villain/anti hero, that's original right? it's not like we have Venom, Carnage, Blood Spider, Tarantula and Kaine....speaking of Kaine, why wasn't him involved in this arc? you know what? nevermind, I'm honestly thankful that he wasn't in this story, i don't even wanna think about what they would have done with him. I hope that Ben Reilly fans get something better in the future, he's not one my favorites, but he's important to so many fans out there and i can't even imagine how most of them are feeling right now, seeing a character that is so important to them going in such a tragic direction because of such a ridiculous excuse from Marvel.

A really fun start to what i hope it will be a great run, personally i think compared to some of the past relaunches this might be the weakest? but maybe is just because i really loved the #1 of the Spencer's run and the #1 from Worldwide. Although this is another back to basics story with many plot tropes that we definitely have seen before and a lot of people are tired of, i think Wells found a really interesting angle to build a story and i must say, I'm hooked. I don't know if it's because we have Digger here, or if is the fact that Peter and MJ are apart again or even if it's JrJr art, but for a moment it was like i was reading Amazing Spider-Man(1999) #30, the beginning of JMS and JrJr run, my favorite Spider-Man run of all time and my introduction to the character along side Ultimate Spider-Man. Seeing JrJr, one of the all time greats and my favorite Spider-Man artist on the book again is soo nostalgic, and although this is definitely not his best work i think it's a huge step up compared to his recent work at DC and i still think that his narrative skills and his ability to make action scenes is stellar. Wells just like i expected from most of the issues he wrote in Beyond is also great, he managed to capture the soap opera feeling really well here and there were some very funny moments. I can definitely understand the mixed reactions this is getting related to those last pages, and I'm also not a fan of this happening again since it's has been so played out already, but i can't say i don't want to know where that will go, there is still a lot of questions that need answers and in time i hope the creative team can deliver them on the best way possible.

The cover and synopses are a huge disservice to this issue, that's all i'm gonna say about that. A lot of interesting things to talk about this issue but all the discourse will be about the cover, which is unfortunate. Another fun(REALLY fun), well written and well drawn issue. The humor just like the 1st issue feels so spot on. Tombstone is freaking menacing here, the man is scary af but at the same time he has a side of him that cares about what the people closest to him might think when they see what he will do. Zeb clearly has a lot of love for Gerry Conway and Sal Buscema Spectacular Spider-Man run and is going for that Tombstone brutallity but he's also working with a lot of the stuff that Spencer did in his run. The only thing that is bothering me here is Peter and Norman's interactions. They are not badly written but it feels so weird seeing Peter this way around Norman, i feel they have too much history that can't just simply be forgotten because Norman was cleansed from his sins. But that's just a minor nitpick, there is still a lot of things that need answers and this will problably be one of them. Things apparently will move slowly and this will be another run with a long format of storytelling, and i'm not against it, some of my favorite writers(Hickman, Spencer, Johns) always take their time to build their story, my main concern is if Zeb will be able to tell this the way he wants or if eventually he will be rushed, just like Nick Spencer, and i sincerely hope it doesn't come to that because he has a very cool story here.

This arc is reminding me that Tombstone can be scary af when you mess with his business, damn. I'm having a lot of fun with this new run, JrJr art here is a little weaker than the previous 2 issues but just as always, his narrative skills are just impecabble, this man is a brilliant storyteller. I love what Zeb is putting Peter through here, he's clearly not at his best mentally and physically so Tombstone basically has him at the palm of his hands. I honestly have no idea what Peter will do to solve this mess, poor man can never catch a break xD but that's why we love him right? he never catches a break, but he'll always get back up and and try to make things right.

Zeb Wells you beatiful bastard, this was awesome! Everything i hoped he was going to deliver in Beyond is happening here, and to think this is just the beginning...wow. Also, JrJr action sequences were awesome, which is nothing new, it's JrJr after all. I think my only "problem" so far is that the MJ subplot although shocking at first, is becoming really uninteresting very fast, specially compared to what is happening with Tombstone, but that's just a minor nitpick and it's still too early to have a concrete opinion on this, this is a perfect issue in my book, loved it!

A great ending to a very good first arc, it's well drawn, it's well written, it's engaging and FUN. The way Peter "solves" the mess he was into here was something i was not expecting, and seeing him being empathethic to Tombstone after everything he put Peter through the last issues really made me smile, it's been a while since we had seen this side of him, it's what always made me so fascinated with this character and why he's my favorite character of all time, he loses a lot, but he gets back up, he messes up a lot, but he always make up for it, he's short tempered, but he's also a kind and empathetic person. Loved it, looking forward to #900!

First major disapointment in this new run, it doesn't even feel like it was written by the same guy who gave us those first 5 issues.