It's not over-selling it to say that this is one of the greatest single issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to date. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #800 succeeds on just about every level. Read Full Review

Rarely do comics create the sense of adrenaline that an action movie climax can, but Slott achieves that here. While the “Go Down Swinging” arc may have dragged at times, this issue grabs a hold of the reader and never let's go. Any superhero fan looking for that next great story will find it within this landmark issue. Read Full Review

The end of the "Go Down Swinging" storyline is a great call back to some of the best aspects of Spider-Man's story as well as an interesting introduction to some strong stories going forward. Read Full Review

Overall, this was a great issue and a fitting end to the arch. Dan Slott's farewell issue is #801! Read Full Review

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The final issue of Dan Slott's epic run on Amazing Spider-Man is big, wild and full of punching; a true grand finale. But there are little snags along the way that hold it back. Read Full Review

It's unclear that Spider-Man will ever find true peace - which is usually one of the first casualties of drama - but with Amazing Spider-Man #800, Slott and company stick the landing magnificently, finding a truly cathartic solution to Peter's never-ending calculus of power and responsibility. Read Full Review

As for this issue, get it regardless. It's issue 800! It ends Slott's Run! You'd be a fool to not read this and own it.  Read Full Review

A fantastic conclusion to the "Go Down Swinging" story arc, with Dan Slott pulling out all the stops, making full use of the supporting cast, and including several timely callbacks to classic Spider-Man stories. Each artist adds a unique touch to their piece, but the issue flows well from one part to the next. A must-read for Spider-Man fans. Read Full Review

A great issue that's huge and does so much to wrap things up and start new beginnings. Read Full Review

On an overall note though, Amazing Spider-Man is a fantastic celebration of 800 issues of this comic, as well as a penultimate issue to close out a ten year run by Dan Slott. Youre getting a memorable story here. Read Full Review

There is so much to unpack throughout the 80 pages of Amazing Spider-Man #800. Guest stars, tragic twists, epic battles, and a greatest hits collection of artists fill these pages. Read Full Review

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #800 is a giant blockbuster comic that celebrates everything about the webslinger. Though a bit clunky at times, this landmark issue is a fun ride. Read Full Review

Despite its flaws, Amazing Spider-Man #800 is a fitting conclusion to a ten-year-long story. Read Full Review

If youve not been paying attention to this series in a while well, you wont feel that lost, but Id still give it a pass. If you absolutely must have Amazing Spider-Man #800, well you were going to buy it no matter what I said and more power to you. I understand the compulsion to buy a landmark issue like this. That said, even if youre lukewarm on Slotts ASM, I wouldnt cough up the 10 bucks to buy this book. Its just not that good, and thats the risk you run with a price point like this. Read Full Review

An onslaught of big dramatic moments, with art teams sublime and just awful, with one heck of an ending. Read Full Review

For Dan Slotts final Spider-Man story, if youre willing to set aside its flaws, then this will be quite a fine ride to get in. Read Full Review

When it focused on the battle between Spider-Man and Green Goblin, Amazing Spider-Man #800 was at its best. Unfortunately everything around that involving those outside our main stars, particularly J. Jonah Jameson, Doctor Octopus and the Symbiotes, dragged "Go Down Swinging" down. It does not help that Amazing Spider-Man #800 was priced at $9.99. That cover price just guaranteed that, rather than being a celebratory milestone, this was a comic book that should only be picked up by those who have read the entirety of Dan Slott's Spider-Man run. And even then Amazing Spider-Man #800 is hard to recommend given all the problems with the story of "Go Down Swinging." Read Full Review

I think bad is probably too harsh for the entry, but mediocre seems like a fair assessment. I would say unless you are heavily invested in The Amazing Spider-Man #800 this comic embodies the attributes to make it a SKIP. Read Full Review

This is the best issue of Slott's run on Spider-man thank you for this gift Dan!

Just finished it! Lol

Slott ends it with a bang.

This was a great send-off from Slott. See Bendis? This is how you do a final issue. And I haven't felt this sad for a comic book character's death in a long time. But it is great to see that Spidey's relationships with Otto and Eddie have now changed. And Carnage seems to be death.

Artwork was great from every artist. I really have no issues with this. Final battle with Gobby was a bith meh, but this was still a great ending to a great storyline.

Wow, what a read. I cant even believe this is Dan Slott's writing. This issue was so action packed and was also full of emotions. Right at the end, i almost teared for a certain death. It was very engaging throughout too. Norman Osborn once again proved why he is the most menacing Spiderman villain. The art was great as well for all the chapters. Giuseppe Camuncoli's and Stuart Immonen's one was the best!

I still dont like how Humberto Ramos draws Mary Jane. She looks like a retard. Other than that i have no complaints.

I just wished Dan Slott wrote like this everytime, but sadly he is pumping out his best Spiderman work at the end of his run.

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

And that’s a wrap with Dan Slott. And let me tell you, it was an exciting ride and incorporated so many elements from his time on the book which made it truly amazing. It was a great issue 800 that any Spider Fan or Slott fan would be pleased to read. Let’s swing on in to this 80 page behemoth!

The issue opens with Spider-Man playing clean up after last issue. If you remember, Red Goblin laid waste to all of the web-heads friends leaving Flash to heal them up with his Anti-Venom. Spider-Man checks on his friends and swings off to Alchem-x (the old Oscorp) to basically make anti-venom web shooters since it’s the only thing that appeared to work against Red Goblin.

Meanwhile, Jonah feels awful about letting Spider-Man’s identity out of the bag, so he tries to help the best he can. He digs through his old stuff and realizes that Eddie Brock is Venom, tracks him down, and tells Venom to go help Spider-Man or he’ll basically out Venom’s identity too. So, Venom goes to help Spider-Man but it doesn’t really work out too well. Eddie’s not the same as he was before.

Red Goblin attack’s MJ at Stark Industries, since she runs the show there now instead of Pepper, and she puts up her own fight with some hand repulsers and gets some help from Venom until Spidey shows up only to have all three of them get their butts kicked by Red Goblin. Red Goblin takes off leaving them to lick their wounds and heads for Aunt May. Brock tells Spider-Man to take his symbiote to help since Brock physically doesn’t have it in him anymore AND since the fight took a lot out of him. Spider-Man reluctantly accepts and heads after Red Goblin who took off after Aunt May.

But what Peter doesn’t know is that the Goblin Child (little Normie Osborn... grandson of Norman) was already trying to kill Aunt May. But while Normie was trying to kill her, Doc Ock stepped in and saved the day. I LOVED THIS PART! Turns out, he still has the mixed memories of Peter from when he was Superior Spider-Man ( great run for Slott... read it) and cares for Aunt May. So, he was watching out for her and saw this happening. He stepped in to help out. This part was even more shocking to me than the Venom part. Again, if you’re a Slott fan, you probably loved it like I loved it.

Jonah tries to continue to help out by opening up the old Spider Slayer tech and using that to stop Red Goblin. So Jonah, operating the Spider Slayer tech, tries to help Doc Ock protect Aunt May but everything swings sideways and the place blows up. The Red Goblin decides to leave his calling card by throwing his symbiote shards all over Aunt May in hopes to kill her. Spider-Man arrives on the scene to find that Doc Ock threw himself in front of Aunt May and protected her. It’s not stated if Doc Ock is dead or not but he’s very badly hurt. Peter even forgives him for the entire Superior Spider-Man switching brains fiasco.

Next, Norman and Normie go to Alchem-x to get the company signed back over to Norman and get Oscorp back. But Harry is there with a slew of robots ready to take down his Daddy and fight to get his son back. Norman turns back into Red Goblin and throws Normie’s Mom, Liz, out the window. Luckily, Spider-Man makes it on time to save Liz. Normie starts to see how bad his Grandpa (Red Goblin) is and doesn’t want anything to do with him anymore. Norman decides he’ll just kill his grandson too. But again, Spider-Man swings in to save the day.

Red Goblin and Spidey fight outside of Alchem-x and Red Goblin tells Spidey his real plan. Each time Red Goblin came across any of his friends and family, he made sure to hit them all with a little shard of the symbiote. This shard was made to gradually infect and kill each and every one of them. Spider-Man, truly appalled by this, gets interrupted by Flash Thompson who figured out Red Goblin’s plan. Turns out, while Flash was healing Spidey’s friends after the last encounter, he found the shards and removed them from everyone.

Figuring out what they were, he tracked down all of Peter’s family and friends and removed all the shards from them. But, he did so at the expense of his Anti-Venom Symbiote. So, he’s basically human again. Flash grabs Red Goblin and starts using the last of his Anti-Venom to try to weaken and stop him. It kind of works. But eventually , Red Goblin takes advantage of this and basically beats him to death sending Spider-Man into a rage making him resemble Venom. Flash calms Peter down and rejects Peter’s offer of rejoining with the Venom Symbiote knowing that others are in danger and knowing he will surely die. And truly, that’s it for Flash Thompson. The bully. The friend. The hero. He’s gone...

Red Goblin flies into downtown Manhattan and kills a Spider-Man look alike and drives everyone into a panic. Realizing that all he had to do was kill anybody and not just Spider-Man’s family, Red Goblin goes on a killing spree. Spider-Man tries to save as many as he can. As soon as Red Goblin gets the upper hand, Spider-Man finally figures out a way to beat him. He plays on his pride, lust, and desire for taking down Spider-Man. Peter basically tricks him into separating from the symbiote because everyone will think Carnage is the one who killed Spider-Man and not the Goblin. So, both Spider-Man and Green Goblin go mono-a-mono and Peter kicks his butt!

Jonah even makes another appearance right at the end. Still feeling bad for giving out Peter’s secret, he marches to downtown Manhattan with a gun to find Goblin finished and tied up. He pulls out his gun to shoot him only to have Spider-Man jump in front of the bullet and stop Jonah from killing him. He explains to Jonah that his job isn’t to kill and take lives. It’s only his job to protect and when someone has the ability it’s their responsibility to do what needs to be done.

The story ends with Norman in jail but thinking he’s Cleatus Cassidy (Carnage), a funeral for Flash Thompson, and Harry and Liz trying to get all of the symbiote off little Normie. But we are lead to believe it didn’t completely work. But the best part of the ending is the connection between Jonah and Peter. Peter has always been searching for the father figure he’s never had since Uncle Ben. Slott did the unthinkable and let Jonah in on Peter’s dirty little secret. There relationship as come a long way but to see how far Jonah and Peter have come was a great way to end Slott’s run. I hope the next writer keeps this great dynamic going onward.

Let me just say, thank you Dan Slott. When you first signed on with Spider-Man, you had a mess of writers and a mess of directions to clean up. You fought your way through it and came to the other side with some truly amazing stories. The character of Spider-Man has come a long way and some epic changes have happened to the character that are fantastic. Peter is so much better because of you. Thank you for some really great stories about everyone’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. I wish you only the best on your next ventures and I will definitely be following your career and other titles. Good luck and keep up the great work! As for this issue, get it regardless. It’s issue 800! It ends Slott’s Run! You’d be a fool to not read this and own it.

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Great stuff. This was more of a greatest hits journey with the Amazing Spider-man artists as it was the finale against Red Goblin. That was a bit underwhelming but Slott still delivered plenty of stories and cameos. Worth the admission ticket.

An incredible issue, as well as incredible end to this great arc (which was definitely the best one we've had in quite some time). There's plenty of emotional moments, plenty of 'wow' moments, a lot of cameos and other references to some classic stories. The tension is felt throughout the whole book, which was fantastic, especially considering it's length. There's barely any ads, so you get a huge story in a single book. Is it worth 10 bucks? I'd say so. So many great moments here, that I am pretty sure this story will go down as one of the greatest modern Spidey's stories, if not of all time. There's a lot of things teased about for the future, which is also a great way to keep the momentum going. And not to mention the art - all of the artists were great, there's not a single bad thing I can say about it (even Ramos' art, which I used to quite dislike, was very good here and made me remember some of the older stories that he drew). Next issue is the last one, and I am certain it will be as good. more

An epic conclusion to Slott's run on Amazing Spider-Man. This really tied together so many elements of his run, with awesome moments from Doctor Octopus and Flash Thompson. I have loved every moment of him as Agent Anti-Venom, and his developments this issue were very well done. I'm not a huge fan of a child being bonded with a Carnage symbiote, but this issue resolved it well. I really loved Jameson's attempts at redemption throughout this story, in the short time he's known Peter's identity it has already led to many great stories. I liked the way Peter outsmarted Norman Osborn, it was a smart way to get himself out of an otherwise hopeless situation. After this massive issue I'm curious what is left for #801, but I will certainly be looking forward to it. more

This is a good read. Although there feels like some lost opportunities on certain things, there were plenty of great moments and a true display of how great his supporting cast is. It flowed well, had lot's of action and a death that I was actually shocked by. The art was pretty good in most of the book. On a side note, I am far from an expert, but Humberto Ramos art is really not for me whatsoever. The book was good. The conclusion was good. It's definitely worth the read if you've been following along so far.

This issue serves as the conclusion to not only the whole, slow-building Norman Osborn/Red Goblin saga, but Dan Slott's whole "Amazing" run. This was an entertaining issue, if not quite meeting the high expectations established in the build-up to this finale. I must say I expected more Immonen art here, and while his pages look great, there aren't quite enough. The dialogue here is well-done, with a lot of funny/groan-worthy lines, and the pace is not bad for an 80 page issue--it's exciting enough that it rarely feels like there are too many pages here. I also like the way the Spidey/Jonah relationship is going. While all of this is good, I felt the Red Goblin didn't quite live up to his billing here; issues 797 & 798 established such a creepy threat, it doesn't exactly evoke the same menace here. And the stupid-looking eyes on Spidey/Venom drove me nuts. But overall, a good end to what has been a really great Slott/Immonen run. more

Pretty basic and predictable. I was hoping for something more creative to end a mostly good run.

I found this to be a bit of a mess. I wanted to like it, but just didn't feel like it was good. The art was very inconsistent...sometimes good, sometimes awful. With the hefty $10 price tag, it just wasn't worth it at all.