Amazing Spider-Man #2 continues Joe Casey and Pepe Larraz's bold new direction with a trippy, emotionally charged story that fuses psychological turmoil with visual flair. It's a Spider-Man comic that challenges perception and plays with time and trauma in meaningful ways. There's visual inventiveness mixed in with plenty of mystery. Read Full Review

The mystery behind the Rhinos fall pushes Spidey to his minds end. Kelly weaves in a solid build with some curves thrown in plot. Larrazs art is next level for where the dreams truly are nightmares. This is a great jumping on point for readers looking for that classic Spider-Man feel. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #2 is an even better insight into the tempo that readers can expect from Joe Kelly's run on the title. This issue is one continuous blast of momentum that makes room for both epic Larraz illustrated action as well as small check-ins with the wider life of Peter Parker. Most of all, it is focused and fun. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #2 is a fantastic follow up to the last issue. It pays off the ending of the first issue, using that to inform the rest of the issue's plot, as Spider-Man being drugged keeps coming back throughout the issue. The humor is classic Spider-Man, and the character interactions are always entertaining. The central mysteries of the issues what is Hellgate and Hobgooblin's plan, how did Spider-Man get drugged, and who was after Rhino are built up well. Kelly and Larraz are doing their best to make readers forget about the mistakes of The Amazing Spider-Man‘s recent past, and succeeding pretty well. I didn't think that Marvel would be able to sell me on liking the mainline Spider-Man book after so many years of making me hate it, but Kelly and Larraz are showing that The Amazing Spider-Man can still recapture some of the glory of the past. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #2 is a dizzying, high-energy second chapter that strikes the right balance between superhero bombast and Peter Parker's troubled personal life. It's messy, it's heartfelt, and it's a lot of fun. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man Issue 2 (2025) submerges the book in sinister storytelling. It disrupts Spider-Man's ordinary world at all points. Read Full Review

The Amazing Spider-Man #2 is strong in its immersive paneling, clever pacing, artwork, and unique insight into Peter's character, but it's held back by underdeveloped and stereotypical characters and plot points like the mushroom lab, which might hurt the story's believability if not handled carefully. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #2 did its job of continuing the positive momentum for the start of Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz's creative run. The nightmare experience Peter Parker goes through showed how strong the creative chemistry between Kelly and Larraz is. Now as long as they can use that creative power to get over a villain Kelly created a decade ago the winning can continue for this series. Read Full Review

Larraz delivers fantastic art in the issue. The characters look great and I love the visual representation of Peters hallucinations and how the art incorporates those moments. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #2 increases the mystery and the villain count when a one-off villain returns to as Hobgoblin's lackey to tie up loose ends. Joe Kelly's script successfully the disorienting feeling of a hero under the spell of powerful hallucinogens, and Pepe Larraz's art helps Kelly's script considerably. That said, a one-off villain that hasn't been seen in years falls well short of what this series needs, and the mystery progresses through too much hand-waving. Read Full Review

This second issue is torn between its plot and its characters, and mostly choosing the former, while I want to read more about the latter. Read Full Review

This is what we call a great issue two. I have zero complaints. Art is amazing, plot moves ahead while everything feels natural.

I am still a bit wary of this run because of the editorial. But I am getting excited what we see next.

Keep on cooking Kelly!

Best ASM Kelly has done so far.

Now, I get that Peter is very confused right now, but the reader shouldn't be. This issue is all over the place and it's probably extra confusing to new and returning readers, that are not familiar with Peter's new girlfriend, why he's working with Norman Orborne etc.
However, the storyline seems to go into a darker, psychological direction, which I like, and the Larraz artwork is excellent as usual.

Pheeww this was a strange issue and I wasn't prepared for it. Page after page I was wondering what tf is going on, but not specifically in a good way.

Good art is always nice, but good art with a weak story... doesn't fix it.

I really hoped to be on the ASM train again, but no.