Hickmanesque issue at its finest. Gwen Stacy gets the Hickman treatment and my wish is MJ would too but I doubt she will. She is the straight line to the twisted one that is Gwen and we need both for a Spidey story to work. Marco Checchetto is absolutely fantastic and his work is synonymous with USM like Bagley was 20 years ago.

It does go down after such a hectic and tense issue. Still a very good book but the many story points that happen outside of the pages doesn't help develop characters that get a few panels or pages. MJ and the kids suffered the most in this series but I understand that Hickman focused heavily on the Peter Parker/Harry Osborn and Ben Parker/Jonah Jameson dynamics. With a set end point for this series many supporting people lack depth but it's not over and 1 issue could swing things around. more

Outstanding pacing and a proper USM comic book from Hickman. I'm glad we're not dragging the savage land hunt for 3 issues. Curious to know what Mysterio is up to. Checchetto's art is perfect and Wilson's beautiful colors are popping or subdued almost as well.

Great writing, ideas and dialogue from Hickman. Ambitious to throw the whole kit and caboodle so early on with the Sinister 6 but why not? Marco Checchetto is tight, detailed and beautiful as always. Never any corners cut in his art.

Deniz Camp knows how to get his characters to land the delivery here. This issue massively corrects for what V2.0 tried to divulge and gives me hope that V3.0 will be on par with V1.0 for how fresh it was. This book owes a great deal to Juan Frigeri on art and Federico Blee made it flashy.

Asgard is the least favorite part of Marvel for me and I don't usually seek out poetry but this story was well done.

This is a classic Waid issue. This is when I knew I'm here for the long haul. Dan Mora is insane and Tamra Bonvillain colors him the best of all.

I re-read this trade before I read volume 2 and I was pleasantly surprised that I forgot how well written and illustrated it was. It delivers on all front. These books don't come up very often. Recommend!

This gets a 7 because Kelly/McGuinness tie it all up nicely and the art is FANTASTIC. Although the journey was very frustrating because why on earth did we start solid with Kelly/McGuinness with a clear idea then we bastardized it for 4 issues having Peter quitting yet again questioning all life AGAIN while shoving the X-Men into for no reason. Being with Black Cat then NOT then YES AGAIN. Shay was a core character then a side chick then back to normal...WTF are we doing here. I think the Spidey office editors need restructuring to bring some fresh ideas and better management.
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This series should have been Joe Kelly with Ed McGuiness for 8 issues with no side dishes wasting time then maybe it would work because what the editors did here was just bad. This issue tries hard to over-correct with some clichés but Ed McGuinness back on art killing it somewhat bring it back from death "8 deaths of ASM issues" although that last page was way too corny.

Christos Gage is different and it took a few minutes to adjust to his writing but the story has nothing. We started the first few issues so well then we're here and it sucks. Mark Buckingham's art is great. What a waste.

Not going right at all. I see what they want to do but the delivery and structure is all wrong. Then the art has some good but after McGuiness/Cafu it's a high bar to follow.

Downgrade and just lacking from writing/editing/art. People are trying I can see that but this fails.

Great issue despite the forced ending that we knew was coming a mile away. Still a great old concept done different. Cafu is perfect!

Nothing ground breaking but it's just enough to not make it boring. Hard to change an already known outcome but Justina does well.

Justina Ireland does a seamless transition and writes an nice one. I enjoyed her take on this story and it works. Never heard of Gleb Melnikov before so first time seeing and it's great!