Alec Thorn Comic Reviews

A nail-biting and terrifying beginning to one of Marvel's boldest events, filled with incredible art, writing, and character moments that keep you on the edge of your seat and begging for the next issue.

A fascinating and uncomfortable deep-dive into the mind of Samir, with beautiful art, character development, and topics that might give any reader cold feet.

A grim and chilling story, giving us insight into the symbiote's mind and perspective during its time with Peter Parker.

A great conclusion to storyline that jumpstarts the webhead in a new and exciting way.

A good tension-breaker for the web-head, with lots of well-done comedy, art, and character moments, but needing a bit more from the latter.

An endearing and heart-felt issue between two of the unlikeliest of friends in the Spider-Man comics.

A great start to a new story arc for the web-head, presenting a great mystery, focusing more on certain characters, and throwing the readers for a loop at the end

An exciting development in the Heist storyline, and while Peter is a bit more passive, Felicia and MJ get wonderful development from Spencer

A fun, thrilling, and emotional conclusion to the Heist story arc

A fun, hilarious, and somewhat touching holiday issue for the web-head that doesn't take itself too seriously, in a good way

An enjoyable issue that further sets up the next big storyline, albeit with rushed art and story details

An enjoyable payoff to a somewhat underwhelming mini-arc, for which the only purpose is to set up a future storyline

A proper set up for the event that develops the story and characters nicely, although is confused on what the villain wants

A great start to an supposedly unassuming event for our favorite web-slinger

An exciting development that raises the Hunted storyline to a whole new level, and focuses on the personal stakes at hand perfectly

An incredible continuation of this storyline with exciting development for the main characters

An exciting story and character-driven development of the Hunted storyline

As Hunted nears its end, this issue pulls out all the emotionally cathartic stops, and sets up a grand finale that will hopefully meet most expectations

A fantastic climax to the ongoing Hunted storyline that gives great resolutions to the hero and villain, while everything else looks to be fully resolved next issue.

A satisfying epilogue to Hunted that delivers for a lot of characters and their resolutions, but somewhat lacking in others.

An incredibly good set up for Peter, MJ, Mysterio, and the new villain, but could be a little bit better.

A monumental rollercoaster of a Spidey issue that delivers on the excitement and emotions, but doesn't essentially follow up on what was promised.

An important, heartfelt, and stellar one-shot for the web-head that teases what's to come in the future.

A promising start to yet another Marvel event, with fantastic art from Gleason, smart writing from Spencer, and great character work with both Peter and Miguel.

A fun, yet tedious set-up for the 2099 event that introduces some unique story elements, but leaves certain characters to the wayside

An enjoyable adventure featuring the web-head and Boomerang, but lacks any real depth and stakes.

A brutal fight night between Spider-Man and Kindred delivers on emotion and scale, but leaves one still questioning where this story is even going.

Genuinely fantastic art and fun battles do little to save this deteriorating storyline from its lack of direction and constantly going in circles until the final issue.

A disappointing and frustrating end to a disappointing and frustrating arc, that truly makes me as a reader wonder what the point of all the build-up was.

A great continuation from the first issue, with an incredibly intriguing story, well-done characters, and fantastic art to boot

A lackluster one-off and prequel that has some merit, but overall fails at introducing these new versions of Peter Parker and Uncle Ben.

A strong final issue for the build up to Spider-Geddon, with lots of good world-building, character moments, and heart.

A fantastic first issue, as well as jumping-on point, for this more small-scale look at the life of Peter Parker / Spider-Man

A great continuation of a fantastic first issue that offers up a lot of fun, comedy, and heart

An emotional love letter from a talented writer and artist to one of the greatest characters ever created.

Overall, I think this is a promising new start for the character and her story, but only time will tell if Bendis and co. can deliver an interesting and compelling story.

An exciting, insane, and emotionally-gripping issue of Spencer & Locke 2 that pays respect and attention to each major player in the story

An exhilarating and shocking conclusion that gives you everything you'd want and expect, while leaving you begging for more.

A very well-done introduction for Insomniac's Spider-Man from Earth-1048, as well as a great prelude to Spider-Geddon.

An enjoyable, yet flawed and underwhelming start to Marvel's big Spider-Event.

Spider-Geddon continues to limp its way through, with great art, characters, and fights, but being dragged down by a story that's taking forever to set up.

A disappointing issue that has some enjoyment in it, but overall continues the messy downward spiral of this event.

A slight improvement from an art and character perspective, but still continues to be a story of white noise that has no direction in sight at all.

A weak finale to a weak event that unfortunately can't be saved, despite some entertaining action and character moments.

One of the most shocking, harrowing, and gut-punching beginnings to any Spidey story I've ever read. Without a doubt, it's gonna be one for the ages.

An entertaining trip down memory lane for one of Marvel's most popular characters

An exhilarating conclusion to an arc that revitalizes the character of Eddie Brock.

A great and emotional set up for the next chapter of Eddie's story, and shows no signs of dropping in effort and quality.

An emotionally-driven issue for Venom that develops the characters and story in a masterful way

A quieter, more personal issue that puts Eddie up against his inner demons, in an incredibly emotional way

A dark, disturbing, and harrowing chapter in the tragic life of Eddie Brock

An incredibly thought-provoking and cathartic chapter in the life of Eddie Brock

An emotional, yet anti-climactic conclusion to the Abyss story arc that could potentially be messed up by future events

The return of Donny Cates as the writer spells out an incredible psychological story about Eddie Brock's journey without the symbiote, heading towards an unstoppable hurricane of disaster.

Overall, this is a strong chapter in the event of Absolute Carnage that goes beyond just developing the story. From bringing back Sleeper, to developing and teasing interesting avenues with Dylan, this book is not gonna be one to skip when it comes to keeping up with the overall event. From the character work to the stakes, to the nail-biting tension, I enjoyed it thoroughly, and I'm incredibly excited to see where it all goes next.

A good chapter within the larger ongoing story that does its job well, while further planting the seeds for the future of the characters

An emotional, interesting, and surprising epilogue to Absolute Carnage that wraps up the event neatly while setting up exciting future stories.

A great first issue for this arc, and I look forward to seeing how this story unfolds for our favorite web-slinging' anti-hero.

This issue is somewhat underwhelming compared to the prior one, and is easily predictable plot-wise. Things that were good from the previous issue are still present, but the story is beginning to show its cracks.

A solid issue that picks up the pace and quality, but still feels rushed overall in terms of story.

An enjoyable, yet mixed-bag conclusion to an enjoyable, yet mixed-bag mini-series of Marvel's lethal protector.

A great concept with some great moments, but held back by the format it's put under.