Amazing Spider-Man #24

I'm also highly intrigued to see how things with Ben Reilly and another major returned villain (you can probably guess who) now that they are back in the Marvel Universe. Both characters have been through some major events"including their own deaths"which have changed them drastically from the last time they were regular members of the Spider-Man cast. Even if the big fights in this issue were somewhat lackluster, the plot threads emerging from its aftermath should be all types of fun to watch unfold. Read Full Review

I wont rush to revisit this event again soon but I did like seeing the journey and will be back for the Omega issue next week ... why not?  Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #24 does the job of tying up some of the loose ends from the Clone Conspiracy while setting the table for more Spider-books in the near future. However, there's nothing about the issue that sells any of these new books as a "must" for readers and the Ben Reilly character remains a mess. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #24 answers some questions left open from The Clone Conspiracy #5's ending. In doing so Dan Slott and Christos Gage create interest for future stories involving the likes of Doctor Octopus, whenever he reappears in Amazing Spider-Man. At the same time, this issue failed to create a compelling reason to want to read an ongoing Scarlet Spider comic book featuring the current version of Ben Reilly. That failure makes Amazing Spider-Man #24 only a comic book for the most diehard Spider-Man fans to buy. Read Full Review

The Clone Conspiracy disappointed with its abrupt, open-ended finale issue, and this epilogue chapter doesn't do enough to give the event the closure it needed. It focuses too little on Otto Octavius, and it doesn't do enough to shift Ben Reilly from sinister villain to compelling protagonist again. Giuseppe Camuncoli's art is always a draw, but this series clearly needs a fresh start. Read Full Review

Rick Jonez

Feb 23, 2017

Nothing really new from CC #5 other than 20 pages of Miles and Ben and Ock getting away after sharing a few punches.

Spock's Brain

Feb 28, 2017

Echhh. Why does this issue exist? To see that Ben Reilly escapes with his life? They could have done that in his own soon-to-launch title (which I will buy when clones roam the earth in real life). I liked the event proper, but the "Amazing" tie-ins were hit and miss, and I look forward to new things next month (Immonen!)

Granfalloon

Apr 21, 2017

This issue was a low point in an average event.

CrazyforRAMU

Oct 31, 2017

"How We Survived the Zombie Clone Apocalypse, by Doc Ock and Ben Reilly." I wonder if these resurrections carry special weight for folks who are more invested in the characters. Ben Reilly is out and about in the Marvel universe again whether or not I love him. So is Doc Ock, and I am jazzed about that. This issue, which is slanted 90/10 toward Ben's story, didn't do a lot to help me fall in love with Ben Reilly. That's this event in a nutshell: Just a Thing That Happened without any real impact on my understanding of / appreciation for Spider-history. I think that's far short of what the creators were hoping for.

Kgphil01

Feb 23, 2017

This is yet another terrible event for Marvel. Just as with the last issue of the clone conspiracy the tone is all over the place. Moments that should feel like they have weight to them are ruined with awful one liners. The story had so much going on in the beginning only to have the quickest and sloppiest of endings imaginable. I'm giving this a 4 only because of the art. I unfortunately collect all the amazing spidey issues I can so I will continue to buy it. But I don't think I'll be reading them until Slott is off the book.