Amazing Spider-Man #29

Francesco Manna does an amazing job with the art in this issue. The action is great and the art in the quiet, conversational moments is sublime. Read Full Review

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

Amazing Spider-Man is always at its best when the series includes Peter's supporting cast, and this issue does this in stride as it continues to ramp up the title's drama. Read Full Review

Writer Nick Spencer takes a breather post "Hunted", and before jumping head first into "Absolute Carnage," with a fantastic one and done story that focuses on the Peter/Mary Jane relationship. Read Full Review

This issue pushes Mary Jane temporarily off-stage but gives her a terrific sendoff by carefully exploring what she means to Peter right now. The Spider-Man antics are a touch generic, but if that's a result of concentrating the book's considerable storytelling powers on the relationship content, the trade-off is definitely worth it. Read Full Review

Props to Francesco Manna. This book was fresh. A lot of the book was dialogue and the faces here were crisp. The colorist, Carlos Lopez deserves credit too. The beginning of the book is very bright colored as Spider-Man converses with Mary Jane and Aunt May. Later, when the villain is introduced the book switches to a dark hue and it creates a visual shift to go along with the tone. The book does have some action scenes that are nothing to scoff at. There's a full page back and forth between Spider-Man fighting A.I.M and Mary Jane waiting that was well mapped and cinematic. Next month, we get one of the most terrifying Spider-Man villains of all time. Read Full Review

Personally, I'm always invested in the more grounded world around Peter. Seeing Peter and Mary Jane together, discussing how they can continue to move forward with their lives, even when life as Spider-Man tests them constantly. I think Nick Spencer does a great service when he gets to write moments like these. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #29 is one of the best issues to date from Nick Spencer's run on this series. Spencer does a fantastic job writing Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson and Aunt May's characters throughout this issue. The way he explores the state of Peter and Mary Jane's relationship in particular is the heart of the story that is presented. That heart is strong enough to create a lot of interest in the future of both Amazing Spider-Man and the upcoming Amazing Mary Jane series. Read Full Review

Psycamorean

Sep 11, 2019

This is probably one of my favorite issues in the entire run. Peter Parker is best when he's most relatable and there's a lot relatable in being a letdown. On the more meta side of things, this is a huge leap forward in undoing One More Day, which is what most every Spidey fan wants. So I'm super excited about that. The next two issues being Absolute Carnage tie-ins isn't necessarily a letdown, but I just hope they aren't just two issues of a tie-in. I hope that the ongoing narrative continues in those issues as well.

bstoi

Sep 12, 2019

A great issue! It's always impressive when a one-shot issue movies the narrative of the entire run forward. It's great to have Peter front and center again.

This guy, right?

Sep 25, 2019

Classic Spidey predicament. Nick Spencer writes a great Chameleon like in Superior Foes.

Nickweiser

Sep 11, 2019

Poor Peter...

Afre

Sep 12, 2019

I liked it. A lot. Spencer doesn't act like Teresa doesn't exist, which is nice. MJ and Peter are not doing "will we, won't we" like in Slott's books, but instead are going forward. And I love it. May's speech for Peter was good. Also art is great. Andf that last page was so good!

Giovanefumettaro

Sep 12, 2019

The best issue until now

EDiakota

Sep 12, 2019

"I can't believe you jinxed us like that tiger. " -Mary Jane Watson

huz

Sep 27, 2019

A nice improvement over the last few issues. Looking forward to Absolute Carnage tie-ins.

Kalaoui

Sep 13, 2019

It's good and Spencer comes back to what he should've done earlier but OK It's here. Let's see where we go now?

Spacey Medicine

Sep 18, 2019

Aww Peter you dummy.

CrazyforRAMU

Mar 31, 2020

Pete misses MJ's departure for Hollywood due to a classic bout of Spider-business. There are some heartstring-plucking hooks to the outcome of both the Spider-stuff and the relationship content, and there's a superb Aunt May conversation, too. The issue gets a powerful script and very fitting guest art -- the storytelling is nigh faultless. It's a familiar story, though; an old dance enacted by new dancers.

allenquanobi

Sep 11, 2019

Yes, Spencer is going back to character building with MJ and Pete. Finally, its been a couple issues without them. This issue is highly hinting at what many fans want, I don't wanna spoil it but it has to do with a very unpopular decision made with Spidey around 2008 ;) if Spencer goes through with this, Im on board again, he lost me with the last couple issues, but if this is gonna be the decision, then make it so. But we all know marvel editorial has burned us before...

Debbie

Sep 12, 2019

Winning me back.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln

Sep 12, 2019

Well, the cliffhanger was nice but predictable. I am still a bit sore it took until MJ left for this book to have any meaningful interaction between the two.

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Psycamorean - Sep 12, 2019

Always find a way to complain, godspeed.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln - Sep 13, 2019

Yeah, always find a way to complain about my reviews.

Psycamorean - Sep 13, 2019

Because they make no sense.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln - Sep 13, 2019

Probably because you like it. Just a wild guess.

Psycamorean - Sep 13, 2019

You seem supremely biased.