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Oct 24, 2019
My head aches lol
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Oct 30, 2019
An amazing (get it?) one shot. Some many writers and artist by the amount alone could have easily made this comic go wrong, but they manage to create a great story and visuals to go with it. It always had me guessing and it has a beautiful message at the end. Nothing else to say except, thank you to everyone who work on this Amazing Spider-Man tale.
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Nov 01, 2019
Bought the blank cover to this one. Excellent story, very creative. Some of the best spidey art out currently out there. I wouldn’t mind more of these kind of books, but not just spidey and marvel. Imagine Spawn or flash with this format. I works well.
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Oct 23, 2019
This was really well done. Which isn't surprising given the creators on this book. But what really blew me away was how they were able to stick the landing the way they did to create a pretty poignant message about Spider-Man as a character. As you can see in the back-up section with everyone's messages about the final chapter, Nick Spencer, Gerry Duggan and Al Ewing were the real stars of that. I think you can see their strengths come out here. Gerry Duggan got everyone on the right track, he's good with ideas. Just look at his work. Full of good ideas, even if sometimes the execution is lacking. Al Ewing is a problem solver and knows how to take disparate elements and create a cohesive whole with them, as he does here. He knows how to sol
ve these storytelling puzzles. That's why he's so great with continuity and elevating weaker stories. And then you have Nick Spencer, who brings the character and the heart. He understands Spider-Man so well. His strongsuit has always been character. Whether it's Sam Wilson as he struggles to deal with his new identity of Captain America. Or Hydra Steve, who is a perfect inversion of the Steve we all know. Or Boomerang, as he manipulates everyone for his own gain. Or Peter, someone who's always trying to do their best and yet makes mistakes, as we all do. Marvel tends to showcase their talent through anthologies, but I feel like they should do these types of stories instead. This was a very successful experiment and it's one of the few times 80 pages felt like a breeze for me. more
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Oct 27, 2019
Whew... awesomely exhausting read!! Worth the price of admission
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Nov 01, 2019
This book has no reason to exist. And yet it provided all the reasoning to exist and entertain. Amazingly this book isn't a mess, it has a story that is entertaining and respects the character of spider man. Such a slew of talent came together to write this love letter to Marvel's best character and it shows, especially with the ending. The art throughout is magnificent also, and the dialogue is very quippy and entertaining. My favorite parts were probably the beginning and the end, the story is still interesting in the middle but that's where it gets a little messy, but still entertaining. I just can't believe marvel put out a book like this
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Oct 28, 2019
This has no right to be as good as it is.
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Nov 02, 2019
This was pretty good and I had a good if occasionally confused time reading it.
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Oct 26, 2019
With such a powerhouse of creators, was there any chance this would not be great?
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May 11, 2022
A fun experiment, would love to see more of this type of creativity and collaboration for these iconic characters.
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Oct 25, 2019
I loved this. I figured it'd be pretty fun to kind of rank the separate stories in this issue, like I sometimes do with anthologies. So, without further ado…
Part 2: Right off the bat, Smallwood's art is great. Gerry Duggan's dialogue is wonderful, as per usual, and I love the way he writes Spider-Man. Ferretland is a super interesting setting for an action sequence and Duggan's reservations with it are great, because it lets Spencer really have fun with the concept. Also, I'm pretty use Duggan wrote the ending as a "F*ck it," but it ended up being a key part of many of the other stories. 10/10
Part 5: Right off the bat, you can tell Al Ewing is having fun. Sprouse's art is really fitting for that tone as well. It's silly, pretty ge
neric comic book art, but I think it works well with Ewing's writing. I especially like how this issue doesn't spend too much time on one gimmick, but it doesn't get too overstuffed. The Spider-Hams are fun, but they don't overstay their welcome. This issue also has the best use of the man in the box. 9.5/10
Part 1: Really good start. I think Bachalo's art fits perfectly with Hickman's writing and Hickman does a great job starting things simply, so that the other writers can add on later. I also love his dialogue. Great setups, lovely story. 9.5/10
Part 3: Spencer writes Spidey really well. I wasn't a huge fan of his ongoing, but this short story was really fun. Allred's art is f*cking fantastic and it fits the script perfectly. The action scenes are fun and vivid. I will say the flashback panel of Spider-Man not stopping Ben's killer just looks off though. It looks way too comical for such a serious panel. The exposition dump is made more interesting by Spider-Man's jokes, which are solid. 8.0/10
Part 8: Overall a really solid end. I love the idea of everything resetting after a doomsday event. Bagley's art is great. I feel like the last two pages are super rushed though. 7.5/10
Part 4: Schiti's art can't help but feel inferior to the previous artists, but it's still good. I like how Thompson writes Spider-Man's internal monologue as well. The action scenes are a lot of fun. Spidey's quips feel a little off at times though. I also feel like in terms of story, this is easily the least interesting part. 7.0/10
Part 7: The art is by far the worst here. I've never really been a giant Jason Aaron fan, but his writing seems to work here. I didn't enjoy it as much as Duggan's or Ewing's though. It's pretty much just getting things ready for the end, and in that respect, it does its job. Unfortunately, that makes it one of the least interesting stories. 6.5/10
Part 6: I love Chip Zdarsky, but this is one of my least favorite stories. It feels very rushed. Kinda like what Nick Spencer cautioned against in the emails, too much for just 10 pages. There are lots of necessary reveals, but I feel like they were happening way too quickly for me. I don't love the art either. 5.0/10
Also, on a final note, I really like the emails. Not sure how authentic they were, but still, it's really interesting to get behind the writing process of a comic like this. It's interesting to see different writer's strengths as well. Duggan and his ability to come up with original ideas, Ewing really paying attention to the previous stories and how the ending can tie together with all of them, Spencer really keeping everyone in check and reminding them what works in the format, etc. Also, Chip and Jonathan's emails were hilarious.
Lastly, just out of curiosity, how would y'all rank the stories here? Those of you that've read this far, anyways. more
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Oct 30, 2019
Great attempt that somehow worked. The beginning all the way to the second/third part and at the end were tight and beautiful. It got crazy loopy and stupid at the middle but I think Spencer and Duggan pulled off the ending.
Also can Smallwood do like 100 issues straight of Spider-Man I'll buy 2 of each!!
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Nov 19, 2019
Very odd bur in a good way. It was a really fun story with some great art throughout.
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Jun 01, 2020
In my opinion, Chip Zdarsky's segment launches the story over a shark. The whole thing wound up good but not great for me -- I think a more satisfying ending wouldn't need a "behind the scenes" explanation afterward.
Art nerd trivia: This form of follow-the-leader collaboration is what the OG surrealists called an "exquisite corpse."
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