Amazing Spider-Man #49

Spider-Man revels in an angst-free dustup until a killer convinces him to save the gangland lieutenant of his best friend's ex from a life hiding in the shadows in Amazing Spider-Man #49. Read Full Review

Romita Jr delivers some great action in the issue. Beyond the vampire fights, the fight in the enclosed space with White Rabbit was beautifully executed. Read Full Review

This issue delivers a top-notch example of how to utilize an event tie-in to support the best elements of an ongoing series, and regular readers ought to be glad that vampires paid Amazing Spider-Man a visit this month. Read Full Review

Power and Responsibility might not be enough as Spider-Man is thrown into the deep water of Blood Hunt. Wells crafts a steady tale pushing Spidey on his moral code. Romita and the team welcome readers into the dark and terrifying world of the vampires with strong imagery. Jump on board and see where things lead the wall-crawler now! Read Full Review

It's a great installment that proves there is something interesting lurking in between the pages of the larger Amazing Spider-Man story. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #49 ties into the Blood Hunt event with a mildly entertaining side adventure. The art is decent enough, and Spidey learns a valuable lesson about treating vampires like people, too. However, the story contributes nothing to the Blood Hunt plot, so non-ASM regulars can skip it. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #49 gives readers a taste of what Spider-Man deals with when killing vampires or narrowly escaping are his only options. An interesting bit about the civilian victims getting turned is a highlight, but it's mostly a quick setup without much payoff. Read Full Review

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

May 08, 2024

Plot This comic supports the Blood Hunt event, Spider-man tries to stop the Vampire massacre in New York, when Katreem contacts him to help him save his friend Rabbit, who works for Tombstone but is now a vampire. In the Marvel Universe the rule applies that if you kill the vampire who turned you, you are cured, so Peter helps stop the person who turned Rabbit into a vampire, but he is a victim of the situation who even chained himself up so as not to harm others. Nobody, however Kareem stakes him and kills him. Spider-man doesn't know how to deal with this situation, but he doesn't want to kill vampires who can be cured and who are ultimately innocent. Dark episode full of action and terror. Art John Romita Jr achieves that g loomy, gloomy tone of this situation and incorporates it into the unique body language he gives to Spider-man with his art. It is a privilege to read comics illustrated by this legend who always evolves in using you. Summary Spider-man must deal with the war against the vampires and try to stop them and save those people who were infected.This comic highlights the drama of this vampire attack. more

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BirdmanG07 - May 11, 2024

But why a 10?

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG - May 16, 2024

Because it's a Spidey story with Vampires, it's the noble soul of Peter trying to cope with this end of the world scenario. And JRJR art...incredible!!!

Jawnyblaze

May 13, 2024

Really good small scope zoomed in perspective on the big catastrophic event going on right now. Great writing, and somehow great art. I've never been a fan of JRJR at all but I'm actually really enjoying his run on ASM right now. Quality stuff.

Afre

May 08, 2024

This was a really good tie-in. For someone who had no interest in Blood Hunt, Wells and JRJR delivered. It's sad that this continues in tie-in issues, but with #50 being next, I get why.

AmericanHealthcare

Jun 03, 2024

This is the best single issue I've read since jumping into this Wells run. Too bad Peter isn't going to *do* anything with this momentary introspection.

Hex

May 08, 2024

The art looks so phoned in if Spider-Man or anything without any action isn't on panel. It's so disappointing. The only thing saving the art is the amazing coloring that really doesn't seem to hit until page 6. As for the story, for someone who isn't diving into Blood Hunt yet this was an engaging and pretty harmless tie-in. Its nice to see Peter getting upset about the world around him constantly turning to crap instead of being so conditioned by it that he's lost his empathy for the city.

Psycamorean

May 08, 2024

This is a good issue, with baffling editorial decisions behind it. Wells does his best with what he can do in the space of one issue. One of the best things about Wells' run is how he writes Peter's empathy and that comes out in spades in this issue. JRJR's art isn't terrible but there's a fine line between awkward and dynamic, and Romita keeps falling into awkward in this book. I don't know why this issue exists. Why end this book on a cliffhanger leading into a separate miniseries? Usually with these sorts of tie-ins, it ends with a vague "See what happens next in the main event", and that's fine enough. You can tell your small story and get out, and readers won't wonder how it all plays out. In this case though, you have to read a sep arate miniseries to get the conclusion to your story. It's frustrating. And the best reason Lowe can give is that they just couldn't stop the Goblin story? Bleh. more

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Psycamorean - May 9, 2024

The alternative is to make 49 something else, avoiding Blood Hunt entirely and saving it all for the miniseries.

Afre - May 9, 2024

Agreed, I feel like previous Chasm story could've been a three-parter from 47 to 49 and then this would've been part of it's own mini-series from Wells.

Screaming Enigma

May 24, 2024

A good tie-in issue here, but I can't help but wish this was another issue of the Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt miniseries. Especially since Wells wrote this issue and Justina Ireland is writing the miniseries. I think it would help to make things a little more cohesive. Also, I feel as though the previous arc could have been stretched out a bit more and it could have ended here, rather than only being two issues. Thus, the Blood Hunt miniseries could have been four issues instead of three. Either way, this was a good read thanks to Wells. As for Romita Jr., he had some solid work here, but he's still not my preferred artist on this title.

Kalaoui

Sep 16, 2024

A steady good story as a one off tie-in. Wells can do some good stuff but his overall storytelling is still very disjointed. I'm glad I escaped spoilers because I'll read Blood Hunt as a Trade later. Hate it or love it, at this level Romita Jr. delivers his consistent art as was issue 1 thanks to the same inker Scott Hanna and colorist Marcio Menyz being there the whole time. It works for me even if it feels like I'm re-reading a story from 15 years ago. I miss Todd Nauck already but I'll enjoy McGuinness around the corner for the 50th. I just Hope Wells can deliver but my hopes are very low at this point.

DDJamesB

May 08, 2024

Did I actually have a decent time reading this? I did. It was a decent Spider-Man conflicted type story.

Mout

May 30, 2024

Decent issue

BirdmanG07

May 11, 2024

Random fill in issue for a big event. It was fine for what it was. I dislike JRJRs art, but I will give credit when it’s due. There were actually some nice panels in this one. The cover is mediocre though.

Kenjamin

Sep 26, 2024

Art: 3/5 Story: 3.5/5 Total: 6.5/10