Amazing Spider-Man #63

Overall, this is a solid issue that delivers a powerful punch, leaving you wondering if Spidey can recover. With three lives already spent, he's down to just five. How will Spidey overcome this formidable third Scion? I guess we'll have to wait and see in the next installment. Read Full Review

Cyrios forces Peter to revisit Yesterday and laments his inability to Let It Be while ignoring that mindfulness and judgmentalism don't Come Together. As Peter struggles to prevent past failures from ruining his present, more scions of Cyttorak study him in Amazing Spider-Man #63. One seeks power, the other freedom, and both have likely watched Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure. Read Full Review

Justina Ireland pens a fantastic issue in place of Joe Kelly, and it's one that sets up a lot of interesting possibilities going forward. The issue is a lot of fun to read, and is also an emotional one that will pull at your heartstrings a little bit. Between the writing, the artwork & the color it makes for an incredible issue. And it's an issue that I would definitely recommend reading sooner rather than later, because you are NOT going to want to miss the next issue. Read Full Review

With Justina Ireland at the helm, it truly seems like the future is bright for Peter Parker once more. This issue was filled with a vindicating amount of character maturity, depth, and struggle that never once felt forced, elevating the main story of 8 Deaths to a place where the stakes have grown more troubling for Peter on a personal level. With even better art in tow, this is this issue that proves the worth of this story and cements it as a genuine pace-changer for the title. Read Full Review

This was by far the best Spider-Man and Black Cat's dynamic has been written in a long time. Read Full Review

After a looong period of Spidey being a ping-pong ball, it's nice to see a clever, thoughtful, and proactive hero in action. Melnikov's art and the new costume are really attactive as well. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #63 continues the inventive and tense '8 Deaths of Spider-Man' storyline, but uneven pacing and minor art flaws hold it back from being a standout issue in the arc. Read Full Review

Amazing Spider-Man #63 pits Spider-Man against the third scion of Cyttorak for a time-hopping battle designed to crush Spidey's spirit. Justine Ireland joins the title to deliver an issue with a solid plot at a high level and strong personal moments between Peter and his circle of friends and family. Unfortunately, the main event gets shortchanged with a poor setup, poor resolution, and too little page space in favor of slice-of-life drama. Read Full Review

Toonstrack

Jan 10, 2025

This arc has been creative in how Peter has to outsmart the villains rather than just punch them. I especially liked the twist with this one and Peter using her abilities against her. its an enjoyable arc so far

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Gio - Jan 10, 2025

Lame review, if you actually read the issue Peter did not use his "abilities" he used his strategic mind to talk to his past self to surprise Cyrios. Oh but I thought I didn't read the issue? Lol. Don't be butthurt that some people might actually disagree with your opinion and not like this issue or the direction Spider-Man is being dragged in. Grow up, people have different points of view. Like Marvel is not paying you to defend their shit comic.

Toonstrack - Jan 10, 2025

Hilariously, you didn't read my review correctly lol. I said that he used HER abilities against her. Meaning, he used Cyrios own technique of time traveling in a creative way to get the jump on her.

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Dec 12, 2024

Plot Spider-man faces Cyrios, she has the power to travel in time and makes him see all his past tragedies that Peter identifies as failures, she has control of his movements while she watches him suffer. Peter understands the temporal paradoxes and reminds himself that he hits her as Spider-man, and thus defeats her, but dies. Peter feels that he does not achieve a good balance between Spider-Man and his responsibilities as Peter Parker, he asks Black Cat for advice and she tells him that he should take advantage of the joy of small moments and not wait for the great successes to enjoy later. This installment does not show an advance in the story, it is like a bridge for what is coming, of course it closes with Juggernaut being call ed by CYTTORAK to attack Spider-man. Art It is very detailed and maintains a very straight tone and similar to John Romita Jr, but without the textures. Summary Spider-man relives his most painful tragedies and turns them into powerful failures, but a piece of advice makes him change his perspective on life. more

Afre

Dec 19, 2024

I'll be honest. I liked this. A lot. Maybe it's because of new writer who was doing something different? But damn, the writing here felt so much better. Both Felicia and Shay were written well. I was actually invested and not just being tired of doing the same thing. Ireland doesn't break new ground here. But she does something effective and has a great voice for Peter. Something that is more mature and not just sad miserable loser who shoots jokes from a machine gun like Kelly writes Peter. Art was really nice too! A bit rough, but good enough. Overall, I want Ireland to be new writer for ASM, not Kelly.

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Hex - Dec 24, 2024

The women were written very well (with the exception of May in my opinion). Who would have thought that when you get women to write women, things feel natural?! I would like to see what Ireland does away from 8 Deaths. I liked the direction she took with some ideas but they were hampered too much by this overall narrative.

Afre - Dec 25, 2024

Agreed! I wasn't a fan of ASM Blood Hunt tie-in, but this was much better showcase of her talent. And I desperately want someone new to ASM and having Joe Kelly run next made me so much more disinterested in the whole book.

Hex - Dec 25, 2024

Yeah they really fumbled the bag on the announcement. "Hey get excited for the new run after 8 Deaths! It's the same guy! Why aren't you clapping?"

Kalaoui

Aug 28, 2025

Justina Ireland does a seamless transition and writes an nice one. I enjoyed her take on this story and it works. Never heard of Gleb Melnikov before so first time seeing and it's great!

DDJamesB

Dec 12, 2024

It's a type of story that's been done before with Peter facing his biggest failures, but it's more entertaining than the last 2 issues were.

Kenjamin

Mar 18, 2025

Art: 3/5 Story: 3/5 Total: 6/10

Hex

Dec 24, 2024

I was really close to actually liking this one but I had a hard realization at the end. This is not Peter Parker. No matter how down he gets, what is going on in his life, people dying, him struggling, whatever. He would never yell at May like he did. Add in the fact that there is still no real weight to any of his deaths and this still isn't a story worth it's time in reading yet. I am more engaged than I was previously but the fact that we still have several more issues before this arc wraps does not excite me. We're only on death three of eight. It's also incredibly derivative going back to Peter's "biggest failures" for no impact whatsoever. It didn't mean anything. That's worse than not having done it at all. Take these moments when Pe ter was at his lowest, have him barely react and poof they're gone. No resolution. No fallout or lasting guilt. I understand that he has long since moved on from these tragedies but to be IN them once more would wreck Peter more than any other hero. He is defined by his failures more than his successes. There are some positives I will add to this. I really enjoyed the conversation between Peter and Felicia. It felt natural, funny when it was appropriate, real and weighty when it needed to be. I want more of that in Spider-Man. He's not just Action-Man. What makes him relatable is that he deals with things like we all do outside of being a superhero. We've been lacking that tether to Peter Parker for a while. Additionally, Gleb Melnikov really hooked me. I liked the art here a lot more than I have McGuinness'. It's like a cleaner, prettier looking though inconsistently off model John Romita Jr. more

Chris Y

Dec 17, 2024

This felt like reading a crappy backup story in an old annual. The clunky dialogue and average 90s art don’t help either.

fthissite

Dec 15, 2024

How much longer does Marvel think they can keep shoving this tired version of Peter down our throats? As long as we keep buying this book I guess. This was a train wreck of an issue. It's meaningless and vague to the point of exasperation. The whole deus ex machina moment almost had me stop reading right then and there. Fun and interesting art with terrible dialogue and an asinine plot equal a big miss/mess for what is supposed to be one of Marvel's flagship titles. I'm giving it an extra point for the one joke I liked. The inevitability of bed time line was cute.

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Gio - Dec 15, 2024

Just stop buying the issues. I dropped it and am staying away from ASM again. I ended up doing that with the Zeb Wells run at issue #14. Just have too be happy with reading old Spidey comics or other older stuff. At least for me the Ultimate comic stories by Hickman are good. But overall I have dropped so many comics that I am only interested in a few at this point, its bad!

fthissite - Dec 15, 2024 (edited)

I guess I should have said as long as everyone else keeps buying this book. I sure as hell didn't buy it. The internet is wonderful. I meant us as comic fans. I just read it to check out the new writers and it's worse than the Wells run.

Toonstrack - Jan 10, 2025

Someone who pirated the issue AND doesn't know what a deus ex machina is doesnt like the book. How will marvel recover?

fthissite - Feb 18, 2025 (edited)

Wow. Your....kind of a dick dude. A burn from someone who's opinion means less than nothing. How will I recover? Lol. Future Pete just showing up to save the day sounds like an unexpected solution pulled out of the writers backside to me pal. I'll just nip this in the bud annnnnnd blocked. Go back to 2018 with your own kind Karen and keep your snideness to yourself. Those that have to be around you will appreciate it I'm sure.

Gio

Dec 12, 2024

Amazing Spider-Man is dead. This was nothing but the Demon Cyrios dragging Peter through all of his tragic 'member moments throughout his life. The dialogue was even worse than the previous issue, no improvement at all. Was willing to give it another chance but I'm dropping ASM for good. I lasted 14 issues with Zeb Wells, this lasted me by issue #3. And I mean for good... Not a single line of dialogue stuck with me, it all went out one ear and out the other, not a single panel had a decent action drawing or just good drawing at all. The best part about this comic was page 12 or 13 where Peter fools Cyrios punches her down the floor, and she is shown laying down in a sexy position wearing lingerie with her ass pointing right at the reader, no joke. Amazing Spider-Man is dead, your all just fondling it's corpse at this point and I refuse to support this trash. more

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Toonstrack - Jan 10, 2025

Guy who's upset about a knocked out female character makes a joke about fondling corpses... maybe you're projection onto this book lol? In any case, a low effort, bad faith review. "This was nothing but the villain doing bad things to spider man to hurt him". Are you reading what you're saying?

Gio - Jan 10, 2025

Did I hit a nerve?

Toonstrack - Jan 10, 2025

Did this book hit a nerve?

Gio - Jan 10, 2025

I guess you've got nothing better than to bug a guy who has an opinion you don't like?