Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #304

I hope we can find a way of keeping this “outside of time” Spidey. I think that would be cool.  But, I'm sure it will all get fixed somehow. The art is fanatic and does a great job paying homage to the old Amazing Spider-Man while interesting key new elements to the characters.  Pick this book up! I have no doubt you're gonna love it! Read Full Review

A fun issue that's a great one if you like elseworlds tales. Read Full Review

So far, I like the set up for this arc more than I did the last one. It’s got just enough twists and turns that aren’t just there for shock value and they’re satisfying pay offs for loose threads left over from Amazing Fantasy. I look forward to seeing what happens with this so strangely lucky but tortured Peter. Having Adam Kubert on art is definitely a plus, but I hope the visuals start to match the tone of the dialogue better. Definitely follow up on the series if you enjoyed Amazing Fantasy, because this is surely it’s second part and builds off of it well. Read Full Review

This series remains the best Spidey comic on the stands today. Read Full Review

Story works well in the sense that you knew something like this was going to happen next, but there are enough surprises sprinkled throughout the narrative to keep you interested. Read Full Review

Adventures in a strange, alternate timeline with his sister and step-brother... What's not to like? Read Full Review

DDJamesB

May 10, 2018

I honestly can't stop praising this arc. This series has become the #1 Spidey book for me. It's just exactly what it should be and knows what it is without trying too hard. The art is always good and this issue keeps the success going.

Dispatchdcu

May 13, 2018

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten. If you haven’t been following along lately, let me get you caught up quick. The Tinkerer set up aliens to come to the planet and the only way to stop them was with time travel. If they go back to one of the Tinkerer’s first bank robberies, they would be able to get the plans to stop the alien invasion..... somehow.... So, the individuals tasked to help stop the invasion were Teresa (a spy), J Jonah Jameson, and Spidey. When they travel back in time, they enlist the help of a young Nick Fury and rookie teenage Spidey to help them get the intel to stop the inva sion in the future. But old JJJ talks to young JJJ who outs Spidey’s identity to the Green Goblin by accident. So, the Green Goblin captures Aunt May and young Spidey in order to kill them and ruin their lives. They stop Goblin, Aunt May finds out Peter’s Spider-Man, and we also find out that Theresa ( the spy) is actually Peters long lost bio-sis. Just pure craziness! So in THIS issue JJJ, Theresa, and Spidey go back to the future to find out that’s it’s totally different. Turns out, Peter stopped being Spider-Man. His encounter with his older self and Goblin set him over the edge to retire, which led to Norman controlling everything, Harry Osborn as President, and the disbandment of Super Heroes, villains captured, and many Villains and Super Heroes alike working for Osborn with Octobots acting like police robots. JJJ, Theresa, and Spidey see a Parker Industries building in the distance and go to ask for help and to see what’s going on! They find Peter Parker there married to Gwen Stacey! Now, brace yourself before you freak out about how this is possible, I think Chip ( the writer) is playing off the time travel idea that the travelers are jumping from alternate timeline to timeline. more

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Dispatchdcu - May 13, 2018

Meaning, when they went back in time, that WAS their past. But just them being their altered the future, changed events, and made it so that their future was not only different, but that they never time traveled and never had the alien invasion they originally went back for. Our 3 heroes are now out of time and not erased. So, we now have an alternate timeline AND the original timeline’s JJJ, Theresa, and Spidey. So that’s how we can have two Peters there. I hope that kinda made sense....

Dispatchdcu - May 13, 2018

Anyway, the new timeline Peter has not been Spider-Man since they originally left the past and vowed to make the world a better place without being a Super Hero. He made tech for the world and sold it for cheap to the public while Gwen secretly helped the underground of heroes that were left in the game.

Dispatchdcu - May 13, 2018

Our O.G. Spidey wants to fix the timeline and Gwen wants to help. So, she guides them to the last of the resistance consisting up RiRi, Cap, and Doctor Strange. Long story short; they need Doom to help them time travel out of this mess to fix it since he’s the only one they think will understand it but Osborn has him locked up in Prison. So, O.G. Spidey breaks in and with some Doctor Strange spells, gets the rest of the underground into the prison to free Dr. Doom.

Dispatchdcu - May 13, 2018

But waiting for them is a Venomized Ben Grimm. Wow!!! That was a lot. You still with me? Now, you are all caught up. As for this issue, I love the time travel angle. I love the alternate timeline idea but I find it a bit unbelievable that Norman Osborn is part of the reason all heroes and villain are basically gone. I don’t see how that would be possible. I know Chip probably doesn’t have time to explain why that all happened but it’s hard for me to swallow.

Dispatchdcu - May 13, 2018

If I suspend my believe of that, it’s a really cool story. Chip can write the humor of Spidey well, and has created a very interesting story over the past 6 issues. He’s given us throwback team ups to the old Amazing Spider-Man, the old Green Goblin and Doc Ock, while creating brand new ideas for characters like a Venomized Ben Grimm, a sister for Peter, and an Aunt May that knows Peter’s Spider-Man. I hope we can find a way of keeping this “outside of time” Spidey. I think that would be cool.

Dispatchdcu - May 13, 2018

But, I’m sure it will all get fixed somehow. The art is fanatic and does a great job paying homage to the old Amazing Spider-Man while interesting key new elements to the characters. Pick this book up! I have no doubt you’re gonna love it! If you like what you heard, love talking all types of comics, and are interested in joining a comic chat group, hit me up at dispatchdcu@gmail.com or @dispatchdcu on twitter. Catch you all later! Peace

Spock's Brain

Jun 21, 2018

Chip Zdarsky continues his excellent run on this series as Spidey, Teresa, and Jonah are again hurtled through time, now to see the consequences of their last interaction with this universe's Peter Parker. This issue is fun and exciting, and Zdarsky is doing a nice job with Jonah's characterization, as he realizes Spider-Man is an entirely different thing than the imaginary villain he has been waging war against for years. The Kubert art isn't as sharp and refreshing as Joe Quinones' on the last arc, but his style seems to be getting a bit rougher and maybe a bit more interesting. Great book!

CrazyforRAMU

Nov 25, 2018

Peter and friends actually believed Dr. Doom when he said their time-travel adventure would have no repercussions. Ha! Now they've landed in the "present" of the timeline they messed up, and it's … well … messed up. It features some intriguing plot twists and an excellent character moment for Jonah. The art puts a ceiling on my rating, though. It had fine bones but the finish is terribly rough. I'm an MU reader and I'm wondering what this issue looks like on paper. There's a healthy chunk in the middle that feels like half-pages floating in gigantic black borders; how's that look in print?