Spider-Man #5

Bagley delivers great art throughout the issue. The character designs are great and I love the visual world and style of the issue as well as the visual callbacks to classic Spidey stories. Read Full Review

Peter Parker has been picked apart from every conceivable angle over the course of the past half-century or more. What Slott and Bagley are doing with this issue isnt anything that hasnt been done in one way or another. Slott and Bagley HAVE managed to find a pleasant echo of the original idea developed by Ditko under the supervision of Stan Lee all those years ago.  Read Full Review

Spider-Man #5 is a head-scratcher issue, never giving up details on what it all means, and instead requires you to pay attention to an alternate take on Peter Parker. Basically, a multiverse What If? story. Read this one expecting some major ramifications and explanation, but go in with plenty of patience. Read Full Review

Spider-Man #5 takes an odd detour in the Spider-Verse-ending event to visit a pocket universe where Peter Parker's life turned out very differently. The story makes for an intriguing “What if…?” but the detour kills the momentum of the main plot for a story that could have been covered in a couple of pages. Read Full Review

I won't call it filler because I did enjoy aspects of the issue, especially Peter and Silk's relationship, and the artwork by Mark Bagley, Edgar Delgado, John Dell, and Joe Caramagna is perfect for the spin on this vintage adventure. As part five of an ongoing story though, the fact that there's so little movement is disappointing. Read Full Review

This issue continues to make us ask the question why this series continues to exist. The story does nothing but waste time and cause the story to lose momentum. The art is great though. Read Full Review

MoonyLoony

Feb 20, 2023

SPOILERS BELOW A very interesting story that diverts away from the story. A good follow up from the previous issue that explains enough (without ever compromising the future of the series) the ramifications of Peter Parker’s unraveling. We see that with Peter Parker no longer a Spider-Man his origin is rewritten. We see history rewritten as Silk being Earth’s 616 Spidey hero. Really intriguing stuff by Dan Slott here.

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Jared R - Feb 23, 2023

Future solicitations suggest he will get some kind of powers

Afre

Feb 16, 2023

I'll be honest. This was really good. Filler sure, but really good nevertheless. And Bagley doing the art? Just fantastic.

daspidaboy

Feb 18, 2023

this wasnt bad at all.

CrazyforRAMU

Apr 16, 2024

Taken by itself, the main strip is a refreshing break from the event. It's a thoughtful, well-crafted origin story for a variant Peter Parker, loaded with plenty of continuity nods to the Silver Age. Strategically, though, it feels indulgent to step away from the messy big-picture story for so long. And it seems unlikely that this variant is going to matter for more than one or two more issues. Plus, the backup strip is just a trainwreck.

Psycamorean

Mar 06, 2023

Neat continuity nods and shifts aside, we didn't need this issue.