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I really liked this one. A much needed interlude issue and Kelly does these well. We needed a breather after last arc to check up on what has happened to every character and Kelly keeps his cast solid as ever. Peter’s writing was excellent, but Jonah was the highlight for me.

Kelly locked in. Larraz stole the show. Amazing stuff.

I really liked this issue and this storyline in general. Everything here just clicks and I'm excited what happenes next. I liked that Spider-Gwen was included here, it showed that events of #999 were not forgotten.

And post-Armageddon is here. The amount of synergy I have seen for Avengers and ASM in solicits has me excit ed. I know, I shouldn't trust them. But after reading this issue, I'm feeling good and feeling hopeful.more

Eyo hol' up!

That is my view on this bombastic issue of a bombastic run. So much stuff has been going on during the Straw Man and while I like almost everything and read it with excitment, I hope Snyder will now do the one thing he doesn't, but every other Absolute title does.

Breathe.

And I think now is the perfect time to do that. Snyder is known for his bombasti c storytelling and it can sometimes go too bombastic and just become an awful parody (like Death Metal), sometimes it can keep itself in check. And I hope Snyder can do that here.

I cannot fault Snyder really for not doing that before. Because that is now what the main character has been doing. Have we really seen Bruce take a breather and not just run and scream towards the next goal? No. But now, he doesn't really have that goal he can easily just finish. He got the fight with Grimm out of his system. But now he needs to do something else Batman is best known for. Really plan ahead. And the journey to become that is something I'm excited to see.

If Snyder remembers to let Bruce and the audience breathe.more

I liked it, but Eddie felt much more aggressive here, than he did before. I didn't really get why. Art was good

This issue was great. Art was killer and I really like how Kelly writes Peter. It has been very consistent and I like how it continues from themes that were set up from the first issues. Hug with MJ was peak. Just peak.

And Cormac? Well, I am still not a massive fan of this sudden change. But what makes me okay with it is that there has been some hints and that Peter is just as confused as the reader is. I like the dilemma here and how it continues themes Kelly is clearly fan of.

Only true negative? Why wasn't this part of #1000. This story made it better and left #1000 even weaker. Had this been part of it, instead of random Triple H story, I would've liked it much more.

Sure, this reads better in trade. But you shouldn't tell anyone "read ASM #1000 in trade".

But. Enough about #1000. #1001 is a blast and I'm glad it is.more

I was very hesitant with this. After disappointments of ASM #1000 and USM as a whole, I didn't really have any interest in this. I was afraid this would be just an edgy retelling of AF #15.

Thankfully, I was very wrong. This is really good and I'm hooked. It feels modern and unique. This is something very different, but also familiar and it doesn't lose the humanity of Peter Parker and his world. We get that and I really like that.

Art just works for me. It just feels fitting. PKJ has said he has ideas for this until #50 and if we get stuff like this monthly, sign me up. I'm locked in.more