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Honestly a little goofy but sometimes that isn't a bad thing. It was still a Batman story. I liked seeing Bullock and Jason pal around together. Definitely an ironic ending. Moench and Janson are such great creators.

"I will show you blood. I will show you death. I will show you madness." Can't believe I have never read this before. It's everything I've ever really thought about the Batman persona. This is the creature that controls Bruce Wayne's crusade.

Kind of a mess overall. I like a few panels but the action just turns into a complete undecipherable mess. The splash pages look great but it's a mixed bag on the art front. In terms of story, considering this is a one-off issue in an anthology series, it doesn't have anything really gripping to make it stand out. Batman hunts a man down who is fleeing from the cops and Gotham onto an incoming hel icopter so he has to make it to the top of his booby trapped building swarming with guards before he leaves. Batman makes it to the top right as the helicopter gets there, the bad guy stops paying attention and gets his head cut off by the blades. Batman says nothing and leaves. It would be way more gripping if I could have actually told what was going on between the floors half the time but both the art and story are just middling.more

So this is the end of the Spiders-in-Space. It was spectacular. The writing is amazing, Larraz crafted an amazing issue visually. It's fluid, dynamic, somber and soft when it needs. This is one of the better Spider-Man issues I have read in a while. So sad this era has to end.

I have read this now multiple times. I do like it a lot. The rematch wasn't as big spectacle as I hoped, but everything here works so well. Even if I was a bit disappointed by the resolution to the fight itself, character interactions, developments and new revelations made this a stellar issue.

Larraz is the king for his artwork.

I get why Peter is upset with Ben but like... that was a bit much. Especially when Ben and Janine are actually being calm the whole time genuinely trying to talk to him. If Ben says I don't know where May is, why would he lie? He cares about her too. This feels very out of character and just a reason to have the two Spider-Men fight. Once again, too many artists. One artist per book please unless it's a backup. There is no reason for this. If your artists can't hit deadlines, delay the book. I don't know.more

The story is solid, the art is a mess. I really want more Norman as Spider-Man. He really did try so hard. It feels like this is some status quo mandate where Norman just has to revert back to his old self. Listening to the Goblin, accepting that he's a bad person. Not even thinking about, "What would Peter do?" I loved that mantra.

This is a DISASTER in visual storytelling. JRJR at some of his lowest, Todd Nauck's work looking pretty ugly as well. The sudden shift from JRJR to another artist whom I can't even remember to then shift again to Nauck for like 3 pages is so jarring I genuinely thought it was misprinted. The story itself is just okay. It feels like we're nearing the end of the road for Norman's Spider-Man arc whic h I honestly could have taken a lot more of. I guess I'm not the target here.more

I liked it mostly, but damn the artist switch makes it messy to read. And Ben continues to be the weakest link in this story. We know as much of him and his motivations as we did 12 issues ago.

This feels like a very forced retcon for the upcoming issue 1000. It's powerful don't get me wrong. May keeping this all this time makes sense in context. It's devastating. I hope it doesn't all turn out to be a fake out. That would be the most tragic. I also just don't see what it really adds to the world of Spider-Man. Is this going to be a recurring element or just a one off to sell an issue? T hat's my hang up. The art and the writing are very good, even if the main story is interjected with a weird villains bidding on other villains tools thing we've seen in countless books before. I really wish Gleason would just stick on Spider-Man for a long time. He does it so well.more

I am a bit mixed on this.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the art, villain stuff was good and writing for May was excellent.

But I just wish there was less action and more talking. I just wanted more of that and not Blood Market.

Most I've enjoyed Marvel in some time. Hickman is their best writer by a significant margin. It feels like Spider-man comics are having a bit of a renaissance. The mainline series has massively improved lately and now this. Marvel have been trounced so brutally by the Absolute line, it's nice to see some fight in them.

It was kind of surreal seeing Norman Osborn in a Spider-Man suit, broken and bloody, toasting the sentiments of Peter Parker with J. Jonah Jameson. I love it, don't get me wrong. This is one of the best ways to take these characters. I will forever be upset if Norman gets reverted back or Jonah and Peter have a falling out. Peter's old supporting cast have come and gone and this new venture is the best I've seen in years. I do wish there was more May and that the romantic interest with Raelith. I doubt that continues once he gets to Earth. It's unfortunately incredibly obvious what they are doing with Brian. I assumed he would eventually grow resentful of Peter for climbing the ladder so quickly and stab him in the back. To just become an undeserved victim to Ben's laziness/lack of technical abilities that Peter has feels like shortchanging this character who could have had more development. Make that fall more tragic. Now he's going to hate Peter and Peter will have no idea why.
The art here takes a significant drop from the last issue JRJR was on. No one was consistently on model, lines were stiff. Felt phoned in. Even this cover is atrocious. It's so hard to decipher what is going on in any of the panels with this robot creature abducting Goblins. I'm reserving judgement but I am played out on Goblins and it all being interconnected. We just need two Goblins. Green and Hob and Green is shelved. Hopefully for a long time. No Queens, Kings, Demo's, Proto's or the like.more

What a way to end Kelly's first year on ASM. Writing for both JJJ and Norman was stellar and I liked all the developments here. Especially the final pages, I did not expect this direction. JRJR's art also worked really well, even if slower paced issues are not his strength as much as more action-focused are.

One could think why I praise this comic, while also dissing USM so often. Even if the problems are the same: "no focus on Peter, no development on his side and overall plot moves slowly".

Difference is: we see Peter again in the next issue and have seen his growth. There are also isn't a month long timeskip to the next issue, where everything this issue focuses on is ignored. And the two major character in this book talk about themselves and how Peter (you know, the guy who *SHOULD* be the main focus of a Spider-Man book) has affected them and how they have treated him.

Amazing stuff. Keep cooking Kelly.more

This is some peak, powerful Spider-Man. I'm sad the space saga is already ending. The small retcons to Peter's younger years don't change much at all but further enforce his views of helping others and mystifying Uncle Ben, always the paragon.

I loved this issue. So so much. What a blast. Thank you Joe and Pepe. I needed this.

And also, if you had told me one year ago that I would sing praises of ASM while being disappointed by USM issue after issue, I would've asked what you are smoking and if I could have some.