New Issues Archive

In terms of functioning as an engaging set-up for the upcoming “Spider-Verse” storyline, Superior Spider-Man #33 is a very effective comic book. But now, the question remains whether or not Dan Slott’s “Spider-Verse” is actually a story I want to read. Which is not say I’m debating skipping the arc.

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It’s hard to believe that volume three of the Amazing Spider-Man launched nearly six months ago, because now that we reached the end of the opening arc with ASM #6, it feels like we’re so far removed from the inspired, joyful series debut that I don’t even recognize the book I’m

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I might be at the point where my past impressions of the Amazing Spider-Man “Learning to Crawl” miniseries have impaired my ability to fairly judge the remaining two issues. Little things that somewhat irritated me in issues #1.1-1.3 (its over-reliance on readers knowing everything that happened during Spider-Man’s first

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In the first four issues of this new volume of Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott has introduced a number of significant plot points involving the likes of Peter Parker and Parker Industries, J. Jonah Jameson, Electro, Black Cat and the brand new character Silk. So given Slott’s track record in

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Like an old friend you were secretly happy had left the country for good only to show up on your doorstep to ask for a place to sleep for the next month, Otto Octavius, the Superior Spider-Man returned to the Spider-Verse this week in Superior Spider-man #32. I’d like

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Before I start waxing poetic about Amazing Spider-Man #4, I thought it was necessary for me to mention that Marvel’s Original Sin miniseries has actually been a pretty enjoyable read, filled with some worthwhile twists and action. It’s considerably better than last year’s Age of Ultron and Infinity events,

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After reaching the middle chapter of the Dan Slott/Ramon Perez “Learning to Crawl” miniseries, its become abundantly clear to me that the storytelling is at its sharpest and most engaging when the focus is its original elements – i.e. Clayton Cole/Clash – while things seem to grind to a

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Dan Slott notoriously paced his Superior Spider-Man series so aggressively that it makes an issue like the recently-released Amazing Spider-Man #3 feel quiet and methodical in comparison. That’s certainly a strange thing to say about a comic that opens with a huge reveal revolving a character from Spider-Man’s past,

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Two issues into the Amazing Spider-Man “Learning to Crawl” miniseries and some of the fears that I first talked about last month are starting to materialize. It’s not that “Learning to Crawl” isn’t a likeable enough comic book story. Ramon Perez’s Steve Ditko-inspired artwork is absolutely beautiful and Dan

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For the relaunch of the Amazing Spider-Man franchise last month, one of the story’s many themes was how Peter had found a “new lease on life” after returning from having his mind and body occupied by Doctor Octopus. While that’s a somewhat expected plot-point for a character that has essentially been “dead” for

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