First off, this issue is something of a landmark as Amazing Spider-Man reaches the same number as Marvel’s longest published-title, Fantastic Four. Later this week, Spidey will storm into the lead. That’s a side-effect of going thrice-monthly that one imagines is neither unwelcome nor unexpected. After all, Spider-Man, while not the first, is the very template that [...]

And so the Amazing merry-go-round continues, with Back To The Future co-scribe Bob Gale the latest to step up and tackle the new! Improved! Single! Webcrawler! for three weeks. Of course, the fact that all four writers are working in tandem as one big Spidey Team means that there’s hardly a jarring shift in tone [...]

Coverage of Brand New Day continues here! Though let’s not kid ourselves that the marketing slogan really needs to be used anymore because this book sells itself! This month sees Marc Guggenheim and Savador Larocca left holding the baton, and after the Slott/McNiven powerhouse, I have to admit I was slightly concerned to see whether [...]

Slott’s first arc on the character comes to an end, and it’s almost hard to know what to say. It’s been good. Really good. Whether or not you liked One More Day, it’s very hard not to argue that these last three issues comprise a really classic Spider-Man story. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to call it [...]

Rarely has something so sweet left such a bitter taste. The joy at the fact that Dan Slott is so far proving to be an absolutely inspired choice of Spider-Man writer, and is already turning in the best material the main title has seen in years, is tempered by the fact that the success and [...]

Well, judgement day is here. We’ve all had our pops at Quesada, at Marvel, but now it’s time to accept the reality and move on with our lives. For some of us, that means no more Spider-Man comics. For the rest of us, that means getting to grips with the new, thrice-monthly Spider-Man comic. It’s here [...]