Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Legacy #973): “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before … Peter Parker Is Acting Out Of Character”

Crime is rampant across New York City as Spider-Man is nowhere to be seen. Peter Parker is wounded and still recovering from his defeat at Hellgate’s hands. Shocker gets some sidekicks and works for Tombstone. […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #7 (Legacy #971): “Hell(gate) Breaks Loose” or “Here(mes) I Come To Save The Day!”

Hellgate arrives and talks like the LARPers from the Hawkeye TV show. Black Cat freaks out over Hellgate’s appearance, tries shooting him with UZIs, and runs away. Hermes arrives to warn everyone of the dangers […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #5 (Legacy #969): “Eat Shiitake, Hobgoblin!” or “There Is Mushroom In This Issue”

Spidey is finally off of drugs!  Brian is not revealed to be a villain … yet!  Hobgoblin’s plan is foiled!  All of this, plus … mushrooms save the day??? (I’m a sucker for a cover […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Legacy #965): “Brander New Day/Bigger Time” or “Oh, I Thought They Were Giving Us Titles Again”

It’s yet another #1 issue of the Amazing Spider-Man!  Why?  Because we have a new writer … oh wait, no, it’s the same writer as the past 10 issues.  Well, the reason it’s a new […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #70 (Legacy #964): “The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man. Part 10: “Nothing Can Stop The Spider-Naut”

In this issue … it’s the end of the 8 Deaths storyline.  Does Spidey die again?  Will Blight-Callix be defeated?  Does Cytorrak finally do *something*?  Does Peter repair his relationships with all of friends and […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #68 (Legacy #962): “The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man. Part 8: “Four Lives To Live”

NOTE:  Once again I don’t have the physical copy of the issue.  My LCS says this week’s Marvel order is delayed due to the holiday(1) – it feels like forever since I had a review […]