The last Spider-Man stories I read prior to this one were The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt storylines which I felt were too dark for my tastes. Big Time however, was much different. This book was a lot of fun. Just perfect weekend leisure reading. So, yeah, I'm gonna add this to my ever-growing list of comics which I plan to follow.

Buddy read with those crazy, comic book readin' kids, Jeff and Anne . I really fucked up giving Dan Slott’s Spider-Man a pass all these years. He’s pretty darn good at writin’ ole’webhead. Slott’s stuff is the BEST Spider-Man I have read in years, if not ever. Dan really changes things up with both Peter and Spidey in this one. New girl, new job, and new life and it’s a breath of fresh air. I love that Slott actually give Peter a shot at being happy. I mean a guy that’s smart enough to create

Spidey is back, in what serves as a good jumping on point for those new to the Webslinger. This story serves as a real status quo setter—Peter has a new job, a new girlfriend, more money than he’s used to, a new place to live… essentially we’re moving into a new phase in Peter’s life. These stories can often be boring, as we go through the motions of establishing a new basis for which future stories can be told. How fortunate we are then that the story is told with wit, charm, and an emphasis on...

For my money Slott and Ramos as a pair rank among the best Spidey scribes. This book is fun and gorgeous to look at. Awesome eye candy :)

New job, new suit, new girl and new foe. This is spidey at his best. All new adventure with Slott.

This is a buddy read with two of Spider-Man’s arch nemeses Bleach and Killjoy.Subplots! Have we got subplots? Careful, you don’t want to step on a stray sub plot. Sir, would you like a side of subplot with that chicken sandwich? If you purchase this car now, I’ll throw in a year’s worth of subplots at no additional cost. How do you house train this subplot? (Okay, I’ll stop.)One thing that distinguishes Spider-Man from most of the other super hero books is the amount of dramatic personae that ar...

I really really don’t think the serialised Spider-Man is for me. Everyone tells me the JMS and Slott runs were the best runs on the monthly. I hated this so thoroughly that I’m not going to read much of Slott’s run... thankfully.I think this is written for teenagers who wanted a younger and single(r) Peter to read about. Which is fine if you’re a teenager who wants Spider-Man to do the big hit hit. But for an older reader of Spider-Man who didn’t hate the continuity that JMS established, its a s...

Total fun *and* Parker gets a run of *good* fortune for once. Whaaa...? Am I dreaming, or are we getting a pleasant story for our hero?Big Time is a blast - lots of weirdness and unpredictability from the new Hobgoblin; complete creative freedom at Peter's new job; and Black Cat + Carlie Cooper both making active appearances. Plus a cool new costume for Spidey!Slott & Ramos do a great job with this book - good plot with things we don't expect (not just another Spider story), great writing for Ho...

The opening story arc to one of the worst runs ever written on one of the best comic book characters ever created. Fuck me, where do I even begin........ I will start with the art. I am aware of a certain movement of people who absolutely obsessed with the work of Humberto Ramos. I am not part a part of that movement. Aside from the fact that all the characters he draws are part simian, his art looks just..... Well, FLAT. I don't know how else to describe it. All his people and landscapes look l...

There’s a lot of Spider-Man I haven’t read so I’m not sure if this is actually the first time, but the way Dan Slott presents it, it feels like it is: Peter Parker gets a paying gig as a scientist for the first time ever. It took Marvel nearly 50 years to allow this change but it finally happened - ol’ Pete no longer has to sling hammy photos of his alter-ego Spidey anymore! Annnnnd that’s the whole book basically. There’s an obligatory big superhero action scene that kicks things off with Doc O...

This review will have less detail than normal because I read this book a while ago and have just been too busy to review it which sucks, but that is being an adult for you. My friend Jedhua, recommended this book and I'm glad he recommended it. I have never read Spider-Man even though I have read the vast majority of other characters/titles at Marvel at this point. I don't know why this is because I enjoy the movies a great deal and find Peter Parker to be pretty compelling. Spider-Man and this

ABSOLUTE RATING: {3/5 stars}STANDARDIZED RATING: <3/5 stars>

Buddy read with Jeff & Lono...sorry my review is late, guys.As the title implies, Spider-Man has finally hit the Big Time!Sort of...When the story opens, he's leading the Avengers into battle with Doc Ock!Or, at least, he gets to be the one who yells Avengers Assemble!, since Otto is his nemesis.But even though he finds a way to stop the bad guy, the Parker Luck holds true, and by that evening...Peter's homeless.Hey, at least he can always count on MJ to take him in, right?Well. Maybe not.In fac...

Reprints Amazing Spider-Man (2) #648-651 (January 2011-February 2011). Peter Parker has finally got his life in order. His identity as Spider-Man is a secret again, he’s got a new job as an inventor at Horizon Labs, a girlfriend in Carlie Cooper, and a side-job as an Avenger. After years of struggles, things are finally coming together for Peter Parker, but a mission with the Black Cat and the arrival of a new, dangerous Hobgoblin could mean Peter’s life is turning upside down again!Written by D...

Better. Not by much. World: The art for the most part is quite good. I like this semi stylish manga style and the characters are very expressive. The world building is solid, it is a new run and a lot of things are just taken care of and thrown away, as is the way for many new runs. The solving of homeless Parker is interesting and giving that new status quo for Peter is solid world building. Adding the pieces of his world for further drama is also good. Story: The humor is much more natural off...

I'm a huge Spider-Man fan, and this comic really seemed to capture the character that I grew up loving in the cartoons. He's well-written and as witty as ever.The story of this collection is pretty wild, which I suppose is true of comics in general (when in doubt, giant robots attack!), but I appreciated the way that Peter and Spidey were both key players. I liked that. I learned some new stuff too.I'm not a comics connoisseur by any stretch, but this was an enjoyable read.

This was so good!!It starts off with the team up of Avengers and Peter vs Doc Ock who has grown old and targeting world wide destruction then we have Peter finally getting a job in Horizon labs and he settles down and using his brilliance to save the world and his first villain, the new Hobgoblin and the threat he poses by stealing the Reverbium and its fun to see plus we get to see the villains origin which was fun and then we have Peter finally realizing he has hit the big time and spending ti...

"Big Time" may be the title of the Dan Slott's first arc when he took over as the main writer of Amazing Spider-Man but it's also a very name to this era of Spidey adventures. He's got a high paying job as a scientist, a steady girlfriend and an Avenger to boot. He has become the hero he deserves to be; he has truly gone big time.This is something new. Honestly, I'm tired of his schtick of being a broke superhero with girl problems and an out-sized guilt complex. Peter Parker has finally made Un...

Back to some good stuff here!One of the few Spider-Man comics that isn't based around Peter Parker being miserable.Two villains feature heavily in this one, a Hobgoblin and Alestair Smythe.Hobgoblin is the kind of bad guy I enjoy. He has actual plans and reasons for being a bad guy. Those reasons are very stupid on his part, but they make a sort of sense, at least. He's not just putting on a weird glove and then saying, "Finally I'll catch that wretched wall-crawler in a web of my own making!" w...

Okay, so if you take this and ignore the One More Day B.S. and take it as a new continuity. It's a pretty alright set of stories. Dan Slott has a good sense (lol) of what Spider-Man is all about. It's good to see Parker on top for once in his life. I don't really like the art style. It's a bit too cartoony and Spider-Man's new GF is meh, imo. I hope he gets with MJ in this run. I like a lot of Spidey's new suits.