Doc Ock is dying from cancer.There isn't much left to do beside one last evil plan: to swap bodies with his arch nemesis! From what I understand, the book is controversial due to the fact that Peter dies at the end? I didn't mind it, because we all know that, eventually, he will be brought back to life, because... comics.In short, I really enjoyed it, the book was fast-paced, refreshing and bold. Which is rarely the case with superhero comics nowadays.4/5

I'm so new to this. I'm very selective of what comic books I decide to try out--and I haven't touched a Spiderman comic since Bendis was still writing Ultimate Spiderman.This one was pretty good. Not amazing-blow-me-ouf-of-the-water-my-mind-is-reeling good. But it gave me a reason to enjoy a Spiderman comic again and I really felt for the characters. I'll admit it (without spoiling anything), what this comic is doing to change Spiderman as we know it is very uncomfortable. Like, when it's reveal...

Doctor Octopus is dying. He doesn't have weeks or months to live...he has days. Doc Ock also has a plan. He's learned Spider-Man's true identity and his cruelest plan is about to unfold...to steal Peter Parker's body.It's unbelievable that this happened. It's an amazing storyline. Doctor Octopus steals Peter Parker's life and memories leaving him in the dying husk of his body. I'm speechless and I already heard this was going to happen. I love seeing such creativity played out in a medium that's...

Read as original floppies and digital edition on Comixology. Amazing Spider-Man comes to an end on the last Wednesday of 2012, with the new year seeing a brand new Superior Spider-Man title. The 700th issue of the title launched by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko seems to be the last Amazing edition for the foreseeable future.I managed to get my copy almost a week early, which is an unexpected Christmas treat from my local online retailer. This time I wouldn't be at the mercy of accidental Internet

nse, tense, tense. Could cut my own piano wire tension with a diamond drill. Could beat my worry down with a thundering rhino. Could waste my concerns on the wrong guy. Know what I'm saying? If you've read this prelude to Superior you do! (Or if you've recently suffered a blow to the head.)Lots of fancy twists and turns to this book, all of it painful to watch considering the stark inevitability of it all. Great big action and maneuvers, and yet it all careens to a great big finish that can't be...

Ugh. Couldn't be more against the new direction spidey us going in. In every way that the Marvel NOW! initiative is helping some titles (uncanny avengers, all new x-men), its killing spidey (literally and figuratively) I think the direction this is going us bad, and a gamble that won't pay off (do they not remember the clone saga?) ill be more than happy to eat my words if this ends up being great somehow, but right now - not looking very "superior" to me.The good news - it's taken years, but Ma...

What a great example of comic book plotting.The impossible happens. Something that I DON'T want to happen happens. And the story works. It's great. Tension, action. It's all there.And at the same time, it plays with comic book tropes in a big way. The whole time, you figure Doctor Octopus is just hatching another dopey scheme that will never work. He even makes a big mistake early on that you, as a comic reader, look at and say, "Well, now he's screwed. He should have just gotten on that flight!...

I love Spider-Man, but I could barely stomach the end of Amazing Spider-Man as written by Slott. Doctor Octopus is a great villain, but I completely disagree with the character changes Slott did between him and Peter Parker. Peter is a great hero that everyone can relate to and I feel that #700 did not do him justice.

So all the Big Time leads to this. Does it pay off? I fucking THINK SO! Okay this doesn't forgive the weakness Big Time had but this my friends is how you wrap up a run and get excited for the next. The opening issue has Peter really happy and upbeat. He even tells MJ they need to get back together. Then he gets a notice from the Avengers that Otto is asking for him. So he goes to visit him at prison and you find out...PETER AND OTTO MIND IS SWITCHED!!! So you expect the cliche Peter figuring ou...

Reprints Amazing Spider-Man (2) #698-700 (January 2013-February 2013). Something is up with Peter Parker. He isn’t acting like he normally does, and he seems extremely “with it” when it comes to managing his time. That’s because Peter isn’t Peter anymore, and Doctor Octopus has taken control of his body. With Peter’s mind trapped in Dr. Octopus’s failing body, he must escape prison and try to find a way to switch his brain back before it is too late…and Doc Ock isn’t having it!Written by Dan Slo...

4.5 Superior starsTHIS is the prequel to Superior Spider-man. I've been wanting to find out how the hell Doc Ock managed to shove his mind into Peter Parker's body for a long time, and if there's anyone else out there like me, you might kind of confused as to what you need to read. Ta-da!So, Jeff read this a few days ago, and lurved it.Hulk happy... Immediately, he tells me, Read it now!!! <--Direct quote, btw.And, of course, I pretty much dropped everything, because I'm such a good friend, & re...

For the main, this is much better than the previous book. The story is rather good until the final few pages, when it felt like the writer just couldn't be bothered to actually finish it properly. Sudden, lame turn-around to prep Superior Spider-Man. Disappointing. The bonus story "Spider Dreams", however is excellent. Now that Superior Spider-Man, and the "game-changing" end to this series has been "game-changingly-reversed" (as everyone expected), I'll get back to Superior Spider-Man and catch...

So I've apparently missed a lot of issues leading up to the ones collected here in Dying Wish. But from what I can gather, in an arc before this one, Doc Ock and Spidey had yet another epic battle with Spidey narrowly defeating Ock. Now, Ock is dying and his last wish is to somehow switch bodies with Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. Using some kind of mind-swapping technology (it's a comic book, so you'll just have to go with it), Ock does just that. Trapped in Ock's dying body, Peter must escape pr...

A great conclusion to this story!!

I am Spider-Man!Okay, I was never bitten by a radioactive spider. I don’t have cool spider abilities. I wasn’t raised by my 100 year old Aunt and Uncle. I’ve never eaten a wheat cake. I’ve never been married to a hot red-head and had that marriage mind wiped by the devil. To the best of my recollection, I’ve never been cloned. I don’t have a Spider-mobile. I don’t have a rogue’s gallery of villains (Does Mitchell count?) I’m not a whiz at science. I’ve never been a member of a superhero group.Ok...

An enjoyable volume. Really, it doesn't stand on its own that well, as it's a response to the recent Doc Ock arcs and it's a setup for Superior Spider-Man ... but it's the necessary connective tissue to get from the one to the other, and it's well-down.There are a few great elements here, especially #698 with its twist and the fade-to-white scene in #700. Everything else is good.

This book had every opportunity to be really bad. Spider-Man isn't really Spider-Man, Doc Ock isn't really Doc Ock, the book has very little action, and that ending...But, somehow, it works. It is a heartfelt, engaging story that perfectly sets the stage for Superior Spider-Man.

I picked this up mainly as a backdrop for starting Superior Spider-Man. It's a decent end to the series and I think it would've meant more to me if I was a long time reader. The story feels a little forced and I don't totally get the big plot twist. Like I understand it, but if everything is still there, how does the new person keep control? So the back and forth was a little odd.What was great was watching both of them sort of fall into their new roles despite their best efforts. The highlight

Dying wish is the last Amazing Spider-man collected edition before Marvel enters into the Marvel NOW! era. This is my only Spidey comic experience and one of the very few Marvel comics I have (97% are DC and other publishers), so I don't have any idea about the Web-slinger's story. Dying Wish is about Peter Parker and Otto Octavius' final showdown, the winner of which is not decided until the very last pages. Can't say that the whole story is good or bad, I just believe that this volume is impor...

Oh my, I was worried with the premise of this book. I should have trusted my instincts.Peter Parker has gotten himself into a real mess. Trapped in the dying body of Doc Ock while his nemesis is now in control of Spider-Man...yeah...scary. It's a race against time with a conclusion that left me heartbroken and unsure how I felt about where the story would go next. Still the creativity of the storyline, and emotion of the piece, brings the ratings up. The two stories at the end kind of lighten th...