THE COLLECTION OBSESSION cemented my (largely positive) view of Steve Rogers.THE GATHERERS' SAGA cemented my (overwhelmingly positive) view of Dane Whitman.SPIRAL has cemented my (slightly positive) view of Peter Parker.Also, kudos to Conway for getting the "SNAP!" effect past the editors. :PThe story moved me so much I wanted to reach into the page and intervene. Damn Parker. Get good at stuff already.

As a stand alone book, this is fine. A good story about the pull from the darker elements in life. But after the recent events in Peter's life this book is oddly placed. Gerry Conway's plot is decent although I could have done without the Circus Of Crime. I enjoyed the art by Carlo Barberi. Overall, the book doesn't do much at all to move the story along but serves its purpose.

I have to admit, it's been nice to have some pre-Secret Wars Spidey action to read in the midst of that bloated, lumbering crossover 'event'. It's also really nice to have Gerry Conway back penning a Spidey story again! I grew up reading Conway's Spidey stuff and, for that reason, I think I enjoyed this one more than the majority of folks who have been griping about Conway's Spidey not having the 'right' Spidey 'voice' like Dan Slott's (I'm trying really hard not to roll my eyes here but - oh -

Legendary Marvel writer Gerry Conway returns to Spider-Man for this bonus story. After the Superior Spider-Man cleared the New York streets, the race is on amongst the various villains to be top dog. Everyone from Tombstone, to Hammerhead to Black Cat to the Circus of Crime to Mister Negative all want a piece of the action.Although a Spider-Man story, this focuses a lot on the Wraith. We haven't seen Detective Yuri Watanabe's alter-ego for a while but she's back here with a vengeance, quite lite...

Pretty decent story about how far heroes can and can't go in the pursuit of making things better for their city. It'll be interesting to see where things go for these characters. Poor Peter is in a pattern of ex-girlfriends going evil!

Standard Spider-man super heroics! I really wanted to give this book five stars but found it hard to decide if I like this story immensely or is this story just mediocre. Let's get the positives out the way. The art is pretty good and the story is easy to follow. The kingpin is gone so New York's crime families are fighting for territory. Spider-man is basically trying to aid the police in keeping the city from getting out of control. The story is so simple that I wager that you could pick this

With the Kingpin out of the picture, New York's criminal gangs are in a war for territory with NYPD Captain Yuri Watanabe's Third Precinct as the top prize. This volume collects The Amazing Spider-Man #16-20 from 2014, and it follows up on a bunch of Spiderverse adventures by bringing Peter Parker back to his "Friendly Neighborhood" roots fighting New York crime.The result is a rapid-fire succession of classic Spider-Man villains. Unfortunately, by "classic" here we generally mean third-rate. Ad...

Inspired by the recent PlayStation 4 Spider-man, I decided to use this as a homecoming to get back into my Spider-man books. Get it, homecoming? I'll leave the quips to Spidey. Anyway, this book is interesting for fans who wish to read a story featuring two major characters in the new game. While the story does not follow the same path as the game, fans seeking Mr. Negative and Captain Yuri Watanabe won't be disappointed as both are major focuses in this story. Overall a decent story and solid a...

It was a fun read and I always enjoy Peter Parker. It was it's own story and you don't need to read the other books to understand it, but it's still in main story's world. I'm sad about Black Cat but also can't wait to see how that story plays out in the main series. Great read and quick for any Spider-Man lovers.

4/5 ⭐ (85%/100%)Overall, a good miniseries for people who want to see what Spider-Man was like pre-Secret Wars without having to read the entire series before Spiral takes place, which is when I first read this miniseries. The story shows the transformation of Yuri Watanabe into the anti hero Wraith after her mentor gets shot and killed by Tombstone. Spider-Man is quippy yet mature in this series, which is something I liked about Andrew Garfield's movie version of the character. There is a line

This was a really solid story. This feels a bit retro, in a good way. The exposition sets the stage and informs the reader. This is the only superhero comic I've read in years that actually lives up to the claim that it would work for new readers (so of course it doesn't actually say that on the cover). And the art is solid, not always the best figure drawing, but clean lines and detailed backgrounds. When Spider-Man is in a fight over the city, it looks a lot better when we can actuallyvsee the...

There isn’t much you need to know before reading this, everything important is referenced. Like Doctor Octopus taking over Peter’s body and Kingpin no longer ruling over New York, which has created power vacuum. Yuri is back as the Wraith, trying to stop a gang war that could lead her down a dark path trying to stop the gang war. It takes a little while to get into, it spends the first of five issue setting up everything. When it gets going though it’s really fun, I have 2 gripes. Both of them a...

This one’s the first post-Spider-Verse story and in order to ratchet down the action a little from inter-dimensional shenanigans, Spider-Man goes up against the various gangs of New York.Not those gangs. I assume Spider-Man would make short work of these music theatre rejects.*Hums “Tonight" from West Side Story*The Kingpin’s gone so it seems that there’s a turf war developing between rival gang leaders and police officer/super hero, Yuri Watanabe/The Wraith is determined to do everything within...

This story for the most part is set at the same time as Graveyard Shift, and by all means, is definitely better. While Volume 4 was more about “catching up” after the events in Spider-verse, this one continues the main story (or at least a more interesting one) in which the crime gangs in New York are all at war after Kingping’s departure, needing an alliance with Wraith, aka detective Yuri Watanabe, who’s been receiving information from Mr. Negative, in order for him to gain control over the ci...

This was my first spider man comic that wasn’t from the 60s and idk I was disappointed honestly? It felt more like the wraiths story than Pete’s story. And all the villains got a little confusing tbh they just kept on jumping in and coming in at random times. But it was interesting having spider man realize not every one can push their demons aside and do good bc it’s right some just get corrupted. Iike the story line made sense but it just felt Blah at the end and kinda unfulfilling Peter felt

Good, not great. Wraith is interesting and some bits are done very well. But overall, it lacked the witty interesting method of a spider-man book. or the originality that would have made it a wraith book.

Not as good as Slotts writing but close. Still enjoyed it

This was an enjoyable read. I liked how they had this story running concurrently with Slotts ASM. it provided an interesting alternate take on Spider Mans problems after Superior wrapped. Specifically it give more depth to Black Cats change into an arch villain. As much as I love Slotts work I felt his explanation for her going completely evil was a little weak. Conway went into this change with a bit more depth so now the change makes a lot more sense to me. Dont get me wrong, I dont blame Cat

I enjoyed the action with the Wraith in this one. She's battling with herself, trying to figure out how to move forward with, and Peter is desperately trying to help. I enjoyed the art in this one too; lots of sprawling cross-page spreads that show the battles that are going on. Again, not my favorite, but still entertaining nonetheless.

Not bad, but different. Slott has been on Spider-Man for quite a while and developed his own style: a fun, energetic, fast paced style. I'm not sure why but Gerry Conway was brought in for a five part story which takes place right after Spider-Verse (and I believe right before Secret Wars.) Conway is famous for taking over Spider-Man after Stan Lee back in the early-mid 70's so he's no stranger to the character.The multi-part story has Spider-Man dealing with a new Gang War in a section of New Y...