COLLECTS MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN (2018) ISSUES #11-15This collection seems to contain stories that are putting the pieces into place for the bigger story that the writer is telling. With that being said, I was entertained from start to finish. This may be my favorite volume of this run yet.

Disappointing. The last story was pretty decent, though. Post-Bendis Miles is just...ok. It feels like Marvel doesn't really know what to do with the character in the 616 universe.

The core message of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is that anyone can wear the mask and thus whoever dons the role of the superhero, has to balance that with the everyday problems that everyone can relate to. As much as Nick Spencer has been doing okay in his current run on The Amazing Spider-Man, Saladin Ahmed has been more successful in exploring that balance with his run on Miles Morales. As the black-Hispanic Spidey who is expecting a new addition into his family, whilst an evil version o...

Life's a bit hectic for Miles after his near death experience in the previous volume - he has a baby sibling on the way; Ultimatum's people are pushing the 'Goblin' designer drug in his Brooklyn (where he lives); his Uncle Aaron is missing; his web fluid is running very low; and worse of all he is having trouble at school because of his patchy attendance! Ahmed brings all these threads together to make an OK-volume, but I swear these post-Bendis volumes have decreased the reading age by about 5

Damn, Miles is by far having the better Spider-man run. Simple, fun adventures, and a lot of heart. This volume is Miles dealing with SO much. Trying to find out what his villains are up to, dealing with his own green goblin, while also dealing with his Uncle who is doing shady business again, against his will. Miles also gets to deal with having a new baby sister. Ah big brother times are always just so much fun. This is really fun and exciting. It helps the fights are super cool to look at and...

After the events of the last volume, Miles’ uncle finds himself between a rock and a hard place as there is a contract on his head. It’s up to him and Miles to make it across NYC to see if they can’t get the hit rescinded. Some fast pace action there. There were some moments in here that connect back to the previous volumes as well that landed perfectly. Plus this Ultimatum character from the last book is now even more of a problem. Another solid entry. On to volume 4.

This volume is a continuation of volume 2 and definitely confirms that you need to read Spider-Men II before picking-up Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Straight Out of Brooklyn. Miles is, as usual, balancing his superhero and non-superhero life by a thread and is making a lot of silly mistakes. He also becomes a big brother which is the big status upgrade for him as a character.

Miles is a writer?! I love this character 1000x more now!

This, just like every other story Ahmed has done on this title, is just OK. It feels like Marvel doesn't know what to do with the character now that Miles is in the normal 616 universe. Each story is very formulaic. Your standard meet the villain and then have a punch 'em up. Miles's life outside the costume has pretty much fallen along the wayside except for when it's convenient.You can tell Garron is leaving the title during this arc as there are 6 artists that pitch in. That's never a good si...

Story-wise this was another solid entry into Miles’ canon. I’m looking forward to seeing where this business with the alternate Green Goblin and 616-Miles Morales is going. Unfortunately, it was let down a bit by multiple artist changes, three times within the same issue sometimes. None of the artists were bad, by any means, but the constant shifting between artistic styles was jarring and detracted from the story.

This was another great one as we see Miles fighting Prowler and then we understand why because of the last volume and they fight but then he redeems and prevents his uncle from killing but then the assassins are after them and they have to dodge Miles villain while bonding and we have this great moment where we see the birth of his sister Billie and it was emotional to see that family reunion moment and finally we have Miles trying to be a big bro!Then his bad luck starts when his journal is mis...

Miles' third collection is squarely a family affair; the first four issues focus on his relationship with his Uncle Aaron as Ultimatum makes his move, and I was positive that there was nothing left to mine from this relationship that Brian Bendis hadn't found, but Ahmed proved me wrong easily. I'm also surprisingly a big fan of what Ahmed is doing with Ultimatum, who is a character that Bendis created that I did not see the need for at all, but again, Ahmed proved me wrong. The final two issues

A little bit more here with the prowler and Im really impressed with Ahmeds writing in all his books so far. I hope he gets a larger character soon. I would love to see what he could do outside of Marvel as well

It feels like good old fashioned Spidey adventures just with Miles!

the villain named Ultimatum is still a thing. It's still weird. Looks like Brooklyn is getting upgraded in the gang warfare game. There's also a new street drug Miles is trying to find the source of. They also crammed in another appearance of some form of the Ultimate universe Green Goblin (and a bunch of average size goblin guys). Did I say this is weird? Because it feels weird.Bonus: Miles finds out that babies poop SO much

I dunno if it's just me tearing through a whole bunch of volumes one after another, but it's becoming kinda repetitive. Short snippets of conversation in-between fight sequences, and not that much more.

Miles Morales continues to be a great series for Marvel (and their best Spider-Man as well). Ahmed manages to keep the day-to-day Brooklyn life of Miles well balanced with the hectic life of Spider-Man. His family and friends are super important to him, and unlike some recent Peter Parker stories, these characters do not get pushed to the side in lieu of more action. I don't know what the numbers are like, but I hope Marvel and Ahmed keep this one going for a long while.

THE GOOD:-Miles is becoming more confident in himself and wears his heart on his sleeve...even around his Uncle Aaron. For instance, when Miles sees his Uncle getting pretty savage, he says, “Uncle Aaron, you can say whatever. But I can’t let you kill this guy. I just can’t.” To which Aaron replies, “Yeah. I know.” -Another example of Miles being his version of a hero is when he and Prowler defeat Rhino. Miles admits, “I just feel bad for the man.” Aaron responds with, “”Feel bad for the man?” W...

Really good with great art. Nothing groundbreaking happens, but I love how much spiderman shines both as himself and as a superhero. And, I like how human and real the villains and their motives are.

This volume is more Spider-Man than Miles Morales (more costume than high-school kid). It's all action from page 1 until the end. Spider-Man is trying to figure out this new silent & self-destructive drug ring (organization? crew? syndicate?) that popped up, figure out how Ultimatum became the head crime boss of Brooklyn all of a sudden, and figure out who Ultimatum is. It's a lot for an over-tired/over-worked Spider-Man/High school student. The action was good in this volume, but was also a bit...