That last issue left me gutted. This is why I love Spider-Man. Tom is doing a great job this is brilliant stuff!

Tom Taylor is the perfect choice for writing Spider-Man. He mixes in just the right amount of humor with a lot of heart. Taylor takes the friendly neighborhood part of the title seriously, grounding Spider-Man and Peter Parker right on his block, looking out for his neighbors. Under York is an interesting concept. I'd love to see a return where Taylor fleshes out a lot more of the details. The Spider-Bite issue may be the best comic you read all year. Juann Cabal's art is really good too. This i...

This was so much fun! You just gotta love a Spider-Man comic that makes you forget the real world and whisks you away on a ridiculously fun adventure.It was filled with all the regular quips and thwips of Peter’s humour and his web swinging. It’s expected when it comes to Spider-Man that you’re going to get some sarcastic witty humour but that didn’t stop me from chuckling when it came!The last story was really sweet! It didn’t make me cry but it was totally sweet. I’d love to see more of Spider...

I’ve had a lot of trouble getting into Spider-Man comics in the past—difficult continuity, way too many crossovers, etc.—but when Tom Taylor started writing a stand-alone “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” series? There was no way I wasn’t going to at least give it a try. And wow, am I glad I did. So far, this series is everything I’ve wanted from a Spider-Man series and yet so rarely manage to find. Taylor’s Spider-Man is soft, gentle, fiercely compassionate, at least a little tired, and absolu...

Street-level Spider-Man antics by one of my favorite Marvel authors - this is good stuff! I mean, it's kind of weird, because it introduces, then dispenses with, a vast underground world beneath New York called...Under York. And there's a new hero in the form of The Rumor (shades of Umbrella Academy?). But overall, the humor is on point, Spider-Man does nice things for the community, and Juann Cabal's art is only intermittently distracting and ugly. I smiled a fair bit while reading - what more

It's alright. Everything feels rushed, combined with Spidey's trademark glib jokes, makes the whole thing feel floaty and unsubstantial.

Another back to basics relaunch, yet another example why we might just need one Spider-man book, or indeed does any individual or team need more than one ongoing series. Do they?Quite good stuff by Taylor, it will be interesting to see how it fits alongside Spencer's more hyper main Spider-Man book. 7 out of 12 for this.

It was good to see Spidey back in the neighborhood being friendly. But the story kind've lost me when it went under New York. I think it works more as an "Elseworlds" tale for the webslinger.

Sometimes it's nice to read a solid, old-fashioned superhero comic book where the stakes aren't earth-shattering and the hero has time to help out a neighbor, a kid, or his aunt -- either in costume or out of costume. The art is great and the script deftly jumps between the silly and the dramatic.I've wandered away from Peter Parker since One More Day and his death in the Ultimate Universe, and this is the first book in a while to remind me of why I used to like the guy so much.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is my favorite title being published by Marvel or DC right now. It may be my favorite title being published in all of comics because it's such a joy to read and the excitement I get from a new issue coming out is not rivaled by another title.So there are three Spider-man titles being published right now. All of them good in their own right and highly enjoyable to read month to month. Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man has a smaller focus than Amazing Spider-man and...

I tend to give long-form comics more lenient ratings because I respect the craft that goes into making a long-running story while staying true to the form, the tone, the (ugh) canon, and all that. So there are plenty of five-star comics that I wouldn't exactly see myself rereading in five or ten years. That's fine, they're still top notch stuff (the current Amazing Spider-Man run, for example, is quite great, genuinely). With that said...This is an exception, this is a treasure. It's a book that...

I really enjoyed this.Tom Taylor has the humor, dialogue, and general feel of what makes Spider-man such a beloved character down pat.Peter faces down villains and Aunt May's illness with a little a lot of help from his friends. Part of the charm of this run is that it isn't a bleak Pete-gets-kicked-around story. He may have that same old Parker Luck, but Taylor flips it around and shows how his friends and neighbors (the entire neighborhood) are there to reach down and give him a hand up when h...

I knew from issue 1 Tom Taylor would nail Spider-man. I mean, as in writing him, not having sex with him. Now that we got my horrible joke out of the way let's talk Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man. The issue 1 to 5 is basically one big story. Spidy saves people, finds mysterious kids in his room after a woman he swore to protect goes missing, and meets a woman named Rumor. Together they go to the underground of New York to save her. Then we have a solo story of Spider-bite. Which I won't spoil

Anachronistic goons from the 1940s with super-strength are hunting a mother and her two kids for reasons - who’s gonna help? Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!The problem with Spider-Man’s popularity is that Marvel are constantly putting out zillions of books featuring him all the time - Amazing, Spectacular, Team-Up, Superior, etc. - so the quality tends to get watered down. And, if you read enough crap, then it’s easy to dismiss any new Spider-Man book as not worth reading, particularly if...

This one was so good omg!I love this one, Tom Taylor doing it again but this time with Spidey!Okay so the story starts with Peter around his neighborhood and helping people but what happens when suddenly a woman named Marnie asks him to protect another girl named Leilani and it also might involve her children but when Leilani gets kidnapped, Pete has to team up with Old woman Marnie who has her own secrets and go to "Under York" and save Leilani from her evil father and discover some other secre...

He's been a CEO, a globe-trotting adventurer, and an Avengers. But now it's time for Spider-Man to get back to his friendly neighborhood roots. But when his new friends at his apartment building ask for his help, he finds himself a little out of his depth - literally, because he's going to Under York!Tom Taylor's such a good writer, you guys. He takes what's really a pretty insane premise and makes it a story about abuse, overcoming your oppressors, old lady superheroes, and Peter Parker being a...

SUPER FAST REVIEW:This comic is pretty solid. At first I wasn’t sure because it felt somewhat like standard superhero fare but Taylor executes it very well. You can tell the author is a fan of Spider-Man because he tells a fun story with action, humor and some emotional stuff. The art is very good too.It is fairly predictable and has a couple of cheesy bits but overall this is the kinda fun Spidey comic I wanted so this is a definite winner!Recommended.4/5

What a fantastic start to this series! Tom Taylor previously impressed me with his All-New Wolverine and X-Men: Red books, so I was eager to see how he would handle Spider-Man. The writing is so good, and somehow the art is even better. I can’t recommend this title enough! If you’re a fan on any level of Spidey, definitely check this one out. 5/5 stars

This has got to be the best 616 Peter Parker Spidey comic in many years. Tom Taylor brought Spider-Man back to basics, and the title says it all — he's the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. There are no convoluted plots, no corporate shenanigans, just pure, unadulterated fun Spidey, a hero with a huge heart who just wants to help regular people around him. It's a fantastic light-hearted book that gets to the core of who Spider-Man is (or should be, at least), and it's a pure joy to read. The dia...

Pretty fantastic. Taylor’s got a solid handle on Parker and Spidey - the dynamics of his relationships; the underdog struggles, the spot/on humour. It’s like the best distillation of what I love about Spidey, none of the foolishness that bogs down uber tales where he’s caught up in machinations and sub-sub plots. And holy shit with issue 6. Right in the feels. Like the best Spidey tales, just a dude who could use all the help he can get, going out of his way to do awesome for someone unimportant...