A pretty long volume for Marvel covering 7 comic books! The first, and much better story sees J Jonah Jameson hurtled into the 21st century as a blast from The Bugle's past give him a job offer that leads to him going 1-2-1 with Spidey in a podcast! There's also a few token villains, but this story is another focused on this come-out-of nowhere bromance. The second story is pants... new to Marvel monster, Gog gets caught up in Spidey & Boomerang's interactions with the Mayor... Kingpin!

Better than the last few arcs but still not great. There's a whole issue devoted to the backstory of a giant monster. Spencer leaves his subplots hanging out there for way too long. I'd forgotten Boomerang even had a secret until it was revealed in this arc. The art by Ryan Ottley and Iban Coello is pretty great. Ottley was just made to draw Spider-Man.

Spidey battles Chance and chance as a casino bet goes massively wrong, with Jonah Jameson smack bang in the middle. Then, the truth behind Boomerang's increased popularity is revealed, and it involves a familiar tablet, and an unwelcome return of an enormous foe from the Savage Land!I'm getting the feeling from Nick Spencer's run on Spidey so far that he has some big plot points he wants to hit, but transitioning between them is a little rocky. This collection of issues feels kind of throwaway a...

Definitely better than the previous lackluster volume, I enjoyed seeing more of Jameson and Peter’s relationship its a lot of fun seeing how their dynamic has changed. Boomerang is back and we finally get the answer to why the Kingpin is out for him. Spencer is at his best with arcs like this that focus on Peter’s relationships with the people around him.

It was so long between reading issue 41 and issue 42 for me because of the coronavirus that this 3 stars is almost just for the final 2 issues 😅🤷‍♂️

Some parts are good. Some are just very...forgetable. Spencer's Spider-Man is just not resonating with me. But yet... I continue to read each issue...lol

This was actually my favorite volume of Spencer's in awhile. The first story is fun enough. Spider-man trying to get a better image on himself, or not so much, but JJJ wants to give him one. So what does Spidy do? Goes on a Podcast. This arc is mostly filled with a lot of lolz moments and a really cool look into the return of Sin Eater. The last two issues are the best part though. With Gog, a huge monster who appears, you get to see Spencer take away the needless amount of talking and just have...

Spencer seems to be a bit of a one-trick pony and he keeps wanting to go back to the well and repeat his (few) past successes. Here, it's the Spider-Man/Boomerang team-up that no one wanted, yet continues on, paying back fewer and fewer dividends over time. The transitions from one story to the next are pretty rough, and it's getting a bit tiring to see Centipede Man (whoever that is) slinking around in the background, setting up what is probably going to be some gigantic arc, but which has been...

3.25 stars. The first half of this book focuses on the back and forth between Spidey and J Jonah. It pretty much more of the same we saw from these two earlier on in this series. Nothing too crazy here. They did however take a chance on bringing back an older character and added an extra layer of deceit from a character pulling strings from the background which was cool. The back half, which was better, went back to the unlikely team up of Spidey and Boomerang on a treasure hunt. In that hunt we...

Month to month the stories are fine and usually fun. Unfortunately it continues to feel like Spencer never plotted a course for his story and jumps from storyline to storyline never wrapping up the previous ones. Just when you get invested in a story, suddenly we're jumping to totally different characters, antagonists, problems, etc. I like each issue enough on its own, and I'm sure some of this comes down to whatever events Marvel is pushing at the time, but it's super frustrating and makes me

I absolutely loved this one! It was like reading classic Spidey tales when I was a kid. Nobody felt out-of-character, there was a nice balance of action and plot progression, Boomerang didn’t hog too much of the spotlight (for a change), the artwork was really good throughout (despite the mid-story artist changes) and the ending was great! More like this, please, Mr. Spencer.

Eight volumes in, I've been noticing a recurring pattern which is the major issue of Nick Spencer’s Amazing Spider-Man run: set-up. Along with the presence of Kindred, who has remained a mystery from the very beginning, the comic would just take a break with a number of single issues that serve more as transition points, from acknowledging the previous events and set up the next wave of stories. The first issue of this volume is exactly this, though it has fun moments such as known Marvel charac...

Peter Parker gets a pet!If nothing else kind of a filler volumeNice to see some sharp Ryan Ottley art in some of the issues.J Jonah has a sideways career move.Some lame villains..Chance!?!

Only GOG is readable.

"I've seen these websites you're talking about – your Buzzfoods and your TM-what-have-yous. Those aren't news operations! they're bottom-feeders! They've got no accountability, no journalistic ethics –""Jonah, you once created a super villain to get your own big story.""Sure, but not lists of super villains!"Spencer's run is always at its best when it foregrounds the relationships between the regular cast, so this is a good volume, focused as it is on Jonah Jameson's provisional, often infuiatin...

A really fun and occasionally affecting book. Spencer writes really well for JJJ, the clever digs at digital media culture were most welcome, and issue 42 that focuses on Gog’s backstory was surprising and moving. I really liked this.

Another goodie with this one!

Primary school humour (J.J. Jameson saves Spidey’s ass on a scooter, yuk! yuk!) and lame partnership with Boomerang (this one is getting old already).Spencer obviously needs to catch his breath.

Very average collection honestly. Quips where lacking and I really don't enjoy the Boomerang stuff. Art is great though.