Some 'bait-and-switch' stuff going on here - the Black Cat involvement in only the first third or so of the book, but it was my favorite part. (She and Spidey generate heat - that cover! - like DC's Batman / Catwoman pairing.) The opening scene portraying Peter Parker's women trouble was hilarious!The closing chapter, also good, is a Spider-Man / Deadpool romp through the streets of Manhattan.However, the remaining section (probably about half the book, or so it seemed) was a long-winded, slow-m...

I was a big fan of the original relationship between Spider-Man and the Black Cat. The dynamics involved, mostly Felicia being almost disgusted by a maskless Spider-Man, were something I don't think I'd ever seen in comics before. Here we have them reuniting and sadly most of Peter's actions seem out of character. Yes, I understand that Miss Hardy is supposed to be ridiculously sexy but most the time Peter acts like he's fourteen around her here after years of acting normal. Then you have the cl...

This was pretty disappointing. Considering Black Cat in the title, I was expecting to see her for more than two issues. In addition, the art and writing changed between those two titles in a rather disappointing disjointed fashion. The rest of the stories were tedious and I skipped to Deadpool. The second star is for Deadpool and the only reason to pick this book up.

The title story was pretty good but only made up 1/4 of the book. To me, the rest was a bit of a mess. The last comic collected here is part one of a multi part story so makes no sense to be here. Amazing Spider Man #606 to 611 are in this collection.Defiantly just a borrow for the first story, skip the rest.

The Spidey Clone saga was what made me drop this title all those years ago and reading this book just brought back so many bad memories. A clone plot is the comic book version of the evil twin brother plot. Both are lame. The issue that featured Deadpool was a bit of a saving grace, however. It promises to lead to Spidey's big event this year: the Gauntlet (which is just his rogues gallery going up against him one by one to soften him up while the real mastermind, Mrs. Kraven the Hunter, prepare...

The only good parts of this collection is the stuff with Black Cat but the best is with Deadpool.

This was up and down. Nearly gave up.

The first two parter was good: I really like Joe Kelly's take on Spider-Man and I really like McKone's version of Spider-Man. Wish we could get more of that pairing. There's a couple really funny parts in there.The rest, meh. Never cared for anything in the clone saga. Slott tries to at least wrap these characters up but it bores me. The last story is a team-up with Deadpool and Spider-Man, written by Kelly. While there is a funny battle via "your momma" jokes, it's really just filler and also r...

Kelly makes the crazy antics with Black Cat into a near-slapstick of goofy banter and sheer fun. These scenes always make me wish I'd met my own Felicia (and well, I have - but that's beside the point of my teenage fantasies being strummed by this memory fodder).The Raptor/Reilly story is good and a little tense but ultimately another adventure we get to play along with (and another series of events that would require more suitable explanations than our hero ever provides).Good art as usual, but...

No storyline worth reading. A rehash of 90's spidey with no substance or build. I think this book is a low point for spidey fans with the quality at an all time low the only thing saving this book from a 1 star was half decent art and a fun joe kelly spidey deadpool crossover. Not worth the read unless your a dedicated spidey fan.

Spider-Man and the Black Cat have always been an interesting pairing not unlike Batman and Catwoman, in a manner of speaking. There's a definite sense of attraction between the two but for the Black Cat, it largely remains on the alter-ego side of things and rarely translates well into non-costumed real life. This book brings them back into contact with one another while still respecting the Brand New Day reality that she no longer knows his secret identity. That allows for some interesting stor...

For being a book called "Return of the Black Cat", it really should have had more than just one issue with her in it.It wasn't drawn bad, but if they were only going to have one issue with the Black Cat, they should have named the book something else. :/

Anytime Spidey and Black Cat (easily my favorite romantic interest of Spidey's) get together, it's guaranteed to be good. My favorite Brand New Day issues so far.

Peter Parker doesn’t have the best of luck with women (or anything else, for that matter). His marriage to Mary Jane was voided by Mephisto, he couldn’t save Gwen Stacy, he currently rooms with the incredibly short-tempered Michele Gonzales, so guess who turns up, Ms.-My-Powers-Induce-Bad-Luck-for-Anyone-Nearby, the Black Cat. She’s extra flirty and Joe Kelly milks the situation for maximum laughs. Kelly has a good ear for the well placed Spider-quip. Kudos.Then Marc Guggenheim turns up and thro...

Spider-man and Black cat reunite but before that some murder mystery mayhem and we see that Diablo is involved and the old cat and spider games are played and some underlining is hinted at, some big players behind the scene. Meanwhile on other hand Raptor is after Peter thinking he is Ben Reily and we see the backstory there and why he hates him and then also Kaine returns? But when Raptor targets Spidey's family he has to step up and take down this guy for good. This is a fun collection of shor...

A fun little Black Cat tale and a really long drawn Reilly tale with a hiring villain. World: The art was alorjg, nothing really special. I would have wanted a more expressive artist for the Black Cat issues but oh well. The Raptor issues were rather bland also. World building was aight, there was a little in the Black Cat story with Bennett but nothing of real substance. What I did like is the potential drama moving her back to New York does for MJ and Peter. I'm not a big fan of Ben Reilly and...

Another solid offering from the consistently entertaining (if not always perfect) recent Spider-Man run. The art on the Black Cat story is great and I usually like Felicia as a character but in this it's like they've forgotten all the recent Black Cat (particularly Evil the Men Do) character development. I guess we can chalk this 'Spidey's hot and Pete's not' attitude reversion up to the OMD mix up. Shame. I preferred the increased maturity in their relationship. Pete seems a little out of chara...

nothing much in this one. Keeping up, so I don't miss any big plot points in the Spidey-saga, but except for the Deadpool/Spidey team-up issue, this one was wahtever. Plus J. Scott Campbell-- DRAW A FUCKING BACKGROUND YOU LAZY PIECE OF SHIT. Pisses me off when hot-shot artists just do covers and stuff like that. Just sayin'.

Despite solid artwork, my lack of familiarity with the current Spider-Man stories means that I failed to fully appreciate this volume as much as I possibly could have.

this volume was more about Peter's clones than Black Cat, so i don't know why it's named that. anyway, solid read.