I just read ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN #1. (On sale tomorrow in paper and digitally.) I really really really liked Ultimate Peter Parker. I thought he was a wonderful character and was sad when I first heard he was going to die and even moreso when I read the book. But he’s gone and we have a new Ultimate Comics Spidey in Miles Morales. This issue takes place before his first appearance in ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT from a month or so ago, and it reminds me of the first ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1 from 2000, at least in tone—Miles ain’t Peter. It’s more about getting a feel for the characters and the world and setting up the boy who will be Spider-Man. And it does it wonderfully. I can’t really give an unbiased review seeing as how I’m A) not a reviewer and B) this is a Marvel book & I work for Marvel. If I didn’t like it, I simply wouldn’t talk about it. I won’t lie and shill if I don’t believe in what we’re putting out. But, man, I really dug this book. Bendis is in fine form, but Sara Pichelli? Good lord, she—and the rest of the art team—just destroy with this issue. I really like where this is going and that last page is a fine little cliffhanger. I hope you guys pick up the issue and enjoy it as much as I did.

I just read ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN #1. (On sale tomorrow in paper and digitally.)

I really really really liked Ultimate Peter Parker. I thought he was a wonderful character and was sad when I first heard he was going to die and even moreso when I read the book. But he’s gone and we have a new Ultimate Comics Spidey in Miles Morales.

This issue takes place before his first appearance in ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT from a month or so ago, and it reminds me of the first ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1 from 2000, at least in tone—Miles ain’t Peter. It’s more about getting a feel for the characters and the world and setting up the boy who will be Spider-Man. And it does it wonderfully.

I can’t really give an unbiased review seeing as how I’m A) not a reviewer and B) this is a Marvel book & I work for Marvel. If I didn’t like it, I simply wouldn’t talk about it. I won’t lie and shill if I don’t believe in what we’re putting out. But, man, I really dug this book. Bendis is in fine form, but Sara Pichelli? Good lord, she—and the rest of the art team—just destroy with this issue. I really like where this is going and that last page is a fine little cliffhanger.

I hope you guys pick up the issue and enjoy it as much as I did.