REVIEW: Amazing Spider-Man, #694

[CBR News]

"Amazing Spider-Man" #694 is supposed to be the end of the Alpha storyline, but is it the end of the road for Alpha?


Full review here.

[E. Wilson]

I think the bigger question is, is it the end of the road for Princess?

[Dr. Chaos]

You guys really liked that creepy Queen clone, didn't ya?

[cookepuss]

This storyline was just terrible. It started off okay, but fizzled out into nothing. Totally anticlimactic. Prediction: W'e'll next see Alpha back as a villain. Telegraphed. I'm equally disappointed over the intense hype surrounding Spidey getting a sidekick. Alpha was no such thing. He was even less of a mentor to Alpha than he was to Hope Summers in AvX.

The only redeeming point to this issue was JJJ's sincere acknowledgement of Spidey's efforts. I wasn't a huge fan of how they made JJJ a douche again after OMD. Nice to see him acting like a human again. Apart from that, this has easily been one of Slott's most disappointing efforts, imo. Far too rushed and limp.

[oldschool]

"Amazing Spider-Man" #694 is supposed to be the end of the Alpha storyline, but is it the end of the road for Alpha?


Full review here.

Pretty fair review; an overall very good issue and conclusion (albeit a bit rushed in the final act) to this storyline. And big props on the great homage cover to one of my all-time favorite comic book covers, the awesome Ross Andru Spidey vs Superman comic from the mid-1970's! It surprises me how many people still have not read that issue despite it being reprinted a few times; well worth the hunt if you have not read it yet!

[Phantom Roxas]

I cringed at the compliments regarding the art.

Oh well, hopefully Danger Zone will make up for this arc, especially since Camuncoli will be drawing it.

[LooneyKoala]

I cringed at the compliments regarding the art.

Oh well, hopefully Danger Zone will make up for this arc, especially since Camuncoli will be drawing it.

I really enjoyed the art!

[oldschool]

I really enjoyed the art!

So did I! Why anyone would "cringe" at others enjoying something they don't baffles me. It's ok to disagree but, clearly, more people than not are digging Ramos' art or he wouldn't still be on one of Marvel's top titles 3 years on.

[Phantom Roxas]

I can understand people liking it, but actually reading what exactly was so good about it was hard for me to take in. The review accurately described his people as "wildly exaggerated caricatures of humanity," but saying that after describing his art as "cartoon-like brilliance" was something I really couldn't agree with.