Ultimate Spider-Man #24 (2024) second print checchetto design variant

Done.


Arguably, given the highs, this series goes out on not the highest note. There have been H@l& *h&$ issues for probably half of this run, so on first read it may feel like a disappointment.

Sitting down with the last five issues as a chunk, this issue does flow better. I would have given it a 7 on Saturday, but here we are with an 8 on Wednesday.

The two inarguable takeaways (so please don't try to argue them):


1. This is easily the best Spider book Marvel has put out in the last two years. You could make the case its the best Spider book of the past five, maybe even TEN years, but those would not be inarguable, so here we are.


2. The Mysterio/Gwen/MJ material has moments that are as impenetrable as any indy thing Hickman has written. Genuinely feels like there should have been a one shot after MJ clocks her and leaves her unconscious in a ladies room that explains why any of them are still talking to each other after that. Is there a 15POINT1 or some nonsense that he published just for himself? I don't know.

Anyway- as a single issue it is recommended, as a series it is recommended to HIGHLY recommended.