• • Comic Book Reviews
• January 11, 2024

Ultimate Spider-Man #1 Review

Written by: Jonathan Hickman

Art by: Marco Checchetto

Coloring by: Matthew Wilson

Lettering by: VC’s Cory Petit

Editing by: Michelle Marchese, Wil Moss

Relapsing Spider-Man fans, don’t believe what you’ve been hearing. Ultimate Spider-Man isn’t the promise of what many have been asking for since One More Day… far more.

It’s easy to get lost in the fact that Peter Parker and Mary Jane are married again and finally have kids (which is not a spoiler considering it’s in the trailer). This isn’t the part that makes Ultimate Spider-Man particularly special. It’s the fact that it perfectly captures what was the original selling point of Spider-Man, anyone could be him. Spider-Man used to be relatable, he used to be what the everyman would be if we had superpowers. Not perfect, but always trying to do good.

By having Peter Parker wait until he’s already a man to become Spider-Man, we have a main character who accepts the call to action because he feels he’s destined for something greater. He’s great at being normal, but normal isn’t enough and he’s just waiting for life to change. How many people go through life feeling the same way, and suffer in silence because they feel they can’t change it?

If you had been feeling that way your entire life, how could you not put your life and those of your loved ones at risk to become Spider-Man? The genius of Ultimate Spider-Man is that creates the purest Spider-Man issue by completely flipping Peter Parker in a way many might miss. Before, he was a man with power who needed to learn responsibility. Ultimate Spider-Man is a man who understands responsibility, but now… now he has the power.

Thank You For Reading! Please Go Check Out Ultimate Spider-Man #1!

This review was pretty different from past ones I’ve done. Unlike other ones, there was a lot I could spoil to explain what’s new, different, and satisfying about a Peter Parker comic, but that would be cruel. If you even somewhat like Spider-Man, you should read it. Seriously, it’s more than anyone has been asking for, I can’t recommend it enough.

And I’m a hater. I live off hater-ade, especially for modern Spider-Man comics, and I love Ultimate Spider-Man. I’d be shocked if there’s a Spider-Man fan who doesn’t.

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