I stayed up late last night finishing this because I couldn't sleep, and I would say that the second half of this book is much more engaging than the first half. My favorite aspect of this story arc was the emotions; Peter/Spider-Man is slowly deteriorating, though no one can figure out why. There are a lot of excellent moments between him, MJ, and Aunt May that really make this worth it.

However, because this is a compilation of different Spider-Man issues, the art in some issues isn't up to par (specifically the Marvel Knights issues). The story was there, for the most part, but the art just threw me off. I do enjoy the mythological aspects that have been thrown in, with Peter being the Spider totem and all. Though I wouldn't recommend jumping into this without reading some of JMS's run on Spider-Man because there's a lot of background information you'll need to understand what's going on here.

Maybe this isn't my favorite Spider-Man, but it's a great addition to Spider-Man's history.

3.5/5 stars

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