Reviews

Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 8: Empire of the Spider by Christopher Allen, Saladin Ahmed, Carmen Carnero, Alberto Foche

scam_likely's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

justkaty's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

delicatewatkins's review

2.0

I am subtracting an entire star because of how many times Miles says "chacho" in this volume. It wasn't a thing up until this volume and he says it 20 times.

elderkinhv's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

dcommet's review

4.5

Can't seem to find Volume 7 on here, so reviewing these last two together. Some fun multidimensional hopping, some great character work, all around a great time. Ahmed is the peak of Miles in comics so far and I love this run very much. Its very fun that Miles' stories all have things that make them unique from each other that are new or missing from each other. Peter has his set stories that people pull from, but Miles gets the freedom to experiment and grow on his own terms in the different mediums he exists within - and I truly do love that for him. Maybe someday they'll make a Miles cartoon that wraps it all together in a nice little package. 

Anyways, evil Spider-Man future was fun as hell and Tiana/Miles should be together for a long time. Ganke rocks, Uncle Aaron rocks. Not much more to say.

stadkison's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

Ending a comic book run is hard. Stan Lee loved talking about the illusion of change, but here, there wasn’t even an illusion. This run had some great moments of struggle for Miles, but the ending felt weightless and without grounding.

mamba24's review

adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75