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I am a massive fan of this show. It got me into comics. I watched it through my childhood and have revisited it a few times as an adult. I think it holds up, but part of that could be nostalgia...

Good point, I agree. I am due a re-read of the Lee/Romita run, but I remember it dropping off quite a bit after this point.

It was interesting but a little pointless and rushed. It didn't feel like a properly told story, but is worth reading for fans of the original Clone Saga. I'm not sure why anyone else would be...

I honestly think that the best version of the origin is the original Lee/Ditko version. In fact, I would have the first 50 issues of ASM (plus Amazing Fantasy #15) as essential reading. Beyond that...

The panel with Osborn's eyes bulging out of his head is one of my all time favourites.

Although I haven't re-read it for a few years, I used to have a soft spot for the Prodigy arc. It was fun to...

I've always thought that this arc was a low-key, forgotten gem. It's nowhere near classic status, but does have a host of memorable beats that have stuck with me since I first read it 20-25 years...

There are lots of obvious parallels between USM and Spider-Girl. I am up to around the #60s-70s in my re-read of the latter, and perhaps the most striking one is how both series began to drop off in...

Yes, that was probably the most prominent subplot that ran through his run on Sensational. I thought it was a really clever idea at the time, but looking back I don't think it particularly went...

I loved Dan Jurgen's run on Sensational. His artwork is top drawer, while also feeling quite different to any style that had been seen on a Spider-book before then. I was really surprised to learn...

I've been catching up on some more current ASM, and read the Joe Kelly two parter that ran through ASM #19-20.

It was pretty bad. There was actually a glimmer of an intriguing idea in there...

I'm sure I remember Ben at least being present at the final battle. I also vaguely recall there being an in story reason that he didn't sacrifice himself but I can't remember the details at all.

I did a re-read of it a few years ago. It is very subpar, but there were more decent arcs in there than I remembered. Perfect World in particular stood out as a great story. I liked the return of...

The Night Gwen Stacy died is definitely a frontrunner for me, but I probably need a bit more thinking time.

As an aside, reading through these scans has left me absolutely staggered at the...

The fight scene with Ock in the final part is probably one of my favourites of all time. I think Skroce really nails his tentacles in a way that no artist ever really has before.

Agree with all of this. He is a seriously underrated artist.

I must say that I agree with most of your choices. Taken on their own merits, a lot of the arcs from the Gauntlet were really good. Waid's Electro arc and Keemia's Castle stand out as highlights (I...

I read ASM #647 last night, the final issue of the Brand New Day era.

I actually forgot that this issue existed. In my mind, Brand New Day ended with the conclusion of Origin of Species. I...

The Scrier thing did become a massive mess, but I believe that the entity that the Silver Surfer fought was actually Scrier himself. The Scriers who popped up all over the Spider-titles in the 90s...

I've not read them all, but I wonder if this could be partially explained by having some of the stories take place on the same day? I can think of one memorable Christmas story where Peter talks a...

My choices would be

Lee/Ditko
Lee/Romita
Stern
Micheline
JMS
Slott

These aren't necessarily my favourites, but I think that they have added the most too the Spider-Man mythos. If I had...

I've been re-reading a couple of arcs from the latter half of the BND era in the last week or so.

Grim Hunt is the culmination of plot points that had been simmering since very early on in Brand...

I've only read the first arc and did not enjoy it. I've had enough of Spider-Verse stories and I don't think that the arc did enough to justify its existence or its length. Bagley's artwork is great...

His Sensational run is really good and does an excellent job defining Ben Reilly's character. I was stunned to learn years after reading that he hated Ben.

Neither of my two answers are natural...

Agreed on all counts. There are a few great stories buried among the heaps of rubbish during that era. The final chapter of Pursuit is one of them, and is often unfairly maligned as a result of it's...

This isn't really true though is it. As I referenced in my post, there were relatively few crossovers. The first year was totally crossover free, for instance. You then had Spider-Hunt and Identity...