@spidey1fan: yeah....bad writing at tis aspect

I find it ridiculous how all these websites and reviewers are giving this issue such high praise. It was a crappy story with a terrible ending, for a celebration of 50 years of Spider-Man it was pretty insulting to the character. I'm giving Superior three issues or however long the first arc is to grasp me but i'm still conflicted on doing that much.

My cousin bought me ASM#700 for Xmas....just to f*** with me :P ....he's a Batman fanboy!

I thought ASM#700 leading to SSM#1 would be a smooth attainment for Marvel NOW! which enticed me to pick it up. After reading 698 - 700, I felt in all honesty a huge disrespect to Spiderman, Peter Parker and the ASM status. I cant believe Marvel had the balls to do something like this, I am all for the whole trying something new and reinvention of Comicbook characters but this fully takes the cake. For a final ASM issue, ending with the death of PP and Dr Oct taking over as PP/SM, no, no, Not for the final ASM, maybe it could work for an End of Arc/Event. but not for a End of title.

@ScarletBatman: @ScarletBatman said:

The biggest problem I have with this is that Ultimate Spider-Man has a much more moving and weighty death than this Spider-Man. Peter didn't die heroically or valiantly. He didn't die saving the damsel or sacrificing himself for the good other others. No, Peter died in a withered, decrepit body, outgunned and outwitted by his second greatest villain. Peter's last act on Earth was to beam a conscious into Doc Ock's mind, which is a desperate hail marry that may or may not pay off. Peter deserved better.

totally and 100% agree

Dan Slott: "Everything was building up to this,since #600..."

Really?...EVERY story we witnessed since 2009 was building up to Peter's DEATH?(!)....i feel cheated now..

P.S. Oh and look at that!....Slott is writing 600,and its an anniversary issue,so they brought Romita Jr. to draw this....all good....#700??.....same ol' mediocre Ramos.....sounds like noone wanted to draw this....

@Shika1Dude: True...disgusting end for an amazing hero...

@PunyParker: Yup! I'm with you there, and I'll also pick SSM, and I think it'll be pretty cool.

(Oook, thanks!)

@ScarletWebs said:

I find it ridiculous how all these websites and reviewers are giving this issue such high praise. It was a crappy story with a terrible ending, for a celebration of 50 years of Spider-Man it was pretty insulting to the character. I'm giving Superior three issues or however long the first arc is to grasp me but i'm still conflicted on doing that much.

I agree with this. I'm giving it the first arc and if I'm not impressed I'm done. This was one of my favorite characters and a very iconic character in the marvel universe and this wasn't at all what I thought the end would have been. Depressing and insulting at the least. The picture above shows my internal feelings of the overall story.

Just finished catching up with Scarlet Spider and something at the end of Scarlet Spider #12 caught my eye.

Its a letter from Julia Carpenter to Kaine, the issue was release a couple of weeks before 700, not sure but I have a feeling it has something to do with Peter Parker and what happened to him.

For instance the letter could be a warning to Kaine about what was going to happen to Peter.

Hey everybody, long time lurker here. I actually had to stop reading comics for a while but was just recently able to get back into them, so forgive me for asking what may be a completely stupid question. With Ock in peters body, does that mean we're never going to find out what MJ whispered to Mephisto in OMD, or have we found that out already? If by chance we did can someone direct me to that issue. Thanks in advance.

@The_Fanged_King: It was in issue The Amazing Spider-Man #638

I thought 700 was okay, besides the ending. That wasn't good.

I reviewed it here if you want to see exactly what I thought of the issue. http://www.comicvine.com/the-amazing-spider-man-dying-wish-suicide-run-spider-dreams-date-night/37-373805/user-reviews/?review_id=33978

If you do read remember that the rating is on the overall issue, and that the ending dropped the initial rating.

Hey, did anyone notice that the whole flashback scene with Gwen and Peter's parents and Uncle Ben was totally pointless? Peter was brought back to life to fix everything, and then he failed again. Does that mean he's going to be a ghost, because he isn't finished with his work (since he hasn't gotten his body back)?

Big fan of spidey and i know he will come back hereos die and get resurrected all the time no bigge :)