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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #617

The Gauntlet continues to close around Spider-Man in this heartbreaking story of love, loss and lust for power as the Rhino charges into Spider-Man’s life, out to make a name for himself…by killing the Rhino? Joe Kelly & Max Fiumara, who kicked off The Gauntlet in Amazing Spider-Man #600′s prelude, return for this pulse-pounding chapter!

WRITER: Joe Kelly
PENCILS: Max Fiumara
LETTERED BY: VC - Joe Caramagna
COVER BY: Max Fiumara

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  1. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    January 11, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Excited for this, the sandman arc was great, let’s keep the gauntlet rolling!

  2. RoiVampire RoiVampire says:
    January 11, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    YEs, Joe Kelly is back. man the spider team is just awesome and on a roll

  3. Slockhart Slockhart says:
    January 11, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    Like Iron Man, I dropped this after the last issue, but it’s such a light week that I may pick this up afterall

  4. Ruo21 Ruo21 says:
    January 11, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    @Slockhart- That’s the great thing about ASM, you can jump in and out at any moment and not really be confused about going on. I only read the arcs that I’m interested in and thats worked out great so far.

  5. cubman987 cubman987 says:
    January 11, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    Oh wow I didn’t realize Joe Kelly was back for this issue…that is good news!!!

  6. DarthDuck DarthDuck says:
    January 11, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    Joe Kelly is more good news for what has been a fantastic arc with Gauntlet, ASm has been awesome lately.

  7. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    January 11, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    ASM has been great! I’m not a fan of variant covers but has anyone seen the variants for this issue. Sweet!

  8. TheNextChampion TheNextChampion says:
    January 11, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    I love the varient covers for this issue. If this was the 90′s I’d totally would get all of them.

  9. shenanigans shenanigans says:
    January 12, 2010 at 1:30 am

    Barely know anything about rhino so this should be interesting but the sandman arc was good so hopefully they can keep it

  10. viceversa viceversa says:
    January 12, 2010 at 5:01 am

    i’m really looking forward to this issue. i love the variation of art they’ve been putting into these arcs, but i’m really hoping joe kelly doesn’t disappointment me again… i’m still recovering from 611

  11. Zeppo Zeppo says:
    January 12, 2010 at 7:14 am

    I liked the short story this team did for 600, so high hopes going in.

  12. ato220 ato220 says:
    January 13, 2010 at 8:10 am

    Really excited for this issue.  Joe Kelly is clearly one of my favorites of the brain trust.  I never really understood the Rhino (as a character, I get his powerset and all that) and I only hope that this sheds some light.

  13. viceversa viceversa says:
    January 13, 2010 at 10:51 am

    @ato220 if you look at how the gauntlet has been portraying spidey’s villians, i’m going to assume rhino is going to be a bit different from his previous appearances. maybe stronger? maybe smarter?

  14. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    January 13, 2010 at 11:10 am

    @viceversa
    I hope smarter. I loved that story in tangled web when rhino became really intelligent.

  15. viceversa viceversa says:
    January 13, 2010 at 11:36 am

    @Peterparker, that is one of my favorite stories from tangled web, i think it was called flowers for rhino?

  16. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    January 13, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    @viceversa

    that sounds right. It was a great story! I liked seeing some depth to a character that at times has been very one dimensional

  17. cubman987 cubman987 says:
    January 13, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    I really liked this issue a lot, I had high hopes for it and it delivered, but the story was a lot different than I expected.

  18. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    January 13, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    Wow what a great read! Not at all what I expected! I expected a fun old school ASM romp, that was a really low key and moving story!

  19. BetaRayRyan BetaRayRyan says:
    January 13, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    Bravo.  I didn’t expect this.  

  20. mikegraham6 mikegraham6 says:
    January 13, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    Amazing issue. Joe Kelly is far and away the best writer in the spidey brain trust. My POW

  21. ProjectX2 ProjectX2 says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:02 am

    This is one of the best issues of Spider-Man I’ve read in AGES. I think it’s going to get me to read the book consistently again. Good job, Joe Kelly.

  22. vadamowens vadamowens says:
    January 14, 2010 at 8:16 am

    Excellent issue.  One of my favorites in the past few months.

  23. viceversa viceversa says:
    January 14, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    best issue since gauntlet started

  24. Ruo21 Ruo21 says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Surprised at the quality of the backstory and glad it wasn’t just a reprint.

  25. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    January 14, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    @ruo
    I know the backup was almost as good as the feature! And next week is Marcos Martin and mysterio, my face spidey villian!

  26. DarthDuck DarthDuck says:
    January 14, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Two issues in a row for ASM being my POTW.  Last issue I called the best I’ve read in a long, long time and then I read this and it blows the last issue away.

    As much as I enjoy the new Rhino, new direction not the mecha-rhino, I’m kind of looking forward to a rhino vs. rhino showdown.

  27. SirCox SirCox says:
    January 14, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    This issue really struck a chord with me. Incredible. Joe Kelly is so good at Spider-Man.

  28. DorianP DorianP says:
    January 14, 2010 at 9:45 pm

    In a word: Amazing.  I picked this issue up since it was a light week and I was not disappointed.  I think this might be the best issue since the reboot happened.

  29. Mangaman Mangaman says:
    January 14, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    MAN I have to tell you. Sometimes it’s like ASM blows or it knocks your f’ing socks off. Obviously this week was the latter, because EVEN though the art wasn’t all that great, the compilation of the prime story and back up culminated into something that actually connected me with the Rhino. Hello… are you getting this? Me, The Rhino… connection… My grammar is broken because those three words obviously don’t belong together, but somehow Joe Kelly has done it again. I just realized Joe Kelly is the only writer who can make me cry if he wanted. It’s a sick talent that, if in the wrong hands, can make me a sissy forever.

  30. Zeppo Zeppo says:
    January 15, 2010 at 8:12 am

    @ Mangaman,

    I know what you mean, this is the first issue of Spider-man I have enjoyed in a while. Why is it so difficult for this book to be consistant.

    I’ve not read anything else from my stack yet this week, but this is a contented for POW.

  31. OnASunday OnASunday says:
    January 15, 2010 at 10:02 am

    I hope they put out a special edition Hc of The Gauntlet and not their usual Premier Hc because I will re-buy this story again for some over-sized art and extras from the writers and artists.

  32. Ruo21 Ruo21 says:
    January 15, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    I enjoyed this issue, but I would have much rather had another issue of Four Eyes. I thought Fiumara was struggling to keep up with the schedule of that book, bah humbug.

  33. cromulent cromulent says:
    January 15, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    Is Four Eyes dead? I love the book. What’s the deal?

  34. Ruo21 Ruo21 says:
    January 15, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    @Crom- They were supposed to give Fiumara a break so that he could crank out a few issues before they came back. This issue just means Four Eyes will take longer to come out than expected.

  35. DMaggot DMaggot says:
    January 16, 2010 at 1:01 am

    Loved this issue. As has been said previously, this is one of the better ASMs in awhile. I completely did not expect the issue to turn out the way it did. I was pretty sure it’d be good, but I had no idea this was the way they were going. Awesome!

  36. madderhorn madderhorn says:
    January 17, 2010 at 10:24 am

    After a 15 year break from comics, I started reading this title again a few months ago. I can accept all the changes made to Peter Parker, but thought the last several issues had been very ho-hum in terms of art and story. I was worried- ASM was the book that brought me to comics in the first place as a kid. This issue has reaffirmed my faith! Way to go Joe Kelly and all.

  37. thescimitar thescimitar says:
    January 17, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    This is the first ASM issue I have picked up in years.  I’ve been hearing great things about ASM lately and I’m a total sucker for the Rhino, mainly due to the old cartoon series.

     The issue was brilliant, not exactly what I was expecting, but a superb issue all around.  I especially loved the back up story.

     I’ll be sticking with ASM to see if it can keep this up this kind of quality.

  38. captbastrd captbastrd says:
    January 17, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Yonkers represent! (Even though I hate this city; and the casino that I too am suspicious of… and it doesn’t really look like that.)

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