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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #649

THE HOBGOBLIN’S BACK!

You wanted him, you got him! And he’s ready to hit the BIG TIME too…with a whole new bag of tricks! Who’s under the mask this time? Is it Roderick Kingsley, Jason Macendale, or somebody else? Ready for another long, unfolding mystery with months of clues, red herrings, and shocking twists? Well tough! We’re showing you who he is in THIS ISSUE!

Plus: What’s wrong with Mac Gargan? More trouble for Norah Winters. And Peter Parker makes good on a promise that goes back to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1!

Guest-starring the BLACK CAT!

Writer: DAN SLOTT
Penciller: HUMBERTO RAMOS
Inker: CARLOS CUEVAS
Colors: EDGAR DELGADO
Letters: JOE CARAMAGNA
Cover: HUMBERTO RAMOS

Price: $3.99
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  1. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    November 22, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Big time!

  2. Avatar photo DarkKnightJared says:
    November 22, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    Last issue was the first time I vaguely enjoyed an issue of Amazing Spider-Man in a LONG time. 

  3. Avatar photo Zarathos81 says:
    November 22, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    I was really worried that this series would lose steam after Brand New Day wrapped up (I was also worried that the old status quo would return and I’d have to drop the book rather than deal with Mary Jane being married to Parker again) but BIG TIME has really surprised me! The first issue actually picked up steam and really became it’s own thing. I’m eagerly looking forward to this new era.

    And maybe those people who complained about BND without ever reading it will stop complaining.

  4. Avatar photo Impossibilly says:
    November 22, 2010 at 2:26 pm

    The last issue was too good to not pick up this issue.

  5. Avatar photo har13quin says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    I love this book.

    Its just a shame that people were expecting it to some how disappoint, without actually reading the damn thing.

    If you think about it, Dan Slott is a great writer and the artists slated to do this are reliable, and despite Joe Q’s flapping over various issues at Marvel, do you really think after all this effort he would go back to the old staus quo? Esspecially when it has easily been the strongest book in their line in recent times.

  6. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    I really wanna like this new run but last issue wasn’t doing it for me!

  7. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    As I go through my massive pull list for this week, pruning titles with a vengence in an effort to afford food this month… dammit, you impressed me too much last ish not to pick up the next, ASM! Damn your excellent sequential storytelling!

  8. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    I liked last issue, I’m hoping one writer equals more consistancy, with the amount of interesting subplots set up I’m hoping they all pay off.

  9. Avatar photo KickAss says:
    November 22, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    Last issue was excellent and things are only picking up from here.

  10. Avatar photo tylerferrara says:
    November 22, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    the last issue blew my mind, it was one of the best ASM issues since shed.  Love the art, love the story telling and I love where it is going and can I just say, thank god peter has a job! We’ll see how long it lasts but it has huge potential.  Very excited for this issue, will pick up, despite visiting in-laws.

  11. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    November 22, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    as long as Humberto Ramos and Hobgoblin are in this book, i will buy it. Imma do it. BIG TIME!

  12. Avatar photo rift1128 says:
    November 22, 2010 at 11:31 pm

    I loved the last issue. most people are always down on ramos but he is consistent and does action very well. he really sold me last issue and now im on!

  13. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    November 23, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    Last issue had a lot of set up and character introduction. So much so I felt the middle really dragged. But the ending and new status quo was excellent and clearly Slott has laid out plenty of toys to play with. I am not the biggest Ramos fan, but I am ready for some good stuff. Let’s do this.

  14. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    November 23, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    I’m giving Big Time another shot but I wasn’t exactly moved by the first installment.  I might just end up switching over to the trades, if I don’t drop it all the way.  Let’s hope that this issue is a lot more interesting.

  15. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    November 23, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    I am excited about the direction of this story

  16. Avatar photo CaptainSweatpants says:
    November 24, 2010 at 6:57 am

    Leave it to the man who pitted Spidey against Powdered Toast Man to make this title one of my top 5 in one issue. I hope this issue lives up to my expectations.

  17. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 24, 2010 at 9:44 am

    Can I just say that this year I’m thankful for the Hobgoblin and Dan Slott. Oh and Humberto Ramos.

  18. Avatar photo cutty says:
    November 24, 2010 at 9:57 am

    Is there a backup, or is it 40 pages of Slott and Ramos?

  19. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 24, 2010 at 10:42 am

    @cutty I seem to remember Dan Slott saying something about the first few issues of Big Time being, well, big time!

  20. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 24, 2010 at 11:31 am

    The last issue was pretty good; I wasn’t blown away but enjoyed it enough. I’ll pick up a second issue to decide whether I need to follow the trades or not.

  21. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    November 25, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    I liked it, the Phil Urich story ties into the Losers mini-series from a few years back. I don’t know if that was intentional.

  22. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    POTW. Loved the Hobgoblin swerve, as well as the fact that even when Peter’s successful he’s still our lovable loser.

  23. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 25, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    I’ve always liked Phil Urich from his run in that Green Goblin series. It was a ton of fun, or at least I remember it being that way.

  24. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 26, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    @Ottoboyy yeah me too, but i’m not sure how i feel about him murdering people when the last time i saw him he was a hero. also didn’t the goblin scream come out of the mask and not phil himself? this was still a good issue but those two things better be explained. you can’t just choose to make someone a killer for no reason

  25. Avatar photo SirCox says:
    November 26, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    Dan Slott is pretty huge on continuity so I’m sure he will explain that.

     

    Anyway, I liked this a lot! I am still sad to see Brand New Day be gone but this is probably the next best thing!

  26. Avatar photo cutty says:
    November 26, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    Very very good.  My 2nd favorite comic this week after Locke & Key

  27. Avatar photo BetaRayRyan says:
    November 27, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    "He did it, Ben".

     

    Aww yeah.  

  28. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    November 27, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    @RoiVampire – Not that it was a hugebook or anything, buta few years ago Phil was in a mini called "The Loners," starring the super hero support group introduced in Runaways Vol. 2. Through that series, Phil realized that the Goblin formula was still in his system, slowly making him obsessive and delusional, until he finally loses it and attacks his friends. They take him down and he fades into the shadows, still a nutjob.

    When Phil first showed up last issue, I was actually worried that they’d ignore that series, but it looks like Slott’s picking up where C.B. Cebulski left off in Loners. And I couldn’t be happier! 

     

  29. Avatar photo cutty says:
    November 28, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    @Casey – yeah, one thing you don’t have to worry about with Dan Slott is continuity errors.  He’s got a great respect for Marvel history and while I think his dialog can get pretty corny sometimes, characters will always ring true.

    @betaray – that was a great touch

  30. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 28, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    @Casey  ok that makes way more sense now. could he do the sonic scream without the mask in the loners book?

  31. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    November 28, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    Really refreshing to see Peter meeting success as a scientist and in his private life, so used to seeing him trudge along as far as his living conditions and as a photographer at the Bugle, and like others are saying, seeing that little moment of triumph with Aunt May was just great and heartfelt.

  32. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 29, 2010 at 1:22 am

    I never heard how the Loners left him (dropped that after one issue), but that’s a shame they took one of the few genuinely pleasant (ex) super heroes left and gave him gritty baggage. I haven’t read this yet (still waiting on the shipment) but yeah, kind of disappointed Phil can’t be left a nice supporting cast member. Oh well. 

  33. Avatar photo excalipoor says:
    November 30, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    @CaseyJustice  what happened to Hollow? at the end of Loners, Hollow was with Phil.

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