- Written by: Joe Kelly
- Art by: Pepe Larraz
- Colors by: Marte Gracia, Erick Arciniega
- Letters by: VC’s Joe Caramagna
- Cover art by: Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia (cover A)
- Cover price: $4.99
- Release date: October 1, 2025
Amazing Spider-Man #13, by Marvel on 10/1/25, sends Peter Parker and a ragtag crew hurtling through galactic suburbia on a desperate quest for justice and survival.
First Impressions
Cracking open this comic felt like wandering into the wrong movie theater. Gorgeous visuals, but nobody bothered to hang a sign explaining what happened to the hero you came for. The art sparkles and explodes off the page, but the story feels adrift, floating somewhere between Guardians of the Galaxy leftovers and a cosmic group therapy session. The most shocking feat is how astray this Spider-Man feels from anything a seasoned fan could recognize.
Recap
Previously, Spider-Man was smacked into deep space by Hellgate, leaving New York hero-less. After starving for weeks, he was rescued by alien Dr. Xanto Starblood but quickly discovered the doctor was experimenting on living beings. Peter rebelled, donning a new technarachnid suit to save the victims, with his only goal to get strong enough to defeat Hellgate and make it home.
Plot Analysis
Stranded on Imperial Gaileia 3, Peter Parker teams up with Rocket Raccoon, Symbie, Raelith, and other cosmic fugitives. The group’s quiet cargo run devolves into mayhem when bribery backfires at a border checkpoint, spurring a firefight with corporate flunkies. Tempers flare, morality unravels, and torture plans abound, forcing Peter into the role of makeshift leader and would-be conscience.
The crew debates whether to kill or torture their tormentor, Dr. Starblood, landing on the shocking radical concept of basic mercy. Raelith and the rest, bristling with grudges and planetary trauma, reluctantly agree that justice doesn’t have to mean death. As an imposing threat from the Black Order looms, arguments about leadership and revenge reach a fever pitch, each alien staking their claim to justice and quipping through existential crisis.
Soon, the ship is facing off with Black Dwarf of the Black Order – Thanos’s infamous foot soldiers – who threaten to turn the entire rescue into cosmic roadkill. Using a cocktail of tech-threats and artful momentum, Peter and crew survive the onslaught long enough to deliver their cargo and free the innocent. Even so, not everyone is keen on Peter’s “let’s all get along” approach, and simmering doubts about survival, loyalty, and leadership linger as the group looks for their next move and a way home.
The comic closes on Peter determined to protect his new allies, get stronger, and somehow, someday, get back to Earth. But the only thing explained here is how far the story has wandered from anything resembling classic Spider-Man – still lost in space and, narratively, just lost.
Writing
The writing is nothing if not ambitious, hurling Spider-Man into a cosmic ensemble drama that swaps web-slinging heroism for sci-fi moralizing. Dialogue ricochets between banter and half-baked philosophy, with no time spared to lay out how Peter landed in this space mess or why seasoned fans should care. Every attempt at gravitas lands with a thud thanks to conversations that explain nothing and end nowhere.
Art
The art is a visual feast: dynamic, detailed, and loaded with galactic spectacle. Spaceships glow, characters burst with color, and the technarachnid suit is a sharp new look that outshines the writing on every page. This is the kind of work that deserves a better story, anchoring the reader’s eye when nothing else holds the mind.
Characters
Characters are introduced and disposed of like inventory on a space hauler. Peter is barely recognizable as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, rendered instead as cosmic hitchhiker/school counselor. The supporting cast has personality in spades, but there’s no time to care who’s who when every page is another shouting match about justice, mercy, or who gets the last word.
Positives
This book lives and dies on its art. The pages are filled with kinetic energy, expressive faces, and stylish costumes that make even the grimiest alien prison look like a neon wonderland. If there’s one reason to pick it up, it’s to bask in the sheer spectacle, even if Peter doesn’t act at all like the icon on the cover.
Negatives
What absolutely tanks the issue is the total disconnect from Spider-Man’s roots. There’s no web-swinging, no clear explanation for why or how Peter is marooned among spacefaring strangers, and the story never stops to orient readers who want so much as a taste of what makes Spider-Man Spider-Man. It’s all cosmic hijinks, delivered at a breakneck pace that leaves character motivation, emotional stakes, and franchise appeal in the dust.
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Final Thoughts
For a book called Amazing Spider-Man #13, this issue steadfastly avoids being either. The art deserves a portfolio, the writing deserves a GPS, and fans deserve something resembling Spider-Man, not Peter Parker playing cosmic camp counselor for a busload of alien B-listers. If Marvel wants to keep Spider-Man fans on board, it’s time to bring the wall-crawler home, or at the very least, explain how he wound up light-years from what made him amazing in the first place.
5.5/10
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