The Spectacular Spider-Men, vol. 1: The Arachnobatics

The Spectacular Spider-Men (2025)

by Greg Weisman, Humberto Ramos (Penciler), Victor Olazaba (Inker)

Marvel’s wall-crawling superstars - Peter Parker & Miles Morales - come together in their first ever ongoing team-up series!

That’s right — it’s two webslingers for the price of one! Peter Parker and Miles Morales have decided to start hanging out on the regular, comparing notes…and then using said notes to take down some of both Spideys’ most dangerous bad guys! Together, this duo is better than amazing, sensational, superior…they are spectacular!

COLLECTING: The Spectacular Spider-Men (2024) 1-5, Web of Spider-Man (2024) 1 (The Spectacular Spider-Men story)

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Spider Man, Fiction, Young Adult, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Paperback

Published October 8, 2024

About the author

Greg Weisman (BA Stanford, MPW U.S.C.) has been a storyteller all his life. His first professional work was as an Editor for DC Comics, where he also wrote Captain Atom.

Greg worked at Walt Disney Television Animation from 1989 through 1996. In 1991, Greg created and developed a new series for Disney: GARGOYLES, becoming Supervising Producer and Supervising Story Editor of that series.

In 1998, Greg became a full-time Freelancer. He wrote the new Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys comic books for SLG Publishing, while producing, writing, story editing and voice acting for Sony’s The Spectacular Spider-Man. He then moved over to Warner Bros., where he produced, story edited, wrote and voice acted on the new series, Young Justice, as well as writing the companion Young Justice monthly comic book for DC.

Greg was a writer and Executive Producer on the first season of Star Wars Rebels for Lucasfilm and Disney, and he’s also writing the spin-off comic Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan. His first novel, Rain of the Ghosts, was published in 2013; its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, arrived in bookstores in 2014.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun book. It’s great seeing Pete and Miles together without any of the tension their interactions have had in other books recently.

It was also good to see Sha Shan again after so long. Older readers like myself love it when characters from our younger days turn up again. We also love it when we can sleep through the night without having to get up to pee, but I digress…

I’m still not a fan of Humberto Ramos’ artwork but I know I’m very much in the minority there.

I did think it a tad unbelievable that the villains couldn’t work out Pete’s secret identity after searching for his face on t’Interwebs. I would have thought he’d be easy to find with a simple Google search, what with him having been a well-known newspaper photographer, a CEO of his own well-known corporation, a faculty member at ESU and a published author… but what do I know, eh?

[Khurram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, I enjoyed this book more the more I read. I have been out of the main Spider-man universe as I hate what they have done to Peter Parker. I thought I would try this book and I enjoyed it.

Peter and Miles have started a tradition of meeting up once a week. Out of costume. Just a couple of friends. Just a couple of regulars in a coffee shop. However, what happens when regulars start to go missing? Can Spider-men business be far behind?

I still hate what they have done to Peter. I do not dislike Miles, but why does he come across as the more mature of the two? Peter is trying to hard to be cool, and the Paul line was just a gut punch, but this is a decent Spider-man (Spider-men) book.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun time! I'm honestly surprised it's taken Marvel this long to have a Spider-Men team-up book now that Pete and Miles are in the same universe full time.

These five issues (plus a prologue story from Web Of Spider-Man) see Pete and Miles face off against a cadre of foes as people start disappearing around ESU. Weisman delves into current Spidey continuity nicely with some appearances by characters from both Pete and Miles' worlds, and the quipping somehow manages to be non-stop without being frustrating. Everything kind of ends on a cliffhanger, so I'm not sure if everything's going to finish as well as it started, but I enjoyed this enough to want to know.

Humberto Ramos is an acquired taste, and this book won't change any of that for anyone - he's drawn so many Spidey books over the years, and he knows what he's doing. He's great if you love him, but I expect his spindly style doesn't appeal to everyone.

[Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lot of fun. The most I've enjoyed Ramos' art. Probably my least favourite villain is used in here also.

[kesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

my goat sam gave me this book from bris 🙏

(it’s literally ab me and him)

nah but i enjoyed, at times it felt like if i took a shot (i don’t drink) for every time it cut from meanwhile to now and then, i’d be an alcoholic. it’s a fun, harmless crossover piece and broke up all the deep, dark shit i been reading lately (the stock saw trap in nightwing).

i swear spiderman writers are sadists w/ the shit they be putting him through mayun. miles is a 6’4 feminist talking ab the patriarchy when a she rat pull up – deep respect for ramos for his take on miles’ hair bcs ts is crucial i swear 🤗

3/5.

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

not sure if we needed this..
but Peter and Miles seem to have a fun time bantering away...as their weekly coffee shop rendezvous continually gets hijacked.
Marvel are getting an awful lot of mileage out of Peter/Gwen's history...even here

[Belfry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

[Emmett Spain · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid 3.5 stars for this light and fun read. Humberto Ramos does a great job on art duties … some of his best work.

[C.T. Phipps · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very enjoyable comic and has all of Weisman's appeal. Spider-Man (Peter) and Spider-Man II (Miles) decide to spend one day of every week hanging out in their civilian identities at the Coffee Bean shop near Empire State University. Of course, they get entangled in a bunch of superhero stuff but the supporting cast is extra-enjoyable for the fact that they're very well developed characters from The Spectacular Spider-Man show. Arcade is a goofy villain but that's his point and there's actually some poignant moments here.

[Aaron Harvey · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5 stars.

I REALLY want to like this, it's Peter and Miles teaming up, it's an excuse to do dumb (mostly inconsequential) fun and maybe even do extra Character growth and such.

Instead it's nothing more than an obvious creative void cash grab that even the team working on doesnt seem to care about. The art is very bad, the writing is stiff, the time jumps are whiplash inducing, there's literally nothing here for readers outside of MAYBE 3 pages in the entire 5 issues.

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

The lesbian kisses added nothing, and felt tacked on to pander. There is no resolution and there are a ton of other things going on that make it hard to follow. I don't know who Shift is, or who the Ratmen are, or most of the other assorted characters.

Spiderman is still fun and clever, but the medium is dying (in part) because of this type of story telling.

My kid's 5-minute Spiderman story book is better, more streamlined and consistent story telling. Someone who hasn't been plugged into Spiderman for the last 10 years (ME!) struggles with this. Which is too bad. I love superheroes and love the medium, but I just don't have it in me to read a mountain of back story.

Amazing drawings and colors, but even that has gone the way of digital and isn't nearly as special as it was when I was growing up.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arachnobatics, later changed to arachnobatix LOL, is a term created for when both Spider-Men, Peter and Miles, are doing their Spidey thing together. Lots of combat and webbing and so many quips and one-liners!
The story is full, but kind of confusing until you reach the end. In one reality, Peter is married to Gwen and they have two kids, and Miles is dating Kamala Khan; both Spidey's being regulars at a coffee shop. BUT in the real world, both Spidey's are in the Arcadium, a trap created by Arcade and Mentallo working together. There are detectives involved in trying to find the missing persons (Peter and Miles being two of the 5) and there's also a plot with Miles Warren and cloning.
It all is starting to make sense and flow together, but I hope they don't try to overdo it.
On to Volume 2! Recommend. Always fun with those two together.

[Joey Nardinelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun follow-up to the ending of the recent Miles run, though I’m not sure how satisfying this is for Parker readers of late. I like that the volume slow burns a twist, though I think it goes SO slow that we’re into the next volume to get anywhere near a resolution. I also seem to always love the Miles/Peter interactions — the camaraderie and mentorship doesn’t really have a strong parallel in other Marvel comics that I’ve read (90% of the time, the mentor is VERY resistant to having a new hero to tutor). Love that we get Shift back too (I know he’s going to feature in the MtG Spider-Man Universes Beyond set, and I really am hoping I can find a way to make a deck for him). Excited to jump into the next volume now.

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun.

That's what this book is.
If you're a fan of either Spider-Man and were hoping their books would crossover more, then this is your compromise. It starts out pretty auspiciously. Both Peter and Miles are getting a chance to just be themselves at a coffee shop. No web slinging. No quips. DEFINITELY no costumes. It's a new spinto see them just getting more of a chance to talk about life and what they've both been up to.

Thank about it. They've gone through SO MUCH in the last year. Who else would you turn to?

This first arc even plays with a new villain team-up that could have some potential (if they don't mess it all up on their own).
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Bonus: This book could be on par with 'Spider-Man/Deadpool'...

[Trike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is pretty good, not quite amazing (ha). Peter and Miles teaming up in a topsy-turvy adventure where it’s hard to tell fact from fancy, much like the second MCU Spider-Man movie with Mysterio.

Turns out it’s Arcade and Mentallo teaming up to trap people in one of Arcade’s holodeck-type simulations using stolen X-Men Danger Room tech combined with Mentallo’s mind-reading to trap people in their own fantasies.

Solid idea, decent action, but the humor feels a little forced. Overall it’s decent enough. I’ll definitely read the next collection when it comes out next year.

[j_ay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Groan.
Clones. Ultimate Bullshit with the 'real' spider-man, established characters as robots, writing that thinks it's really really clever (and cute), and even Ramos not looking (most of the time) like Ramos (bad inking or lazy pencils?)....and then the reveal of what-has-to-be the lamest New Villain in quite some time...
No, please.

[Chris Aylott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miles Morales and Peter Parker team up . . . for weekly coffee! Naturally, things get a bit more adventurous than that. The chemistry between these two characters is, um, spectacular, but it's frustrating that this collection cuts off two issues before the resolution of its main story. I understand that Marvel has a format for these books, but they seem to be shooting themselves in the foot here.

[Dbgirl · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story had potential, but it was badly executed. The constant change in timelines that lasted one or two pages didn’t felt just irritating, but also unnecessarily gimmicking. I liked the humour and all the everyday conversations, but the more I read this, the more it started to annoy me. Shame, because I would have wanted to like this.

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fun Spidey team up, starring both Peter and Miles. This is in continuity, but it generally touches lightly on canon. Probably a new reader could come in fresh from the Spider-Verse and/or MCU movies without getting too confused. The highlight of the book is the funny, natural banter between Peter and Miles. It helps to disguise that the story is, to be generous, really decompressed.

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty, pretty good. Peter and Miles decide to get together on Wednesdays for coffee at Empire State University. They eventually stumble into some villains testing some fully immersive A.I. in a "You shall not escape" way. It's nice to see Humberto Ramos back in the Spider-Man fold.

[Ethan · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

Really fun story if one that isn’t the most exciting. It’s so much fun seeing Miles and Peter just hang out. I could read so many more issues of their dynamic as it’s presented here. Very much in for this run.

[Cyrus · Rating 3 out of 5]

3
"Games knows game" -Miles Morales

anyways pretty good volume, it was lowkey sad asf with them getting to live out their dreams but it being all fact like why does Peter Parker not get his wife and kids ... also hb at the coffee shop was wilding bc why break up a happy home.

[Mateusz Nowowiejski · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 - 2024

[Beth Kakuma-Depew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was as much fun as the MCU movies with Tom Holland. I'm stingy with my bookstars, so not giving it 5 stars.

[Ryk Stanton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three stars for the story, an extra one because I’ve always loved Arcade.

[Juan Francisco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joder, que lectura más gustosa. Sobre todo después de lo mala que es la run de Wells.

[Sadie_the_writer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very fun read, love the brotherly dynamic between these two.

[skai_booksandbracelets · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unique story to have both Spider-Man characters together, but the story telling was nothing special.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I've seen this "what do you get for the spider-man who has everything " too many times