The Good: Continuity in ASM has been outstanding since Brand New Day started. Continuing from last year's story arc in ASM #652-654, this story ties up some of the loose ends left behind while progressing the build-up to the upcoming "End of the Earth" story. My favourite part of the issue is the return of the Spidey / Human Torch dynamic which was executed almost perfectly (despite being slightly ham-fisted) in this issue. Even though torch had only been gone for a little while, I feel like it hasn't been utilized as much in recent years even before his "death". Overall excellent characterization, a good action scene, and a nice cliffhanger to lead into the next issue.

The Great:
The Great


The Ugly: Artwork was definitely nothing to write home about. Everyone has the same basic face structure and are not very expressive. In addition the "Come with me if you want to live" line kind of just irritated me (it may be hypocritical based on what I posted above, but still).

Overall I really liked this issue a lot. Probably one of the better issues of ASM in recent times, even though most of them have been pretty good as well.

Final Score: 9/10