El dibujo me parece espectacular y el guión me parece que representa muy bien lo que es Peter Parker en esa época de adolescente. I was actually a little worried about the art with Gil Kane penciling and John Romita inking, but the destruction of the plant and the dizzying fall at the end really show that the art works well. The Prowler stories are particularly good with Hobie Brown’s parallel to Peter Parker being a great idea. I do wonder why we got another flashback to the previous Lizard defeat as we just got one a few issues ago… Also, the art team changes a bit to Mooney and Bushema. It’s kind of a normal Doctor Strange story, though it does show a new first meeting between Spidey and Strange.

En bref, un petit road trip down memory lane qui devrait plaire à tout fan du tisseur et de l'ère d'argent.Dost tomu ubližuje jak tehdejší vydavatel předpokládal že čtenář čte obě spider-manovské řady a čtenář má u sebraných Sternových čísel pocit že minul něco důležitého. All of the Spider-books were retitled to “Scarlet Spider” for two months to indicate the transition away from Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Join acclaimed tale-spinner Kurt Busiek as he weaves an intricate web of "lost" stories from Peter Parker's earliest days as the Amazing Spider-Man!

He shows a great skill here in capturing Peter Parker's/Spider-man's voice as well as the voices of the supporting characters around him. It’s an average issue with stuff that has definitely been done before, earlier in this omnibus even, but the ending made me smile, so I’ll give it a bump. Spider-Man is just the absolute best (or a "pussywillow," as Aunt May might have said at one point ("You mean pussyCAT, Aunt May! I’m planning a significant rebuild of this guide in the next few months, so I am happy to know how this can work better for you. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant.

Also, these Untold Tales issues weave much better into continuity than the earlier Amazing Fantasy issues. I don't know, it just all seems wrong, even if they aren't directly portrayed as minorities in the traditional sense. Gwen is a little too emotional, though she may just be brainwashed by the “emotional female” thing that the male characters keep saying.