The Amazing Spider-Man: 24/7

The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) (Collected Editions) #27

by Dan Slott, Mark Waid, Fred Van Lente

An adventure from Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four's past is about to have a profound effect on their future... that's if Spidey and the Torch can stop fighting long enough to notice! What's the cosmic-level rift that's dividing two of the Marvel U.'s best friends? Then, Spidey's whole world is turned upside down by the new rules of the world. The good news is that after all these years, Spider-Man finally gets the upper hand on J. Jonah Jameson - but it's gonna cost him, particularly with the all-new Vulture winging into town! Plus, Peter drops by Aunt May's house for the shock of his life! Collects Amazing Spider-Man #589-594, plus Extra! 2.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Spider Man, Comic Book, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics

168 pages, Hardcover

First published September 16, 2009

About the author

Dan Slott is an American comic book writer, the current writer on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, and is best known for his work on books such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, and Ren & Stimpy.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Tag! You're IT! And by 'IT,' I mean 'gonna wake up wearing an orange jumpsuit.'" -- our wisecracking title character, snaring a fleeing crook with wall of webbing

The Amazing Spider-Man: 24/7 could more aptly be titled 50/50, as in two (of the four tales in this collection) are good, while the other two are sort of mediocre. The opener - featuring villains The Spot and Anna Kraven - was immediately forgettable, while a subsequent long-winded otherworldly adventure guest-starring The Fantastic Four had only a few good scenes. Faring much better was a standalone segment with birthday boy Wolverine (!) inviting Spider-Man out to a New York City dive bar, with humorous and unexpectedly deep results. It then finished strong with a story arc involving a deadly upgraded version of the Vulture - he disgustingly vomits acid, with Spider-Man having it splatter into his eyes to cause temporary blindness - and of course Peter Parker's personal problems.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was quite fun! Peter and FF go to the Macroverse again but this time they get lost in there for quite some time and we see that a civil war between the Dregans and a guy called Patronus has been going on for quite some time and its becoming a lot for Peter to take in and there is the squabble with Johnny about secret identity and all, and its fascinating to see that but then peace comes in and we see a montage of events that transpire quickly since they have been trapped here for a long time and we see Jay Sr and Aunt May together and J-cube becoming the mayor of NYC and when Pete comes back he is in for a shock.

And so to challenge Jonah he is Spidey 24*7 and its fun to see him helping people and make news while J cube targets him and he evades but when the new Vulture comes in despite his exhaustion he fights him and we see the crash at the stadium and things go to their old way until we see Osborn and why Peter is feeling that way and so he has to deal with that fact.

This volume shows Peter's development and how he deals with this crazy time and like the rapid change of things happening with his supporting character so that when he gets back he is in for a shock and introducing Michelle and all and finally the whole him vs J cube angle that makes this relationship even more complex and I am loving the strange dynamics of this issue coupled with the art of Barry Kitson which was so good, probably one of the best ever.

[Wing Kee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another mediocre forgettable arc.

World: Okay art that is par for the course, nothing that really stands out here. The world building is interesting at least, there is the stuff with the FF which is fun and deals with one of the issues from 'One More Day' and then there's the mayor stuff and the same old same old.

Story: The pacing is fine, the writing is fine, and the stakes are fine but it's all be done before and nothing is fresh. It's JJJ doing the same and Spidey doing the same and nothing of note here.

Characters: Peter since 'One More Day' has been directionless much like the books since and I'm starting to feel that there needs to be some forward momentum for him. Using a DC comics Wally West term, he's missing his lightning rod and therefore he's not a good character to read at the moment. The villain de jour boring and I've already forgotten him. The FF were fun and it was a nice distraction but that's about it.

Forgettable and boring.

Onward to the next book!

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great compilation. I loved the Spidey/FF team-up issues, particularly the Human Torch and Spidey friendship (and the themes about family at the end of it). The issues where Spidey was doing everything he could to mess with Mayor JJJ... I was laughing out loud. Seriously, I had a blast with this comic. Not that there weren't serious parts, but I walked away from this book just thinking it was a load of fun.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Team ups are great and Spidey with the Fantastic Four was a treat as well as Wolverine's Birthday party. I loved what Spidey did to the Vulture at the end. The one thing though that bothers me, and has always bothered me about Spidey, is the forced oppression on him. Yes, people can be very short-sighted and stupid, but people cheering Spidey as a hero one second and then claiming he's a menace the next, for no reason, despite being a hero and saving them both times, makes absolutely no sense. It's just a way to force drama and hardship on him. And that takes a lot out of any story.

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

2026 Review - I liked the fantastic four story more this time. But overall just all decent or solid stories. A 3 feels right.

2015 Review - Fun if not a little dumb. I didn't care for the F4 story but the rest was pure fun.

[Isaac Calef · Rating 3 out of 5]

Desde Junio que no leía Amazing Spider-Man. Desde hace quizá como 3 años empecé a querer leer la serie principal de Spider-Man desde una era específica, y así seguirme por muchísimos números. Lo estoy consiguiendo y me arrepiento un poco por no escribir ni crear un “diario” de mi experiencia.

Empecé desde el #546. Con Brand New Day. Y ha sido increíble. Con altas y bajas. Pero increíble! porque he leído esto en distintas etapas y ha sido una experiencia lectora muy enriquecedora. Me arrepiento porque al no ser recurrente me olvido de muchos detalles del canon arácnido (y es que aquí pasan un buen de cosas) pero cada que regreso logro volver a subirme y disfrutar del trabajo narrativo y gráfico de cada arco o número.

Aunque eso no quita que reconozca que hay algunas historias medio malitas. Como acá.

Más bien son varios mini arcos o varios números. Después de una aventura con los F4 (la verdad que no tan memorable. En serio, ni me acuerdo) Peter pierde 2 meses de su vida. Y cuando vuelve Jonah ya es alcalde. La hermana de su ex rommie-policía-corrupto ahora vive con él, y May ya anda con el padre de JJ. Y para ser un par de eventos muy importantes para el canon de spidey me decepcionó saber que suceden medio forzados, sin tanto trasfondo y siendo medio caricaturezcos-ridículos. Por ejemplo, cuando vi la página final de May y John Jameson en la cama terminé aceptando que May desde hace 15 años sigue siendo un personaje que no saben tratar del todo. Aunque ingenioso y divertido puede ser pero eso no le quita lo forzado.

En fin, ahora también presentan como a un nuevo vulture pero rojo y que avienta ácido y ya vamos a entrar a la etapa del Reino Oscuro de Norman.

Seguiré escribiendo todo estos pensamientos para mi yo del futuro que espero ya pueda ponerse a llenar de una vez por todas el “álbum” de Amazing Spider-Man

[Mr. Stick · Rating 4 out of 5]

"TOUGH OLD LADY. REMINDS ME OF MY GRANDMOTHER. DURING THE SIEGE OF STALINGRAD, SHE LOADED AN ANTI-TANK GUN WITH HER BLINTZES AND HELD OFF FOUR PANZER DIVISIONS."
- Dmitri Ivankov following the attempted bribing of May Parker through her charity.

"SPOILER! I'VE READ THAT ONE! TURNS OUT HE LIKES GREEN EGGS AND HAM!"
- Spider-Man to Adrian "The Vulture" Toombs, the latter reading in his prison cell.

Kraven's daughter discovers that her fight with Daredevil was actually against a wardrobe challenged Spider-Man.
The Spot returns. Russian mobsters piss off aunt May. Spidey channels Christian Bale.
Wolverine gets drunk (in two minute intervals) in a dive bar, with a costumed Spidey.
Spidey and the Fantastic Four return to the macroverse, lose a lot of time, and miss the mayoral election. You'll (probably) never guess who won.
The newly elected mayor sends a swat team to hunt Spider-Man, Peter meets aunt May's new boyfriend, a new Vulture hunts the weak and injured (and spiders!) with acid breath.
Four stars.

[Muzaffer Gümüşsu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eğlenceliydi. Norman Osborn'un hüküm sürdüğü Dark Reign döneminde geçmesine rağmen bunu pek hissetmediğimiz, daha çok kısa öykülerden oluşan bir cilt. Fantastik Dörtlü ile girişilen macerada Johnny Storm'un dert edindiği gizli kimlik mevzusu, 20. cilt SpiderMan: One Moment in Time'da detaylı olarak anlatılacak meselenin güzel bir teaser'ıydı. Cildin en güzel tarafı ise Zeb Wells'in yazdığı ve Paolo Rivera'nın çizdiği "Wolverine ile Bir Gece" isimli kısa öykü. Örümcek-Adam ve Wolverine ne zaman bir araya gelse iyi işler çıkıyor. 2011'deki Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine de oldukça iyiydi.

[Kris Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really look forward to reading this title, and since the Brand New Day reboot, it hasn't let me down yet. Amazing Spider-Man has once again become Marvel's best title, with each issue packed to the brim with quality. Fred Van Lente's done-in-one Issue 589 featuring the return of the Spot was just fantastic. I was around when Spot first came out circa 1984, and although most people hated him at the time, I dug him. Bendis would have stretched Issue 589 out to a 6 issue arc. Mild spoiler ahead: I am not crazy about Spider-Man revealing his identity to the Fantastic Four. I also forgot, or was unaware, that Peter was aware of that fact that the world once knew his identity. The new Vulture seems interesting, and I am looking forward to finding out more about him. Man, there is just so much going on in this title that it's really exciting. I have no problem sliding my hard-earned money across the counter for this title.

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

The oddity that is the Brand New Day reality of Spider-Man is not something you think about a lot. It was a quick fix where he makes a deal with the literal Devil and manages to make everyone forget his secret identity. But it's only in books like this one that writers really start to explore what this means including people that Peter had once trusted with his secret identity no longer know who he is.

Cue the Fantastic Four and their long-running history with Spider-Man and how in many instances he has been considered practically part of the family. The focus of this book is a little side adventure with Marvel's first family but one that really makes some interesting narrative points. I was a little surprised by how much I appreciated the ending - I guess that's the nostalgic Spider-Man fan in me.

[Crazed8J8 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The upside was the artwork and the first story with the Fantastic Four. The downside was the disjointed nature of the collection. It seemed like a handful of filler issues, with no clear direction of what to do with the underlying plot. There was no fluidity, and although each story had its merits, it was just a hodgepodge of storytelling.
I did appreciate how the FF storyline dealt with the mindwipe, and addressed kind of how it works, and the reveal of Peter to the team at the end was great!

[Amanda Shepard (Between-the-Shelves) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spider-Man teams up with the Fantastic Four in this one, and that scene where Peter allows them to remember him? Oh, the feels. It makes me curious about how they're going to deal with that in the MCU, because that Peter Parker got it way worse. Way way worse.

We also get the smallest hint of MJ coming back, and now J. Jonah Jameson is the mayor, which I always knew happened but didn't know how. Overall, a great volume that I thoroughly enjoyed!

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. The main plotline has Spidey and the FF taking off for a subatomic universe where they rebuild their relationship. When they get back, two months have passed, so Spidey decides if Peter's been gone two months (during which May gets a boyfriend and Jonah becomes mayor) he might as well stay in costume 24/7. A couple of unrelated standalones fill out the volume. Solid, though not stellar.

[Thomas Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Second half of this with the Vulture and Mayor Jameson is as very fun. I wish more writers would lean into the idea that saving people is obsessive behavior for Peter. This story did a good job with that. The FF story was fine, but I always struggle with stories that mostly exist to respond to other stories.

[Russell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was reading this mainly to figure out where I am in Slott's Spidey run to jump back in. His story was great. The others had various leveles of quality.

Still - Spidey - always a great character.

[Joshua Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deep in the weeds of the worst of brand new day, I see a glimmer of hope that maybe something will be interesting in the next hundred issues between here and superior. Maybe?

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing particularly special about this, just kind of all-around good (albeit with a strangely abrupt segue into the next storyline).

[ilham · Rating 4 out of 5]

really forgot how much i love spideytorch <333 was so happy to get them together again

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Parts of this were good most of it was just okay. I liked the end of the Fantastic Four story the most, but otherwise this wasn’t very interesting.

[Enes Aktürk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spider-man'İn Fantastik Dörtlü ile olan eğlenceli bir macerası ve sonrasında bunun Peter Parker'ın hayatına olan etkilerini görüyoruz. Güzel bir cilt daha. 4/5

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This trade collects Amazing Spider-Man issues #589-594, and a story from Extra! #2.

The majority of this collection is comprised of the two-issue team-up with the Fantastic Four titled "Face Front" and the three issue resulting story that the trade is named for. It's difficult to summarize without spoilers because a lot of significant things happen, rapidly and somewhat in sequence. I can say that the FF story deals with some of the side effects of the "One More Day" mindwipe, that 24/7 manages to highlight a large number of the supporting cast while still keeping Peter the central focus and that there are numerous interesting ideas and developments here.

Unfortunately the execution is very hit or miss. Certain things are belabored beyond tolerance (the Human Torch needed to be dialed back a ton) and others rushed. The main consequence of Face Front ends up abused a bit by the writers to introduce to much. As I said a lot of it is interesting, but too much too soon gives it a "throw everything against the wall and see what sticks" feel. There's also some head scratching character moments and decisions here and there.

But overall, while not nearly as good as it should have been, 24/7 is a decent batch of stories and worth checking out if you've been following some of the Brand New Day stuff to see the latest collection of twists to be dumped on good old Peter Parker.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zeb Wells' Wolverine story is awesome - hilarious, great expressive art, not full of "meaningful" just two guys hanging out. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Slott's story with the FF however, was harder to breeze through. Every time it should've started skipping along, Spidey and/or Reed started expositing the hell out of the scene, explaining everything and leaving little to the imagination (or the expressive artists). What's that you say? The reader won't understand all the details? Yes - and sometimes that forces us to fill in a few blanks and participate in the storytelling. Mansplaining your way through 22 pages is no way to entertain your audience.

And the pages and pages of "Peter Parker's life passing him by"? This feels like torture, like gratuitous hammering the point home until we see that yes, Spidey's life will always and forevermore be in the shitter. Wow dude, did you have a hard time making the page count this month?

Waid's story was the most interesting - fun, whacky, advances the plot in decent ways and focuses on character moments. I don't know what 24/7 really accomplished for Spidey but we learned how driven he can be by ol' buzzcut, and it's good to see that not *all* of New York treats Spidey like a pariah (some of the recent Spidey books have been pretty merciless).

Art throughout this book was good but not great or horrible.

[Harrison Delahunty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is fun!

The Extra #3 story feels super out of place here, and really should’ve been in a much earlier collection.

The Spot story has some stellar art by Paolo Siquieira, and is otherwise fine.

The Extra #2 excerpt is where this collection really picks up. Wells writes a really fun one-off Spidey and Wolverine story with fantastic Paolo Rivera art. This bit was a real highlight.

Slott turns in a quite solid Spider-Man/Fantastic Four adventure that drives home why these characters work so well together. These issues also accelerate a lot of the secondary casts’ plotlines, which is much needed to freshen those aspects up. Kitson’s art works fine enough here.

The titular 24/7 arc also ends up pretty fun, and manages to feel like a mid-tier 60’s Spider-Man story stretched out to three issues. Jameson as mayor is a cute idea, the new Vulture is an interesting take on the concept, and Peter taking on Spidey stuff for four days straight is fun. Mike McKone’s art is a little lacklustre here compared to the norm though; his Spider-Man can look a little stunted in some panels.

Moreso than any other Brand New Day book thus far, this one feels far more like a collection of fun popcorn comic Spider-Man stories. The Wolverine and FF stories are definite highlights, but there are no real stinkers since the Kraven bit is over quickly enough.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collects Amazing Spider-Man issues #589-594, the Wolverine/Spider-Man team-up from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! issue #2, and the Ana Kraven story from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! issue #3

A team of Spider-Man writers (including Dan Slott, Mark Waid, Fred Van Lente, Zeb Wells, and Phil Jimenez) put together a bunch of great stories in this volume.

The villain known as the Spot returns.

Plus, Spider-Man teams up with the Fantastic Four as they travel to the Macroverse. I enjoyed this story quite a bit, and would love to see Dan Slott write for the Fantastic Four series down the road. This story also allows other subplots in the ongoing "Amazing Spider-Man" drama to move forward in a time-lapsed way.

Wolverine needs Spider-Man's help with something in one short story in this collection.

In order to get under the new mayor's skin, Spider-Man decides to fight crime 24/7 to show J. Jonah Jameson that his new Anti-Spider Squad can't catch the web-crawler.

By the end of this collection, Peter has a moment of self-reflection that is going to lead directly into the upcoming "American Son" storyline.

[Bethany Phillips · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book.

This is about Peter Parker and the Fantastic 4 going about something that is going to change their future. When Spidey's done doing things with the Fantastic 4 he realizes that things are not the same and now he is going to be able to mess with J. Jonah Jameson.

It was a fun book and I liked that Spidey did in this book. It was interesting to see what he was doing with the Fantastic 4 and how that shaped what they have to deal when they got back from their adventure. I liked the characters that we got to meet in this book they were all interesting and was a fun adventure.

I liked the story and all the things that Spider Man does when he gets back and messes with J. Jonah Jameson for all that he dealt with before he went on the adventure with the Fantastic 4. The banter that Spider Man has with the Torch was funny and entertaining even if it did bother the other members of the Fantastic 4.

I had a fun time reading this book.

[Andy · Rating 2 out of 5]

After the great story of the last volume this was somewhat of a let down. The Fantastic Four story was actually quite sweet, whimsical and entertaining and it's starting to address the fact that they've all forgotten who SM is. The 24/7 storyline though is poor. After the set up of the last volume this takes it in a ludicrous way. It's never really explained how JJJ became Mayor, Peter's behaviour is rather odd and the random references to Norman seem off kilter and mis-placed. The ending with Pete deciding to take down Norman just seems to come out of nowhere. Obviously this is referencing the grander events in the Marvel universe but if you don't read the related stories then this makes no sense.

[Matt Shaqfan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fred Van Lente --who wrote ASM#598 in this-- should be writing more SPidey, so I hope to see him back on the book soon. A short story with Wolverine and Spidey from one of the BND EXTRA's was pretty decent too.

Everything else was kinda bland for me. The FF/SPIDEY team-up used being in the 'microverse' as an interesting plot device as a way to fast forward the regular universe's story (1 hour in microverse is like 2 days in the real world-- or something like that). And I didn't even finish the last story in this trade. It has a new VULTURE, but I got tired of reading Mark Waid's dialogue, but I doubt I'm missing anything...

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Kraven and Spot stories are both interesting character pieces, but whereas the Kraven story is never particularly exciting [5/10], the Spot story manages a bit better [6/10]. Zeb Wells' spidey & wolvie team-up is as delightful as such things usually are [7/10]. The "Face Front" story is fun and a welcome reversal of at least a small part of OMD's vast stupidity, but also a bit slow [7/10]. Though, Spider-Man's 24/7 crusade is a bit silly, the final story is the volume is good, with some nice character and plot development [6/10].

[Shaun · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have tried my hand at a couple post Brand New Day story lines and I am very pleased with the direction that Marvel took Amazing Spider-Man in. I feel it is a great mix of the old Parker luck, Peter's personal life, and his life as Spider-Man. It was very interesting that a central conflict between him and the Fantastic Four was his identity being hidden away instead of the issues with the Macroverse. I am glad that he started sharing his identity, it shows more trust between him and his fellow heroes. A good read overall.