The Amazing Spider-Man Looks... Amazing.

Cover for ASM #650, by Humberto Ramos.

From Newsrama:

The first reviews of the big-screen Spidey reboot Amazing Spider-Man are beginning to emerge online, and despite some misgivings amongst fans about the successful film series being rebooted so quickly and the origin story being retold so soon, the early word is nearly universally positive.

Of the 11 reviews currently tracked by RottenTomatoes.com as of Friday afternoon (mostly UK based publications), only one has been negative, giving director Marc Webb’s Amazing an early but highly encouraging 91% approval rating. Critics so far have been drawn to the balance of romance, humor, and characterization that gives life to what Boyd van Hoeij of Variety calls, "a mostly slick, entertaining and emotionally involving recombination of fresh and familiar elements."

I’ll admit, I’ve personally been less than excited about the new Spider-Man movie, both because there are already a lot of superhero movies in the theaters this summer and because I really, really liked the first two movies of the last series, and they were relatively recent films.  But if this new movie is actually good, well, that changes everything.  I mean, I read The Amazing Spider-Man every month—I’ve been loving what both Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos are doing on the book—so it’s not like I’m not a Spidey fan.  I just wasn’t an optimistic Spidey fan.

Mary Jane Watson by Humberto Ramos.  This image was the cover for ASM #671.

Anywho, here’re the numbers from Rotten Tomatoes.  

Spider-Man from the Avenger's Alliance game on Facebook.
He kicks ass in the game.

And here's the official trailer.  Are you excited yet?