Amazing Spider-Man 400 Archive

As some of you might already know, a few months ago, I reached a major milestone in my life with the purchase of Amazing Spider-Man #3. With that acquisition, I achieved my goal to own every ASM issue (Nos. 1-700). The “chase” in Chasing Amazing was effectively over. But

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Comic book industry legend J.M. DeMatteis, who wrote such Spider-Man stories as “Kraven’s Last Hunt,” “A Child Within/Death of Harry Osborn,” and “The Gift,” sat down with Dan Gvozden and I at the Connecticut ComicCONN event in Trumbull, CT, this past weekend. The interview has just been released as

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My ongoing guest spot at CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog takes a look at the die-cut gravestone cover atop of Amazing Spider-Man #400. This is obviously a favorite of mine, but by all means, jump in the comments section over at CSBG to voice your thoughts on whether

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On Monday, I posted about my #10 and #9 all-time favorite issues of Amazing Spider-Man. Today, I continue with my list by discussing two more (personal) favorites that will always be near and dear to me:

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Comic book collecting has always been more about the joys of ownership rather than the financial investment the hobby entails, but that’s not to say I still don’t daydream anytime a new issue of Amazing Spider-Man comes out , wondering if it will become the next big thing and

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As I was growing up, my heroes were not only found inside the pages of a full-color magazines. In addition to characters like Spider-Man, Captain America and the Fantastic Four, I also collected a different set of heroes who could be found on small pieces of cardboard. Those heroes

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