Daredevil Archive

I thought for the final installment of Chasing Amazing’s Daredevil 50th Anniversary month celebration (I’m going to have a very special, non-Daredevil announcement on Wednesday), I’d take a look at what many consider to be one of the greatest Spider-Man storylines of all-time, and one I have shockingly neglected

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As I’ve discussed countless times in the past, different comics have varying levels of significance to different people. For some, the 1994-95 arc “Back from the Edge,” which was published in Amazing and Spectacular Spider-Man, was just another mid-90s story that in all likelihood, got lost in the shuffle since it

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As someone who is always thinking of ways to develop and schedule content for my site, I must admit that I’ve been sitting on my purchase of Amazing Spider-Man #16 for a couple of months now. It’s not that I wasn’t excited by the fact that my remaining chase

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I understand I might have jumped to conclusions in my latest write-up on Superior Spider-Man #28 about whether or not the Green Goblin ACTUALLY knows that Spider Ock is operating within Peter Parker’s body (thus putting all of “Peter’s” friends and family in danger), but the issue still inspired

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When we entered the “Superior” era last year, one thing I thought would be explored with a bit more frequency is the idea that Peter Parker and Otto Octavius are two very similar characters that inevitably took divergent paths from each other as hero and villain thanks to one

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I’ve made no bones about the fact that I thought the Spider-Man team-up series du jour needed to move on from Chris Yost and find a new voice, and Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #9 does just that by kicking off the Kevin Shinick era on the book (which I anticipate

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I’m back guest blogging at one of my favorite comic book sites on the internet, Longbox Graveyard. This time around I’ve written a more personal look at Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich, who first appeared in Daredevil #153 but was made famous during Frank Miller’s iconic first run on

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Gimmick or Good? takes on “Fall from Grace,” the major 1993 status quo shift in the world of Daredevil that saw him get a new costume, fight his doppleganger and fake his own death. Daredevil #321, Part II of this arc, features a glow-in-the-dark cover. Is this comic better

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When I read a few months ago that July’s “dramatic” new status quo shift in Superior Spider-Man #14 would deal with “Shadowland,” I had to rack my brain for a minute to know what the heck the mighty folks of Marvel were talking about. Shadowland? What’s a Shadowland? The

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Before I discuss these two issues proper, just a few comic book logistical things to get off my chest: The premise behind a comic book “crossover” it certainly not new or uncommon, but I have to admit that since Brand New Day picked up a few years ago and

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