Monthly Archive:: April 2011

The Haul: ASM #9 (Very Good minus) ASM #29 (Good plus) ASM #38 (Good plus) ASM #47 (Good/Very Good) Final Tally: 23 issues left to complete the run. In an unexpected surprise, my collection reached a milestone this month as I’ve cracked the Amazing Spider-Man “Top 10” for the

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One of the great struggles I’ve always had to deal with throughout my lifetime of collecting was separating myself from the popular stereotype of a comic book collector. Whenever I mention to someone who’s a non-collector that I’m a hardcore fan of Amazing Spider-Man, I can tell their thoughts

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  Collecting comics can be fun and finding some of the older issues in the proper condition can be challenging. But buying many of these comics can also be downright scary. Personally, I’ve managed to avoid any major sticker shock through my lifetime of buying Amazing Spider-Man, but that

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In my hometown of East Rockaway, NY, at the corner of Atlantic and Centre avenues, was a candy/cigarette/general store we called “Jack’s.” I don’t know where that name came from. There was never a sign with that name anywhere — maybe it wasn’t even Jack’s. Maybe it was Jax.

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  This post stands to cap off a cranky week for me here at Chasing Amazing, so let me start by stating what should be the obvious: collecting comic books has always brought me joy. This joy goes beyond the artwork on the cover, the witty banter and the

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What distinguishes a superhero from a plain old “hero” are superpowers. The ability to fly, super-strength, heightened intelligence, etc. all qualify. Otherwise you’re just a do-gooder who would likely fall victim to a Green Goblin pumpkin bomb or Doctor Octopus’ tentacles. You need honest-to-god powers to compete in this

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It was probably a year or so before the first Spider-Man movie with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst was released when my then-girlfriend, now wife and I were at my parents’ house on a Saturday night for dinner. Typically, my mom always puts some coffee and dessert out after

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As a companion to the “Remembrance of Comics Past” tomes I will post on Chasing Amazing, I thought it was also important to look at the other end of my collection — the new issues. Amazing Spider-Man is still a living, growing entity, publishing issues twice a month. I’ve

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Something I’d like to do with some regularity around here is to highlight specific issues of Amazing Spider-Man which I own and give you some background and insight about when and how I obtained them. While these posts may contain some general talking points about the issue itself, its

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