Monthly Archive:: July 2011

As Chasing Amazing concludes its first ever theme week, I’ve been asking myself why am I still drawn to Venom more than 20 years after seeing him in a comic book for the first time. You would think that my goodwill towards the character would have been destroyed years

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One of the biggest changes involving the Venom character since his inception in the late 1980s is the changing of the guard of-sorts involving who is actually wearing the black alien symbiote. Eddie Brock, the original Venom, has separated himself from the symbiote and his superpowered alter-ego is known

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In yesterday’s post, I talked about Venom/Eddie Brock’s warped sense of honor and duty where he valued the lives of “innocents” but only if they cooperated with him in his quest to kill Spider-Man. Since Venom/Brock first debuted in the late 80s, both the alien suit and Brock himself

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I thought we’d get a bit thematic here at Chasing Amazing and spend the week talking about one of Spider-Man’s most polarizing villains, Venom. In recent years, I’ve found that Venom has become a “love him or hate him” character in the Marvel universe, which makes sense given how

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Probably the most common question people ask me when they find out I have an extensive comic book collection is “how much is your collection worth?” I couldn’t say. I’m obviously well aware of how much I could get for some of the “big” issues I own, but as

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So I’m breaking my own rule and despite the fact that Spider-Man is still yet to play a significant role in any of the new FF (nee Fantastic Four) being pumped out by Marvel and writer, Jonathan Hickman, I still want to dedicate a post on the series. What

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Only in the world of collecting could something be considered “Good” but not actually look as good as the more non-specific qualifier “Fine.” But if you’re going to collect comic books, you need to know your grading terminology or live to regret your ignorance. A few months ago, I

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I know I’m milking this “who’s the Spider-Man’s greatest villain” debate for all its worth, but I’m going to dedicate at least one more post to it because I believe last week’s rant regarding Green Goblin vs. Doctor Octopus elicited some really interesting reader comments and while re-reading J.

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At the risk of having this post sound more like a review than a meditation, I thought I’d kick things off by saying the two-part Spidey teaches the Avengers Academy arc ultimately left me feeling flat. As I mentioned about ASM #661, as a concept, I love the idea

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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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