Monthly Archive:: September 2011

A comic book means something different to everyone. There was someone who once opened up these exact copies of Amazing Spider-Man #18, #26 and #36 back when they first were published in the 1960s and read some spectacular Stan Lee and Steve Ditko stories. When they see these issues

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You can add this puppy to the list of regrettable-buys in the Chasing Amazing collection. However, unlike others on the list, my purchase of Amazing Spider-Man #149 has absolutely nothing to do with being ignorant to comic grading terminology or some kind of deception or omission of truth by

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Why do most people pick up comics as their medium of choice? Sure, there are plenty of examples of comic books making you think a little deeper about the state of things – The Watchmen is the most obvious example there. But at their core, comic books are supposed

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Spider-Man is the superhero. Peter Parker is the man who plays the superhero. What I found really captivating about Amazing Spider-Man #668, and the premise behind the Spider Island storyarc overall, is how the idea of who is the actual “hero” is shifting. Because as the title of ASM

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In a comic book, time is infinite. Though that wasn’t always the case. Take this panel from Amazing Spider-Man #28 for instance. Here, we have a very definitive moment in time in Peter Parker’s life – his high school graduation. Not only is this a definitive moment in time,

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While I’m sure a statement like this is going to have some comic book fans out there asking for me to turn in my “geek card” in shame, I am completely unfamiliar with Shang Chi, the star of probably the most autonomous of all of the Spider Island tie-ins,

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Growing up in suburban Long Island, you’d drive everywhere to get around. But when you’re 14 and bored, and just looking for something to do, you’d walk. For me, those bored, aimless walks would always end at an indoor flea market in Oceanside, NY, called “Goldcoast.” For a 14-year-old

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The past three issues of Marvel’s new Venom series have unexpectedly gotten me hooked, so I’m not ashamed to say I was looking forward to seeing how the comic was going to be tied-in to the greater Spider-Island storyline. After reading Venom #6, I came away thinking that the

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Let me preface this by saying of all of the Spider Island tie-ins slated to be in the rotation, probably the one I was least looking forward to reading was the Spider-Girl miniseries. Just as a general rule of thumb, I’ve never been terribly engaged by the idea of

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It’s possible that here on Chasing Amazing, I have a little bit of a villain fetish. I admit it. I love supervillains. As much as I love the compelling backstory of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, like any good popcorn-munching, entertainment-seeking lemming, I need to see things go “boom.” That’s where supervillains

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