Monthly Archive:: October 2011

What better way to mark Halloween here on Chasing Amazing than with this iconic comic, Amazing Spider-Man #39? The featured villain here is the Green Goblin, a ghoulish adversary who uses pumpkin bombs as his weapon of choice, and has come back from the dead on numerous occasions. The

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When I recently discussed how my odd obsession with Amazing Spider-Man #32 had some negative repercussions on my collection, I had ASM #25 in mind. While common logic would dictate that one comic book has absolutely nothing to do with the other, I understand that I would never come

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Good old J. Jonah Jameson, aka Jolly Jonah, has been such a critical part of the Spider-Man universe, really since day one, that it truly was inevitable that he was going to play a large part in Spider Island at some point during the arc. When I saw Humberto

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In a continuation from my post about Venom #7 yesterday, I decided to reach ALL the way back in the vault to the distant 1990s to revisit the first-time Spider-Man and the Venom symbiote aligned themselves against a common foe. And while the partnership seemed to work in dispatching

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Since the Venom series kicked off earlier this year, writer Rick Rememder has continually found new and interesting ways to challenge typical definitions of a comic book “good guy” using Flash Thompson as the military-sanctioned “Venom for Hire.” In Venom #7, the second-part of the series’ tie-in with Spider

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Considering I was only 7-years-old when I first started picking up Amazing Spider-Man comic books, I’m always impressed by a number of issues I’ve dubbed my “survivors.” These are comics that I picked up when they originally came out in the late-1980s and I’ve managed to hold on to,

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It’s arguably the most famous panel in Amazing Spider-Man history and quite possibly one of the greatest Marvel panels of all-time. “Face it tiger… You just hit the jackpot.” If only we knew how much of a jackpot Peter actually hit. Maybe it was all that talk I dedicated

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So this is apparently the point in the Spider Island mega event where I feel a little burnt out by the excess of crossovers and miniseries. The Spider-Woman Spider Island one shot was about as memorable as it was necessary to the advancement of the overall story. The comic

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I think it’s human nature to want to see our bad guys break good. When I think of traditional “good vs. bad” role-reversals, beyond comic books, I always think or professional wrestling and how two of the most popular and profitable good guys in the industry’s history – Stone

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If I can sprinkle a bit of religion on the blog today – I remember being a young kid and learning about the “Seven Deadly Sins.” The idea of “lust” seemed a little creepy to me, and then Amazing Spider-Man #32 came into my life. For the longest time,

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