Monthly Archive:: April 2012

Amazing Spider-Man #683, the second part of the Ends of the Earth storyline, left me with two totally separate impressions. So, while I usually try to put together one broad “thematic” post that sums up the issue each time out, I have to apologize in advance in my thoughts

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Just as an addendum to my post earlier this week about the Venom symbiote not belonging anywhere near a supergroup of superheroes like the Avengers, I thought I’d look back at the issue of Amazing Spider-Man where we discovered that there was, indeed, something a bit suspicious about that

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As someone who has admittedly not read many Avengers-based comic books over the years (even the recent iteration of the “New” Avengers which features Spider-Man as part of the group), this statement may be coming from a place of ignorance, but I find the involvement of the Venom symbiote

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People will say timing is everything. Yet sometimes using the power of 20-20 hindsight, timing doesn’t always seem to add up and make sense. Take the story – or better put, non-story – of my acquisition of Amazing Spider-Man #298. For those unaware of your ASM history, this issue

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After reading the first installment of the Carnage USA miniseries by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain, I waxed poetic about why I was never much of a fan of Carnage, the character. However, I wanted to give the mini a chance because so many people seemed to enjoy the

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What I’ve consistently loved about Dan Slott’s work as head writer on Amazing Spider-Man is his ability to take risks while simultaneously telling a story that feels connected to the heart and soul of a superhero universe that is approaching its 50th birthday this summer.  Here, in the first

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While there are a number of things about the universe I don’t pretend to understand, one specific item that has confounded me for years was the seemingly exorbitant price for certain copies of volume II Amazing Spider-Man comic books. Actually, I never truly understood why Marvel even decided to

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I’ve never been one to totally buy into the concept of destiny when it comes to how things went about happening in my life. But every once in a while, I think back to a specific moment and push aside my cynicism and accept that yeah, maybe there is

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I’ll admit that I had some reservations about the “Avenging Spider-Man” series when Marvel first announced it, and even after the first three issues, which revolved around a Spidey/Red Hulk team-up. It’s not that I objected to the Marvel Team-Up-style formula the series was seemingly going to employ, as

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With Easter weekend upon us, I’m thinking back to a time in my life when I sacrificed my comic book collection – sort of – in the spirit of Lent. Naturally, this grand spiritual gesture had to coincide with the opportunity for me to acquire and read, what many

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