Monthly Archive:: May 2013

This might sound like an asinine criticism, but I sometimes think Dan Slott has too much of a handle on his Superior Spider-Man creation. While Slott’s mastery of continuity and diligence to long-term planning has allowed me to enjoy the Superior Spider-Man’s eponymous series, I have found Spider Ock’s

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Another article of mine has been published by the fantastic Sequential Research & Literacy Organization (aka, sequart.org), this one about some of the imperialistic themes featured in the all-time classic Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Galactus Trilogy storyline originally featured in the Fantastic Four series. For this submission, I use this classic three

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A majority of the Spectacular Spider-Man series remains my most shameful “blind spot” since the title churned out so many quality stories, especially during the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of my favorite all-time writers like Roger Stern and JM DeMatteis had extensive runs on Spectacular, but the title’s

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Whenever I find myself getting apprehensive about the direction of the Spider-Man universe, Dan Slott finds a way to bring me back from the brink. After reading Avenging Spider-Man #20 earlier this month, I had some reservations about how Spider Ock was being characterized. Without Astral Peter there as Otto’s

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When you’re a little kid, you don’t always get to pick your childhood heroes. Sometimes, they’re picked out for you. Marvel can thank me for the FREE advertisement I’m providing for Captain America: The First Avenger (in theaters everywhere TODAY!), but never one to avoid a bandwagon, I thought

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I’ve managed to stir some controversy with my latest installment of Gimmick or Good? on CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog. I reviewed 1992’s die-cut foldout cover, Punisher War Zone #1, which includes a very famous scene of Punisher “torturing” a crime goon with a popsicle. But is this

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Today, as part of Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s SciFi Week, I tackle some “far out” comics from the 1970s with my analysis of the tonal shift of Adam Warlock after Jim Starlin took over writing about the character. While not a traditional SciFi story, I argue that by

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Episode 3 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast is live and ready for you to download. Check it out on our Podomatic website or on iTunes (and if you haven’t yet, be sure to rate us and leave a review, which will read on air during the recording of Episode

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For years, the oldest Spider-Man comic book I owned was my copy of Amazing Spider-Man #25 – a comic I was basically embarrassed to have in my collection because I purchased it as a teenager for all the wrong reasons. As silly as this may sound, it was beyond

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For my Gimmick or Good? column at Comics Should Be Good, I move away from superhero comics this week with a review of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Special #1. Gaiman’s Sandman series is considered one of the most important and well-written comic book titles of all-time. The Sandman Special #1,

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