Monthly Archive:: June 2013

Finally, after more than six months of not having a single new comic book featuring Peter Parker as Spider-Man, I have to dip into a Wolverine title of all places to find flesh-and-blood, old-school, wise-cracking Spidey. And unlike the story we were all fed during the first few issues

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Since its inception, the Superior Spider-Man reading experience can best be compared with reading the Amazing Spider-Man series while wearing darkly-tinted glasses. Despite lifelong supervillain Doctor Octopus serving as the titular “hero,” the series still shares a number of commonalities with the Peter Parker-centric ASM – with a twist.

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For my Gimmick or Good column at CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog, I’ve already talked about the “Death of Superman” and the “Breaking of the Bat” arcs, that saw the (temporary) ends of two of DC’s flagship superhero characters. Today, I complete the trifecta with Green Lantern #50,

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Origin stories have long been the bread and butter of superhero comics. Traditionally, a character’s origins are explained in the issue where he makes his first appearance (Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s in Amazing Fantasy #15, Doctor Octopus in Amazing Spider-Man #3, Sandman in ASM #4). Certain “special” characters make their first

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I’m thrilled to announce that my most recent post for the fantastic comic book site, Longbox Graveyard, “Best Frenemies Forever” about the love/hate relationship between Spider-Man and the Human Torch, has been “Freshly Pressed” by the awesome folks at WordPress. I’m very honored that WordPress would recognize my work

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The first in a series of posts I’m working on about the Walking Dead comic book series was published on Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s site today. In these posts, I look at individual Walking Dead arcs and explore the theme of the “garden and the wilderness,” i.e. moments

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As I mentioned in my post about Amazing Spider-Man #136 last week, part of what made Harry Osborn as the second Green Goblin such a captivating character was his unique relationship to the man underneath the Spider-Man mask, Peter Parker. While Spidey has had personal connections to villains (in

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Today, I make my long-awaited return guest blogging for one of my favorite comic book sites around the Internet, Longbox Graveyard. This post is the comic book blogging equivalent of a two-for-one sale: I cover the sometimes acrimonious, sometimes heart-warming relationship between two of my all-time favorite characters, Human

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I’ve been pretty rough with my criticism of the last two issues of Avenging Spider-Man so you have to imagine how skeptical I was when I saw that the fate of series’ final issue before Avenging transforms into Superior Team-Up in July rested solely on the sociopathic shoulders of

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As if the comic book blogosphere hasn’t talked enough about Superman the past week, I’ve thrown my hat in the ring (in addition to my Superman/Spider-Man re-post earlier today) by focusing on 1993’s Adventures of Superman #500 in my latest entry of “Gimmick or Good?” at CBR’s Comics Should

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