Monthly Archive:: July 2013

Marvel’s Everybody Wins Strategy for Spider-Man

July 17, 2013random reflections1 Comment

How does Marvel have its cake and eat it too when it comes to sticking to its guns about the new “Superior” status quo change while also pleasing hardcore Peter Parker fans who are desperate to see Petey back on the racks of their local comic book shop? The

Guest Blogging: Gimmick or Good? – Spectacular Spider-Man #200

By Mark Ginocchio

July 16, 2013Guest BlogsNo comments

While it’s fun to get a chance to write about comic book series other than Spider-Man, I’ll be the first to admit that I have the most fun when I’m talking about my all-time favorite comic book hero, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Fortunately, in today’s Gimmick or Good? column

Age of Ultron #10: 90s Nostalgia for All the Wrong Reasons

By Mark Ginocchio

July 16, 2013random reflections5 Comments

Complaining on the Internet about Marvel’s “big events” has almost become as clichéd as the big events themselves. In fact, since joining the blogosphere in 2011, I’m yet to experience a crossover event that was viewed in a positive light from the majority of the comic book fans I

Superior Spider-Man #13 and Laughing to Myself

By Mark Ginocchio

July 15, 2013New Issues2 Comments

Whenever I’m reading the newest issue of Superior Spider-Man, there’s always a few moments where I’m chuckling to myself. I’m chuckling because there’s a bit of dialogue or an action sequence that I just find humorous. I’m chuckling because I’m reading a comic book about Doctor Octopus attempting to

Amazing Spider-Man #238: Original Hobgoblin Saga (Part 1)

By Mark Ginocchio

July 11, 2013Random Runs of Spidey, the big box of comics4 Comments

Granted, I’m aided by the power of 20-20 hindsight, but there’s something about Amazing Spider-Man #238 that just comes across as being “special.” Even from a collectability standpoint – when I first started buying pricier back issues in the 1990s, I remember looking up ASM #238 in my Wizard

Starting Tomorrow: The Original Hobgoblin Saga!

By Mark Ginocchio

July 10, 2013Programming Note2 Comments

I wanted to do something “special” to mark Superior Spider-Man month beyond just writing about all the new titles Marvel is currently pumping out. While I’ve recently started to retro-review/wax poetic about some story-arcs in full (as opposed to what I was doing when I first launched Chasing Amazing,

Happy 50th Anniversary Doctor Octopus: His Top 10 Most Memorable Moments

By Mark Ginocchio

July 10, 2013Top 10 Lists3 Comments

Last summer, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the debut of Spider-Man. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of Spider-Man … err, Doctor Octopus, aka, the SUPERIOR Spider-Man. In honor of the anniversary of Amazing Spider-Man #3’s release, I thought I’d put together a list of Doc

Guest Blogging: Gimmick or Good? – Avengers 30th Anniversary Issues

By Mark Ginocchio

July 9, 2013Guest BlogsNo comments

Today’s Gimmick or Good? at CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog is a quadruple feature. On the heels of CSBG’s most excellent top 50 Avengers stories list, I took a look at the four 30th anniversary Avengers comics from 1993 – #360, #363, #366 and #369. All four of

Superior Foe Spotlight: Boomerang and Spectacular Spider-Man #67

By Mark Ginocchio

July 9, 2013Blind SpotsNo comments

In Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1, the reader is asked to lend some sympathy to lifelong D-list crook Boomerang, aka Fred Meyers, a former baseball player who threw games, and then took to throwing boomerangs as his weapon of choice. When I first saw the solicitation for Superior Foes

Praise for Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1

By Mark Ginocchio

July 8, 2013Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

It’s been a long time since a Spider-Man comic has brought me such sheer unbridled joy that I just want to climb to the top of every mountain and make sure anybody who calls themselves a fan of the medium is reading this one book that I just read.