Reading Amazing Spider-Man #250 is like watching the season finale of a television show where the showrunner or writer knows he or she is leaving the show (either willingly or acrimoniously) and thus decides to...
Monthly Archives: August 2013
I know I had my reservations about making Carnage the spotlight of yet another Marvel mini-series, but I was shocked all the same after reading Superior Carnage #2 and seeing how the serial-killing symbiote was...
As somebody who loves comics, I was happy to talk about my quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man, along with some of the other comic book writing I do around the Interwebs with...
When it comes to my popular culture consumption, I’m a sucker for good characters. Give me quality, well-drawn characters and I’ll probably end up liking what I’m seeing/reading regardless of how fast-paced the story may...
With Marvel launching its brand new "Infinity" mini-series, I thought the timing was right to review 1993's Infinity Crusade mini-series for my latest Gimmick or Good? feature on Comics Should Be Good's web site. Crusade...
After months of planning, plotting and misdirection, Amazing Spider-Man #249 shows an invigorated Hobgoblin who is finally starting to make his master plan of conquest apparent to his intended victims. Beyond the Hobgoblin’s initial introduction...
Like every other comic book fan with a pulse, I truly enjoyed last summer's Avengers movie and nearly leapt out of my seat at the very end when (*spoiler*) THANOS showed up in the teaser....
There are times in my life when I feel like I’m fighting a giant sand monster armed with only a fly swatter and a paper cup. I am currently living in one of these moments,...
My tolerance for all things Superior Spider-Man was starting to go into a bit of freefall a few weeks ago, largely fueled by the events of Superior Spider-Man #14 (and to a lesser degree, the...
Gimmick or Good? takes on "Fall from Grace," the major 1993 status quo shift in the world of Daredevil that saw him get a new costume, fight his doppleganger and fake his own death. Daredevil...