Monthly Archive:: August 2013

I feel like almost every month I find myself defending my adoration for the Scarlet Spider series even though I can never exactly pinpoint what I like so much about the title. Is it the writing? The art? The characterization of Kaine? His supporting cast? His rogues gallery? There

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I was honored to recently be asked to join comedians Mike Lawrence and Jake Young on their fantastic Nerd of Mouth podcast, which is presented by Cave Comedy Radio. On this podcast, I talk to Mike and Jake about my quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man and share some

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As the only non-Amazing Spider-Man issue grouped in to the “Original Hobgoblin Saga” storyline – and the first one not to be scripted by Roger Stern – Spectacular Spider-Man #85 reads like it has two separate agendas. It marks a very critical moment in the development of the Hobgoblin

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When it comes to the blogosphere, Paul O’Connor’s Longbox Graveyard has been the Daredevil to my Spider-Man – and that’s not just because Paul is blind and is a lawyer (this has not been verified). Chasing Amazing and LBG have long been allies in the quest to create unique

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As the song goes, “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1 may be promoted by Marvel as the “debut” issue of a new ongoing title, but the differences between this book and its predecessor, Avenging Spider-Man, are as superficial as it gets. The

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Staying true to our promise for MORE Superior Spider-Talk, Dan Gvozden from Grind My Reels and myself have released Episode 6 of Superior Spider-Talk. In this podcast, we give our thoughts, reviews and speculation pertaining to all of the new “B” titles that were released for Superior Spider-Man month (Superior Foes of

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For my most recent edition of Gimmick or Good? at CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog I reach back to one of Marvel superstar Joe Quesada’s earliest works as an artist, Valiant Comics X-O Manowar #0, an immensely successful origin issue that sports a unique, hand-painted chromium cover. The

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The fourth installment of my ongoing series for the Sequential Research & Literacy Organization (aka Sequart) about the Walking Dead is posted for your reading pleasure. In this series, which runs every other Friday on Sequart, I look at “garden and wilderness” themes in Kirkman’s wildly popular comic book series

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We recently promised you more Superior Spider-Talk was on the way. And we weren’t lying (seriously, why would you think that?). Dan Gvozden from Grind My Reels and myself are back for your entertainment with Episode 5 of Superior Spider-Talk. In this podcast, we give our thoughts, reviews and

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Amazing Spider-Man #245 reminds us of a period of the Hobgoblin’s existence where his secret identity was not the source of such hand-wringing and controversy. As he did for the character’s three previous appearances in ASM, writer Roger Stern plants small clues along with some serious pieces of misdirection

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