Monthly Archive:: May 2014

The greatest Spider-Man podcast in the world, Amazing Spider-Talk, is back with episode #2. Be sure you visit superiorspidetalk.com to watch/listen to this epic audio/visual event. In this installment, Dan Gvozden and I discuss Amazing Spider-Man #2 (vol. 3), and the epic Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1.. We also read your

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I’m going to end Chasing Amazing’s “One Month,” with what is arguably one of the most important Spider-Man No. 1 issues (at least on a personal level) released in my lifetime, the “adjective-less” Spider-Man #1, which was written and illustrated by industry superstar Todd McFarlane. Keep in mind, when

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For a comprehensive gallery of all of the images featured on Chasing Amazing, along with other cool visuals I stumble upon while surfing the internet, be sure to follow my Pinterest page. Here are some visuals from my Steve Ditko Spider-Man Art Page  which are all images illustrated by Ditko in Spider-Man comics

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After a brief diversion the past few posts, Chasing Amazing’s “One Month” marches on as we tackle 1985’s Web of Spider-Man #1. Web of was the first Spider-Man ongoing series to launch during my lifetime and was the replacement of Marvel Team-Up. Web of is a series that has

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Since any list that celebrates the “best Spider-Man writers of all time” will likely end with some combination of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, I thought I’d mix things up and write a list at WhatCulture.com that looks at the best of the rest. So please check out my

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For the relaunch of the Amazing Spider-Man franchise last month, one of the story’s many themes was how Peter had found a “new lease on life” after returning from having his mind and body occupied by Doctor Octopus. While that’s a somewhat expected plot-point for a character that has essentially been “dead” for

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With Hollywood predicting Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will likely be the lowest grossing Spider-Man film of all time, I used the bully pulpit of WhatCulture.com to discuss 10 ways the franchise could redeem itself and get back to its former box office glory. I’ve tried to keep this list

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In acknowledgement of the opening of X-Men: Days of Future Past, my most recent Gimmick or Good contribution at the Comics Should Be Good blog looks at the bookend issues to another X-story about alternative timelines. X-Men Alpha and X-Men Omega were the first and final chapters respectively for

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I am nothing if not a slave to tradition. Unfortunately, I had some legitimate struggles this time around trying to tie today’s Chasing Amazing post with the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past. It’s not that I don’t have plenty of options in terms of

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Ever since Thanos first showed up in the mid-credits teaser of The Avengers, all I’ve ever heard people talk about is the imminent Infinity Gauntlet movie. Sure, it’s an okay enough miniseries, especially by 1990s standards, but are we maybe overrating this thing a bit? My other list on

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