Monthly Archive:: June 2014

Demonstrating just how brilliant Peter David is able to weave together elements of comedy and tragedy, the 1988 Spectacular Spider-Man#134-136 arc “Return of the Sin-Eater” may just be the greatest Electro/Spider-Man story ever published, despite the fact that Electro is not technically the focal point of the arc. Instead,

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Those who love their blood and guts will want to check out my latest list at WhatCulture.com. I take a look at some of the bloodiest, goriest deaths in comic book history. Make sure you aren’t feeling queasy and check out this list. For a full listing of my

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Two issues into the Amazing Spider-Man “Learning to Crawl” miniseries and some of the fears that I first talked about last month are starting to materialize. It’s not that “Learning to Crawl” isn’t a likeable enough comic book story. Ramon Perez’s Steve Ditko-inspired artwork is absolutely beautiful and Dan

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Every time I reach the end of Roger Stern and John Romita’s Spider-Man/Black Cat storyline in Amazing Spider-Man #226-227, I find myself feeling a bit melancholy. These comics are certainly not bawl your eyes out sad like ASM #121 or ASM #400, but Stern’s script so effectively taps into

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With the success of such comic books-turned-television shows like The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Arrow, plus the anticipated debut of Gotham and The Flash in the fall, I took to WhatCulture to suggest 10 more comics that would translate well on the small screen. Take a

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In the past, I’ve often referred to the simplicity of Electro’s origin story. When the character was first introducing in Amazing Spider-Man #9 it a no fuss, no muss affair – an ordinary lineman Max Dillon gets extraordinary powers, and as a contrast to our titular hero Spider-Man, decides to

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Comic books are pretty powerful and while they tend to make us laugh or fill us with awe, they also have the capacity to make us cry. For my latest WhatCulture list, I looked at 15 moments from comics that have made us cry. Please click through the list

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Two issues into my new campaign to share my thoughts on the Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man series, and I’m already starting to understand some of the inherent challenges that will come with such an endeavor. Brian Michael Bendis is a very good comic book writer, and seems to

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As a nod to the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Batman, my latest Gimmick or Good column at Comics Should Be Good looks at the first issue of the Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series. This comic, from 1989, is considered by some to be the

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The last time I talked about the Superior Foes of Spider-Man, I was none too happy about back-to-back “filler” issues that neglected to advance the overall Boomerang-led caper plot and instead featured less interesting, one-note characters like Overdrive, Speed Demon and Grizzly. That was two whole months ago – a lifetime

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