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,...
Monthly Archives: June 2014
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...