Monthly Archive:: December 2014

Dennis Hopeless’s take on Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, continues to be the series I believe I have no business liking as much as I do. As I mentioned in my write-up on last month’s Spider-Woman #1, I’ve never been much of a fan of Jessica as a character and always

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“Spider-Verse” is hitting its stride, and Dan Gvozden and I are here to chit chat about in the latest episode of Amazing Spider-Talk, available on superiorspidertalk.com. This time around, Dan and I talk Amazing Spider-Man #11 (vol. 3), Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (vol. 3), some breaking spider news and

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Two issues in the Scarlet Spiders miniseries from Mike Costa and Paco Diaz is shaping up to be a worthwhile complimentary piece to the larger “Spider-Verse” arc – with a narrative that comes across as being far more consequential than the fun but flimsy Spider-Verse Team-Up mini that came

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Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick is the definition of a rising star in the comic book industry, having scripted some of the hottest series including Captain Marvel and Pretty Deadly. To mark the release of her newest creator owned series, Bitch Planet, on ComicBook.com I’ve ranked the five best KSD

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Entry number three in the 2014 edition of Reader Request Month is a personal favorite issue of mine that was suggested to me by Justin Moosh on Twitter: @ChasingASMBlog asm 153 is my favorite — Justin Moosh (@justin_moosh) December 3, 2014 Beyond the fact that I’m a huge fan

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I had high praise for last year’s Superior Carnage miniseries, but I remember thinking it ended on a bit of flat note in how it essentially reinstalled Carnage/Cletus Kasady’s same-old played-out status quo. So when approching the final chapter of the Rick Spears/German Peralta Axis: Carnage mini – another

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Yes, it’s time for Chasing Amazing to talk about another Amazing Spider-Man Annual. I’ll spare you all the usual rants I make about annual issues and instead dive into my thoughts on Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (vol. 3 for those keeping score at home). Like a traditional Spider-Man annual

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Savage Dragon, one of the original books from the “Image Revolution” of the 1990s, celebrated its milestone 200th issue this week, so on this historic occasion on ComicBook.com I thought I would rank the 10 most important Image titles of all time. By “important” I mean series that have had

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OK, I’m going to try and front load this post with about 140 characters so as not to potentially spoil anything for folks who have not yet watched the mid-season finale for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this past Tuesday. OK, think we’re safe now. Anyway, while the phrase “Inhumans” was

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After a bit of a short hiatus (real life can be such a pain sometimes), the greatest Spider-Man podcast in the world, Amazing Spider-Talk is back. In episode 10, Dan “the Man” Gvozden and I chat about Amazing Spider-Man #10 (“Spider-Verse” part two), Amazing Spider-Man #31 (vol. 2), and

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