Monthly Archive:: February 2015

The first issue that connected to “Spider-Verse” — a prologue published in Superior Spider-Man #32 — was published last August, more than six months ago. Just looking at that sentence is difficult to believe, not necessarily because six months is a very long time for a modern comic book

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We all know the big agreement recently announcement by Sony and Marvel Studios that will allow Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward (i.e., the Avengers movies). Still, if you go back and look at the characters history, it’s easy to argue that Spider-Man has closer

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Fans of Bruno Heller’s Gotham might have noticed over the past few weeks there’s been some heavy duty references to the Joker and the Red Hood Gang. That’s why, on ComicBook.com I went back and highlighted some of the best and most essential Joker origin (and first meeting with

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I guess it’s somewhat odd of me to identify any individual arc from a status quo upheaval as polarizing as “Brand New Day” as being controversial in its own right, but I do believe the “Peter Parker Paparazzi” storyline as featured in Amazing Spider-Man #559-561 (written by Dan Slott

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People who’ve read my site know I love myself some multi-layered, sympathetic bad guys. So I thought I’d list 10 of my favorites over at comicbook.com. These are the bad guys that aren’t totally bad. Maybe they’re misunderstood, or maybe they have some reasons for their madness. Either way,

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Surprise! I bet after all the piss and vinegar I laid at the feet of Amazing Spider-Man #14, especially as it related to its portrayal of Silk, the last thing you thought you would see on Chasing Amazing are my reflections about Silk #1 – a series I was

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I’m still getting a fair bit of pushback from some of you after praising the first few arcs of the controversial “Brand New Day” era of Amazing Spider-Man. So much so that I’m starting to think this retrospective series I’m doing has evolved more into “the case for ‘Brand

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We talked yesterday about iconic comic book moments now possible in the post Marvel/Sony cinematic universe announcement, but something that appears to be a certainty is Spider-Man teaming-up in some capacity with the Avengers to take on Thanos in the upcoming Infinity War film. So to prepare for this

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Some of you might have heard that there was a big deal announced last week regarding the future of Spider-Man in Hollywood. Now that our favorite Webhead has been green lit to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, on ComicBook.com I ran through 10 iconic moments in the comics

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I was originally planning on continuing with my “Brand New Day” retrospective today, but after watching Sunday night’s Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, I figured I’d be within my rights to call an audible and instead talk the totally bonkers Marvel Team-Up #74 from 1978, which features Spidey

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