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In celebration of today’s relaunch of the Spider-Man 2099 series, take a look at my latest submission for ComicBook.com which lists 10 memorable moments from the original Spider-Man 2099 series in the early/mid-1990s. This comic, which was created by Peter David (who is writing the new series) and Rick

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People who follow my writing around the internet know I love talking 90s comics. In this latest article I wrote for ComicBook.com, I talk about some of the sillier gimmick covers from the decade. Whether its ugly die-cut covers, plastic diamonds or blood rubbing, this list is sure to

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The narrative continues to be unveiled at an incremental rate in Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man, though unlike last month, issue #3 revs up the tension by giving readers a fair amount of the recently resurrected Green Goblin/Norman Osborn. It still feels monumentally unfair that in the Ultimate Universe

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Despite the fact that artist Ron Frenz did not provide pencils for the issue (Rick Leonardi has the honors), Amazing Spider-Man #253 maintains that “new beginning” vibe that was initially put forward in ASM #252, the first part of the “Alien Costume Saga.” In one scene, Tom DeFalco’s script

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With more and more details about the Netflix Daredevil series becoming public, I took to ComicBook.com to look at 10 storylines from the comics that I thought would adapt well on the small screen. For this list, I purposely avoided “big name” arcs like “Born Again” or “The Elektra

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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 John Romita Jr. Spider-Man art page  which are all images by JRJR  from Spider-Man comics

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After the success of my issue-by-issue review of the “Original Hobgoblin Saga” last year, I thought it would be fun if I made this kind of long-form storyline analysis an annual summer tradition – call it Chasing Amazing’s “summer concert series” of posts. While I certainly could have been

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Dan Slott notoriously paced his Superior Spider-Man series so aggressively that it makes an issue like the recently-released Amazing Spider-Man #3 feel quiet and methodical in comparison. That’s certainly a strange thing to say about a comic that opens with a huge reveal revolving a character from Spider-Man’s past,

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We all love a nice throwdown between heroes and villains (or sometimes, heroes and heroes), but what are the 12 most iconic comic book battles of all-time? I set out to answer that at WhatCulture.com, as I take into account overall impact on the character, series, and the comic

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The Kevin Smith/Terry Dodson controversial miniseries, Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do, might be one of the hardest stories I’ve ever had to write about on Chasing Amazing, because I’m just utterly conflicted about its content, its presentation, and its writer. Let’s start with Smith, since people who

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