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...
Mark Ginocchio
Mark Ginocchio is a professional writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He's been collecting Amazing Spider-Man comic books since the late-1980s and launched Chasing Amazing in 2011 as a way to tell his story about Spider-Man, comics, collecting and everything else in-between. You also find Mark's writing at Comics Should Be Good at Comic Book Resources, WhatCulture.com and Longbox Graveyard. Follow him on Twitter for comic book chat @ChasingASMBlog.
Posts By Mark Ginocchio
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,...
Over the course of five Spider-Man movies, Spidey fans have been treated to a number of iconic moments from comic books such as the death of Uncle Ben, Spider-Man No More, and the death of...
Just when you thought Chasing Amazing was done with theme months, I’ve decided to kick of another batch of loosely connected posts in June. Because the recently rebooted Amazing Spider-Man series is featuring Electro and...
In the past, I have not been shy about expressing my love for Marvel's Secret Wars miniseries. Now that it's celebrating ints 30th anniversary in 2014, in my latest WhatCulture submission, I thought I would...
Amazing Spider-Talk finally releases its The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie review/discussion episode with a very special guest! Gerry Conway, architect of the "Night Gwen Stacy Died" storyline in the Amazing Spider-Man #121-122 joins Dan Gvozden...