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We interrupt our regularly scheduled Green Goblin Top 10 storyline countdown to celebrate one of my favorite miniseries of all time. I realize I am on the cusp of revealing my No. 1 choice in m countdown (what could POSSIBLY be the greatest Green Goblin story ever?), but I’m

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Far be it from me to demand that the creative team of Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber be the driving force behind every single issue of Superior Foes of Spider-Man from now until its inevitable (and unfortunate) cancellation a few months from now. But when we get issues like last

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With the Superior Spider-Man barreling towards its conclusion in a few weeks and Peter Parker still struggling to remember who he is, I thought I would like back at times Spider-Man overcame insurmountable odds … and the times he flat out quit on the job. This latest “5 and

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I have another comic-related for your leisure at WhatCulture. This time around, I look at the deaths and resurrections of 10 major Marvel characters and break down the list into five that worked for me, and five that didn’t. Whose resurrection did I think was the best? Whose was

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My opinion of the Superior Spider-Man Annual #2 has revealed an inconvenient truth about myself. I’ve grown tired of and frustrated with the Superior Spider-Man – the character mind you – and April and Peter’s return cannot come soon enough (though if my suspicions are true, the resolution to

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There’s no need to fear, Episode 33 of the greatest Spider-Man podcast in the world, Superior Spider-Talk is here. In this episode, Dashing Dan Gvozden and I break down the recent Superior Spider-Man #29. We then answer your fan mail and discuss all of the recent Spider-news, including upcoming

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In celebration of Superior Spider-Man’s “Goblin Nation” arc, over the next two months, I’m going to acknowledge what I consider to be the 10 best Green Goblin/Spider-Man storylines. I’m creating this list based on a full array of arbitrary, unscientific criteria: namely historical significance, artwork, creativity and my overall enjoyment of the

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I recently returned as a guest for the always awesome Matt and Brett Loves Comics podcast, joining the two hosts as part of their Spider-Man panel, which also included comedians Glenn Boozan and Kevin Hines. In this episode we talk about Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s vulnerability and whether or not that

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An earlier issue of Superior Foes of Spider-Man featured a monologue courtesy of everyone’s favorite unreliable narrator Fred “Boomerang” Meyers where he said that the criminal business was one about “relationships.” While the speech was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, part of what has made Superior Foes such a revelation

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Magnus Robot Fighter was a key part of the Valiant universe during the independent publisher’s launch in the 1990s. With Dynamite Comics relaunching the series (written by former Spidey scribe Fred Van Lente), I thought I’d take a look at the silver foil-covered Magnus #25 for my latest installment

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