House of M is yet another in a long line of mini-series/events Marvel produced in the early-to-mid 2000s that was off my radar thanks in large part to the fact that I had only JUST...
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.
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As part of Chasing Amazing's X-Men/Avengers 50th anniversary celebration in September, the site is reposting older posts that relate to these great franchises. This post is originally from July 21, 2011. In the perpetual battle...
As part of Chasing Amazing's X-Men/Avengers 50th anniversary celebration in September, the site is reposting older posts that relate to these great franchises. This post is originally from July 1, 2013. With the Raft supervillain...
It may be 20 years after the fact, but I've recently discovered the greatness that was Peter David's run on The Incredible Hulk. As such, for my most recent edition of Gimmick or Good? at...
It’s probably a given that someone who calls himself a Spider-Man fan should have a real affinity for Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker. But beyond the superheroics of the “Web Slinger,” one of...
I’ve spent so many years being unhappy with the characterization of Carnage, I haven’t really stopped to think about what I would actually want to see in the character that would make me happy. Going...
It’s no secret that I have a lot of Spider-Man “blind spots,” but when it comes to Spidey “B” titles that have been off my radar for the bulk of my reading existence, Marvel Team-Up...
Superior Spider-Man #18 is an instance where the more time passes from my initial read, the more issues I seem to have with the comic’s plot progression, characterization, artwork and overall structure. It actually pains...
It's that time again ... Dan Gvozden from Grind My Reels and myself have released Episode 16 of Superior Spider-Talk . In this podcast, we give our thoughts, reviews and speculation pertaining to Superior Spider-Man...
I often get a kick out of looking back at some of the first comic books I ever purchased as a 7-year-old. I obviously talk a lot about Amazing Spider-Man #296 (my first ever Spidey...