In case you missed it yesterday, I was back reliving the 1990s at Comics Should Be Good reviewing Chris Claremont/Jim Lee's X-Men #1. Is the best-selling comic book of all-time a gimmick, or good? I...
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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Some quick house-cleaning/sausage making updates before I proceed with today’s post. Since we here at Chasing Amazing pride ourselves on creating content that both looks back and looks forward at the Spider-Man universe (two days...
Continuing the trend I first talked about earlier this week , the Avenging Spider-Man series appears to be the series where Marvel’s creative powers have decided to focus almost exclusively on Spider Ock’s internal evolution...
Since the great status quo switcheroo following the events of Amazing Spider-Man #700, to my surprise, Avenging Spider-Man has been the Spidey title that seemingly focuses the most on the development and characterization of the...
The powers that be will never acknowledge it, but I can say with near-certainty that there is a Marvel title currently on the rack that actually features Peter Parker as Spider-Man. It feels silly to...
Front seat conversation between my wife and I during long car trips inevitably devolve into something along the lines of me randomly asking, “name your top five (insert just about anything here, i.e. songs, bands,...
My ongoing guest spot at CBR's Comics Should Be Good blog takes a look at the die-cut gravestone cover atop of Amazing Spider-Man #400. This is obviously a favorite of mine , but by all...
The way I see it, Superior Spider-Man #5’s shocking ending – Spidey Ock killing Massacre as a means to protect society from future violence by a demented serial killer – has both a positive and...
Ten years ago this week, I picked an interesting time to leave the borders of the United States for the first time ever. A college friend had convinced me to spend my Spring Break in...
Chasing Amazing is taking over the Internet (not really, but a boy can dream, right?). Have you been keeping up with my Gimmick or Good? feature at Comics Should Be Good (at Comic Book Resources)?...