As I got to the end of my “Top 10” issues of Amazing Spider-Man countdown last week, I entertained a number of questions and hypotheticals from people on Twitter that I thought were worth addressing...
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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Demonstrating that I’m probably more “nerd” than “geek,” earlier this week I stumbled across this recent article in The Atlantic , which is the publication’s take on the “Fake Geek Girl” meme, which I guess...
1. Amazing Spider-Man #300 (script by David Michelinie, art by Todd McFarlane) I told you at the very beginning that this top 10 list was a personal thing. I’m sure there are a lot of...
2. Amazing Spider-Man #50 (script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita Sr., inks by Mike Esposito)
On the topic of real-life political figures being featured prominently in comic books, I decided this week’s spotlight will be about the grand-daddy of them all, Amazing Spider-Man #583, aka, the Obama issue. Ah, the...
We are now in the "final four" of my favorite issues of Amazing Spider-Man countdown and I don't think either of these choices are going to surprise you (though maybe my placement will turn a...
As we start week two of my top ten list, we reach the the first two entries of my final "special six." I’ll admit I’m a bit shocked I haven’t heard much criticism of some...
“If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dream Where immobile steel rims crack And the ditch in the back roads stop Could you find me? Would you kiss my eyes? To...
On Monday, I posted about my #10 and #9 all-time favorite issues of Amazing Spider-Man . Today, I continue with my list by discussing two more (personal) favorites that will always be near and dear...
With Amazing Spider-Man officially “ending” at issue #700 two weeks ago, and the debut of a brand-new Spider-Man title this week, Superior Spider-Man, I thought now was as good of a time of any to...