So this is apparently the point in the Spider Island mega event where I feel a little burnt out by the excess of crossovers and miniseries. The Spider-Woman Spider Island one shot was about as...
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
I think it’s human nature to want to see our bad guys break good. When I think of traditional “good vs. bad” role-reversals, beyond comic books, I always think or professional wrestling and how two...
If I can sprinkle a bit of religion on the blog today – I remember being a young kid and learning about the “Seven Deadly Sins.” The idea of “lust” seemed a little creepy to...
When you look back to the earliest days of superhero comic books, the titular character’s girlfriend always seemed to be more of a damsel in distress than any kind of equal in combat. Even throughout...
In a previous lifetime, I was a reporter for a daily newspaper in Stamford, CT. Stamford was a relatively small, but business-centric city located in Connecticut’s “gold coast” of Fairfield County, but for my friends...
Because I recently picked up a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #18 , and because I know there’s one specific Chasing Amazing reader who’s a big fan of this panel, I thought I’d highlight this specific...
There’s a moment towards the end of Herc #7, far and away the most random inclusion in the Spider Island storyline, when the issue works for me far more than it had any right to.....
With Marvel pumping out so many one-shots and miniseries tied-in to the Spider Island storyline in Amazing Spider-Man, there were bound to be a couple of head-scratchers. Tie-ins featuring Cloak and Dagger, Venom and Spider-Girl...
A comic book means something different to everyone. There was someone who once opened up these exact copies of Amazing Spider-Man #18, #26 and #36 back when they first were published in the 1960s and...
You can add this puppy to the list of regrettable-buys in the Chasing Amazing collection. However, unlike others on the list, my purchase of Amazing Spider-Man #149 has absolutely nothing to do with being ignorant...