A few years ago, due to process of elimination, I attended a Tori Amos concert with my wife. Even though I would not describe myself as a “fan” of Amos, I didn’t have anything against...
Category: New Issues
I walked into a comic book shop down the street from where I worked on a lunch break recently and there on the new release rack there was a comic book seemingly taunting me. The...
When I first started reading Amazing Spider-Man comics in the 1980s , it was towards the bitter end of the “black suit” saga – the first truly long-standing alternative costume used by Spidey in the...
When I was a kid, a free comic book featuring Spider-Man would be something found inside a cereal box or some other promotional giveaway (I even have a memory of a Spider-Man comic being a...
The Marvel universe had a major shake-up a few months ago when Johnny Storm, aka, the Human Torch, a member of the Fantastic Four, was killed. Keep in mind that killing a character in the...
What distinguishes a superhero from a plain old "hero" are superpowers. The ability to fly, super-strength, heightened intelligence, etc. all qualify. Otherwise you're just a do-gooder who would likely fall victim to a Green Goblin...
As a companion to the "Remembrance of Comics Past" tomes I will post on Chasing Amazing, I thought it was also important to look at the other end of my collection -- the new issues....
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