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While it’s easy to crack wise about how Superior Spider-Man writer Dan Slott promotes every upcoming issue as being “huge” and the one  “you can’t miss,” it’s equally amazing to read a comic like Superior #21 and realize just how much things have changed for the series and its

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After a steady stream of pulse-pounding issues filled with SHOCKING new developments, time travel, explosions and deaths, Superior Spider-Man #20 is a necessary step back for the series and a reminder that even if Peter Parker is “dead,” the rest of his supporting universe is very much alive and

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When the Superior Spider-Man era kicked off in January, I was certainly intrigued by a series that focused on long-time villain Otto Octavius learning how to be a “hero,” via the great power/great responsibility credo of his “sworn enemy” Peter Parker, but I also wondered if such a concept

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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 me a bit that I feel this way because after the mediocre “No Escape”

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I was not one of those Spider-Man fans clamoring for the return of Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, when Amazing/Superior Spider-Man writer Dan Slott first baited people about the character’s modern-era resurrection with an “accidental” tweet to artist Ryan Stegman last year. Despite not reading the series in nearly

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Superior Spider-Man #16 is indicative of how once writer Dan Slott and the rest of the title’s creative team put their focus exclusively on telling a compelling story, rather than hard-selling Spider Ock and his exponentially growing role in the Marvel universe, the end result is a quality comic

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My tolerance for all things Superior Spider-Man was starting to go into a bit of freefall a few weeks ago, largely fueled by the events of Superior Spider-Man #14 (and to a lesser degree, the pointless reboot of Avenging Spider-Man as Superior Spider-Man Team-Up). For a story with a

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It appears that every time Marvel announces a “brand new era” of Superior Spider-Man (and with the release of Superior Spider-Man #14 last week, I think we’re officially up to our third “new era” in the title’s very short history) the dramatic status quo shift is that Otto Octavius

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Whenever I’m reading the newest issue of Superior Spider-Man, there’s always a few moments where I’m chuckling to myself. I’m chuckling because there’s a bit of dialogue or an action sequence that I just find humorous. I’m chuckling because I’m reading a comic book about Doctor Octopus attempting to

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Since its inception, the Superior Spider-Man reading experience can best be compared with reading the Amazing Spider-Man series while wearing darkly-tinted glasses. Despite lifelong supervillain Doctor Octopus serving as the titular “hero,” the series still shares a number of commonalities with the Peter Parker-centric ASM – with a twist.

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