New Issues Archive

It’s rare for a comic book to bring me such joy and frustration simultaneously as Superior Spider-Man #2, but the heart wants what the heart wants, so while I can’t necessarily sing the issues praises from the rooftops like I did when the series debuted last month, I’m also

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When it became abundantly clear at the end of Amazing Spider-Man #700 that the role of Spider-Man was now going to be played by an in-control-of-Peter-Parker’s-body Doctor Octopus, beyond “what’s going to happen to Peter,” my biggest concern and curiosity was how the rest of the Marvel universe was

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“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 lay me down In silence easy To be born again”  –        Van Morrison  :::Slow

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I’ve had months to prepare for what inevitably transpired at the end of Amazing Spider-Man #700 – starting this past summer when writer Dan Slott first started to stir the pot about fans with pitchforks – and yet I’m still having a hard time coherently writing down my thoughts

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The inevitably changing direction of the Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker’s universe has come under fire since the twist-filled closing pages of ASM #698 hit newsstands  and took an even darker turn last week when pirated copies of ASM #700 leaked to the public, leading to grossly inappropriate “death threats”

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I opened the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #698 with a little bit of trepidation. While I know the general assumption is that at some point, some semblance of a status quo will return to Peter Parker’s universe and any hysteria espoused by me and others about imminent changes is

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I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but when I started reading Spider-Man comic books in the 1980s, I was a little late to the Hobgoblin party. Trust me, as a long-time collector and enthusiast, I understand why he was a big deal. But since my first comic was

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Before I begin, let me first insert the standard line I’ve been using over the past three months about what a delinquent blogger I’ve been. You know it, I know it, the American people know it, so let’s just move on. All I can say is part of the reason I’ve been on hiatus is

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As I mentioned in my last post, I’m woefully behind in talking about Marvel’s most recent Spider-Man-relevant content, so in an effort to get back on track, I’m going to to attempt to get some posts out in rapid-fire succession over the next week or so, starting with my

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Putting aside the absolute co-inky-dink that Marvel would choose to spotlight the Lizard in an Amazing Spider-Man story-arc at the same time that a brand-new Spider-Man movie featuring the Lizard was in theaters (which I still haven’t seen yet, unfortunately), I was actually looking forward to the “No Turning

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