Monsters – whether they are vampires, werewolves or mummies– have always been a tough sell for me, despite the fact that these supernatural creatures have long been associated with the broad tent of geek culture....
Category: Reading Experience
Throughout the month of September, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Avengers and the Uncanny X-Men, I made a series of posts about Spider-Man interacting with the cast of these two iconic franchises....
As part of Chasing Amazing's X-Men/Avengers 50th anniversary celebration in September, the site is reposting older posts that relate to these great franchises. This post is originally from July 21, 2011. In the perpetual battle...
It’s probably a given that someone who calls himself a Spider-Man fan should have a real affinity for Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker. But beyond the superheroics of the “Web Slinger,” one of...
This post was originally published October 13, 2011 In an unashamed show of hypocrisy, I’m transitioning from a post about pondering the possible benefits of a Peter Parker/Carlie Cooper long-term team-up to bemoaning the fact...
I recently had an epiphany of sorts about a time in my life that I had long tried to forget. I’ve derided the Spider-Man “Clone Saga” so much on Chasing Amazing, that I'll universally dismiss...
There are times when a relationship with a comic book series is akin to a romance. There are the comic book titles that you develop an unconditional love for, sticking with them through thick, thin...
JM Dematteis and Mike Zeck’s presentation of death and rebirth, and how they often mirror each other is one of the themes that elevates “Kraven’s Last Hunt” from a great storyline to a legendary one....
In the two-plus years I’ve been writing Chasing Amazing, I’ve managed to steer clear of talking about the Kraven’s Last Hunt arc, for reasons both intentional and unintentional. I understand that this is a travesty....
In the two-plus years I’ve been recording my chase to collect every single issue of Amazing Spider-Man, I’ve talked so much about my desire to own ASM #1 that I don’t know if I’ve ever...