Remembrance of Comics Past Archive

The “centennial” issues of Amazing Spider-Man are similar to the season finale of your favorite television show – they are often entertaining and there’s a certain level of importance assigned to them, but it’s very rarely the “best” representation of the characters and their universe. That doesn’t change the

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As I’ve discussed countless times in the past, different comics have varying levels of significance to different people. For some, the 1994-95 arc “Back from the Edge,” which was published in Amazing and Spectacular Spider-Man, was just another mid-90s story that in all likelihood, got lost in the shuffle since it

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In its infancy, Chasing Amazing was a blog that was as much about my collection of Amazing Spider-Man comics as it was about Spider-Man himself. But as is often the case in life, my site needed to adapt and evolve to survive, and I started introducing new features and

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People who follow my Gimmick or Good exploits at the Comics Should Be Good blog should know that I’m no stranger to the foil/embossed/chromium/polybagged comics of yesteryear. And yet, the gold, foil-covered Amazing Spider-Man #375 (the “30th anniversary of Amazing Spider-Man #1!!!), holds a special place in my heart

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For the last installment of my Reader Request month I reluctantly turn to my Superior Spider-Talk podcast co-host, Dan Gvozden: @ChasingASMBlog WAR OF THE REPTILES. Period. — Dan Gvozden (@dangvozden) October 20, 2013 For those keeping score at home, Dan is referring to the “epic” Amazing Spider-Man #165-166. From

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We’re in the final week of Reader Request Month. After doing some rather large arcs the past few weeks, I was a bit relieved when Gus Lindgren recommended a simple “one and done” story for me: @ChasingASMBlog ASM v2 #50. Have you done that? — Gus Lindgren (@guslindgren) October

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This next installment of my “Reader Request Month” comes at the behest of Sean Carr on Twitter: @ChasingASMBlog I’d love to see #82 featured, its the first comic I ever read. — Seán Carr (@pnedotie) October 19, 2013 Since I’m totally the kind of a guy who sympathizes with

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Monday afternoons after school were always a drag for me growing up. Born and raised in a Roman Catholic household, my parents enrolled and demanded I attend weekly “religious education” classes every Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 at the church that was just a few blocks away from my

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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. For a full listing of all of Chasing Amazing’s content relating to this theme

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I often get a kick out of looking back at some of the first comic books I ever purchased as a 7-year-old. I obviously talk a lot about Amazing Spider-Man #296 (my first ever Spidey comic), but I’ve also referred to other series I would periodically check in on

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