Despite the issue being heavily promoted as the “return of Ben Reilly,” I was on the fence about dedicating blog space this month to my thoughts on Scarlet Spider #21. I had stopped regularly writing...
Category: Spidey Spin Offs
This post was originally published August 17, 2012 I’ve mostly ignored the bulk of Avengers comic books since Spider-Man joined the group a few years ago, mostly based on the fact that I had some...
Over the remaining few weeks of September, as part of my acknowledgement of the 50 th anniversaries of the X-Men and Avengers, I’m going to be posting new or re-posting old blog posts that will,...
I got to hand it to Superior Foes of Spider-Man #3. What it lacks in storyline, it makes up for with the guts to be different. It helps that through the first three issues of...
As outlandish as it may sound, the two-part “Sibling Rivalry” storyline that traversed Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2 and Scarlet Spider #20 this month was one of the best Spider-Man stories I’ve read in 2013 (still...
I know I had my reservations about making Carnage the spotlight of yet another Marvel mini-series, but I was shocked all the same after reading Superior Carnage #2 and seeing how the serial-killing symbiote was...
When it comes to my popular culture consumption, I’m a sucker for good characters. Give me quality, well-drawn characters and I’ll probably end up liking what I’m seeing/reading regardless of how fast-paced the story may...
I feel like almost every month I find myself defending my adoration for the Scarlet Spider series even though I can never exactly pinpoint what I like so much about the title. Is it the...
I think the only thing that surprised me when I read that Marvel had cancelled its Morbius the Living Vampire series was the fact that the title was allowed to get as far along as...
Oh, Carnage – you and I got such a complicated relationship. Actually, it’s not complicated at all. I’ve always been on the record as not being a fan . But I also understand there’s a...