In Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1 , the reader is asked to lend some sympathy to lifelong D-list crook Boomerang, aka Fred Meyers, a former baseball player who threw games, and then took to throwing...
Chasing Amazing
One Person's Quest To Collect Every Issue of Amazing Spider-Man
It’s been a long time since a Spider-Man comic has brought me such sheer unbridled joy that I just want to climb to the top of every mountain and make sure anybody who calls themselves...
The second part of my Walking Dead series has been posted on the fantastic Sequart Research & Literacy's Organization's web site today ( aka, Sequart.org ). In this piece I focus on Walking Dead's second...
In honor of Independence Day, I thought it was appropriate to discuss Amazing Spider-Man #325, a David Michelinie/Todd McFarlane issue that was one of the few instances I can think of where Spider-Man’s patriotism and...
Today's "Gimmick or Good" column for CBR's Comics Should Be Good focuses on what many consider to be one of the worst comics of all-time: Rob Liefeld's Youngblood #1 . This comic was the flagship...
Finally, after more than six months of not having a single new comic book featuring Peter Parker as Spider-Man, I have to dip into a Wolverine title of all places to find flesh-and-blood, old-school, wise-cracking...
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...
For my Gimmick or Good column at CBR's Comics Should Be Good blog, I've already talked about the "Death of Superman" and the "Breaking of the Bat" arcs, that saw the (temporary) ends of two...
Origin stories have long been the bread and butter of superhero comics. Traditionally, a character’s origins are explained in the issue where he makes his first appearance (Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s in Amazing Fantasy #15, Doctor Octopus...
I'm thrilled to announce that my most recent post for the fantastic comic book site, Longbox Graveyard , "Best Frenemies Forever" about the love/hate relationship between Spider-Man and the Human Torch, has been "Freshly Pressed"...