Today, as part of Sequart Research & Literacy Organization's SciFi Week, I tackle some "far out" comics from the 1970s with my analysis of the tonal shift of Adam Warlock after Jim Starlin took over...
Chasing Amazing
One Person's Quest To Collect Every Issue of Amazing Spider-Man
Episode 3 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast is live and ready for you to download. Check it out on our Podomatic website or on iTunes (and if you haven't yet, be sure to rate us...
For years, the oldest Spider-Man comic book I owned was my copy of Amazing Spider-Man #25 – a comic I was basically embarrassed to have in my collection because I purchased it as a teenager...
For my Gimmick or Good? column at Comics Should Be Good, I move away from superhero comics this week with a review of Neil Gaiman's Sandman Special #1 . Gaiman's Sandman series is considered one...
Given the ending to Superior Spider-Man #9 earlier this month, I can’t say I’m all that surprised by the contents of Avenging Spider-Man #20, but all the same: DAMN, Marvel went ahead and did it...
The first 12 issues of Marvel Knights” Spider-Man is exactly why I wanted to start doing a recurring column on many of the Spidey “B” titles that I’ve neglected to write about since launching Chasing...
As I hope most of you are aware, the name of this blog is Chasing Amazing. And while that might sound like a pun on the title of a Kevin Smith movie , the adjective...
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....
Fans of the Dark Knight Rises movie should be familiar with the storyline of Batman #497 , the latest installment in the Gimmick or Good? feature I've been writing for CBR's Comics Should Be Good...