Chasing Amazing is back, guest blogging at one of my favorite site on the interwebs, Longbox Graveyard. Last month, I profiled the first half of my 10 favorite Spider-Man “battle scenes.” Today, LBG runs the second half of my list that includes my official “top five.”  Please check it

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In case you missed it yesterday, I was back reliving the 1990s at Comics Should Be Good reviewing Chris Claremont/Jim Lee’s X-Men #1. Is the best-selling comic book of all-time a gimmick, or good? I guess you’ll have to click over to CSBG to find out!

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Some quick house-cleaning/sausage making updates  before I proceed with today’s post. Since we here at Chasing Amazing pride ourselves on creating content that both looks back and looks forward at the Spider-Man universe (two days a week and sometimes a third, if I’m feeling saucy), I thought I’d use

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Continuing the trend I first talked about earlier this week, the Avenging Spider-Man series appears to be the series where Marvel’s creative powers have decided to focus almost exclusively on Spider Ock’s internal evolution – specifically vis a vis other Marvel superheroes. In the case of Avenging Spider-Man #18,

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Since the great status quo switcheroo following the events of Amazing Spider-Man #700, to my surprise, Avenging Spider-Man has been the Spidey title that seemingly focuses the most on the development and characterization of the brand new Superior Spider-Man. While Dan Slott’s work on Superior seems to focus more

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The powers that be will never acknowledge it, but I can say with near-certainty that there is a Marvel title currently on the rack that actually features Peter Parker as Spider-Man. It feels silly to even be acknowledging such a fact, but considering the two current incarnations of Spider-Man

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Front seat conversation between my wife and I during long car trips inevitably devolve into something along the lines of me randomly asking, “name your top five (insert just about anything here, i.e. songs, bands, movies, sandwiches, secretaries of state, etc).” I’ve often wondered if individuals born with the

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My ongoing guest spot at CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog takes a look at the die-cut gravestone cover atop of Amazing Spider-Man #400. This is obviously a favorite of mine, but by all means, jump in the comments section over at CSBG to voice your thoughts on whether

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The way I see it, Superior Spider-Man #5’s shocking ending – Spidey Ock killing Massacre as a means to protect society from future violence by a demented serial killer –  has both a positive and negative effect on the direction of the series from here on out. On one

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Ten years ago this week, I picked an interesting time to leave the borders of the United States for the first time ever. A college friend had convinced me to spend my Spring Break in London with him, seeing some live theater in the West End, catching the traditional

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