Chris Claremont Archive

Marvel Team-Up #74 and Not Ready for Prime Time

February 17, 2015Blind Spots1 Comment

I was originally planning on continuing with my “Brand New Day” retrospective today, but after watching Sunday night’s Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, I figured I’d be within my rights to call an audible and instead talk the totally bonkers Marvel Team-Up #74 from 1978, which features Spidey

Superior Foes of Spotlight: When Spidey Met Fred

By Mark Ginocchio

November 28, 2014Blind Spots2 Comments

Editor’s Note: My real life schedule has been in a state of chaos the past two weeks so we’re going to run the final installment of my Superior Foes Spotlight today. Starting next week I will be attempting to get through all of the new releases I have not

Spider-Man and the Claremont/Byrne Connection

By Mark Ginocchio

September 24, 2013Blind Spots3 Comments

It’s no secret that I have a lot of Spider-Man “blind spots,” but when it comes to Spidey “B” titles that have been off my radar for the bulk of my reading existence, Marvel Team-Up stands on its own. While I understand that Team-Up is the first official ongoing

Guest Blogging: Gimmick or Good – X-Men #1

By Mark Ginocchio

April 9, 2013Guest BlogsNo comments

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!