With Spider Island wrapping up in Amazing Spider-Man #672 (not to mention an epilogue in ASM #673 which I'll cover later), I’m now at that point where I can properly reflect on this storyline and...
Tag: Dan Slott
You’ll often hear me discuss specific themes and storytelling devices utilized by writers and creative teams that have kept me hooked on Amazing Spider-Man for more than 20 years. I’ll talk about character developments, or...
There’s a lot to react to after reading an issue like Amazing Spider-Man #667, which marked the “official” first part of the anticipated “Spider Island” story arc. Nice storytelling by writer, Dan Slott, neat comic...
At the risk of sticking my nose in other people’s business, I was struck by an exasperated-sounding Internet rant penned by current Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott which was seemingly inspired by a wave of...
Perhaps the most significant recent change in the Amazing Spider-Man’s status quo is the fact that Peter Parker/Spider-Man finally seems to have his life altogether. Allowing Peter some happiness may go down as one of...
The first and greatest lesson ever learned by Peter Parker/Spider-Man was “with great power comes great responsibility.” It’s a mantra dozens of Amazing Spider-Man writers have repeated and recited like the “Pledge of Allegiance.” The...
Considering how much pain and suffering Peter Parker has had to endure because of his secret life of Spider-Man, I’m always filled with the warm and fuzzies when something goes right for him. When Marvel...
When I was a kid, a free comic book featuring Spider-Man would be something found inside a cereal box or some other promotional giveaway (I even have a memory of a Spider-Man comic being a...
Marvel unveiled a bunch of details last week about their next mega-event “Spider Island.” The storyline – which focuses on an infestation in New York City where everybody is given spider-powers – looks to be...
You hear me talk a lot about comic book industry gimmicks around here and why not? I’ve been collecting on and off for more than 20 years, including witnessing first-hand how speculators attempting to make...
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