David Michelinie Archive

The most electrifying Spider-Man podcast on the world wide web is back in Amazing Spider-Talk. This time around, Dan Gvozden and I continue our discussion on our “essential” Spidey picks with “The Return of Venom” (Amazing Spider-Man #315-317) by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. Check out the podcast on

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Given that Superior Spider-Man readers are being promised a “goblin fight like no other” when the Green Goblin and the “original” Hobgoblin square off in Superior Spider-Man  #26 later this week, I thought I would get everyone in the mood by revisiting some past Goblin vs. Goblin showdowns this

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In its infancy, Chasing Amazing was a blog that was as much about my collection of Amazing Spider-Man comics as it was about Spider-Man himself. But as is often the case in life, my site needed to adapt and evolve to survive, and I started introducing new features and

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People who follow my Gimmick or Good exploits at the Comics Should Be Good blog should know that I’m no stranger to the foil/embossed/chromium/polybagged comics of yesteryear. And yet, the gold, foil-covered Amazing Spider-Man #375 (the “30th anniversary of Amazing Spider-Man #1!!!), holds a special place in my heart

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When Amazing Spider-Man #374 was released in February 1993, it had been more than four years since Venom was first introduced to the world by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. During that timeframe, Venom demonstrated his full range sociopathic tendencies, attempting to murder Spider-Man on countless occasions (including kidnapping

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The past year has Chasing Amazing’s most successful, with many new readers jumping aboard and some long-time ones becoming more engaged with the site (and I even co-host a podcast with one of them). Since you’ve all been such great sports about reading about whatever random issues of Spider-Man

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With the Flash Thompson Venom series ending its runs after 42 issues (my thoughts on the end of that series later this week), I thought it would be apropos to give the Venom: Lethal Protector #1, the solo debut of the symbiote, the “Gimmick or Good?” treatment in my

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For anyone who’s a fan of the fun anarchistic version of Venom that was a staple of early 90s Spider-Man comics, then Amazing Spider-Man #317 is the story for you. Insane Spider-Man vs. Venom battle that features a truly creative climax? Check. Crazy, rambling logic from Venom that actually

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I think I’ve been pigeon-holing myself a bit with the retro-comics I’ve been writing about over the past few months: the original Hobgoblin Saga review over the summer and last month’s Avengers/X-Men 50th anniversary posts. So with that in mind, I’m not going to “officially” declare October, “Venom Month.”

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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 loyalty to the United States was the central plotline of a story. ASM #325

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