Electro Flashback Archive

I’ve always been a bit squidgy when the real world of politics intersects with the fantasy world of superhero comics. That’s because regardless of the creative team’s beliefs (and how they coincide with my own), there’s always the inherent risk that a politically-charged comic might devolve into something that

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Demonstrating just how brilliant Peter David is able to weave together elements of comedy and tragedy, the 1988 Spectacular Spider-Man#134-136 arc “Return of the Sin-Eater” may just be the greatest Electro/Spider-Man story ever published, despite the fact that Electro is not technically the focal point of the arc. Instead,

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In the past, I’ve often referred to the simplicity of Electro’s origin story. When the character was first introducing in Amazing Spider-Man #9 it a no fuss, no muss affair – an ordinary lineman Max Dillon gets extraordinary powers, and as a contrast to our titular hero Spider-Man, decides to

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