Come February, when “Goblin Nation” ramps up in Superior Spider-Man , I intend to feature a top 10 list of my all-time favorite Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin storylines. But while I make you all wait...
Tag: Green Goblin
While it’s easy to crack wise about how Superior Spider-Man writer Dan Slott promotes every upcoming issue as being “huge” and the one “you can’t miss,” it’s equally amazing to read a comic like Superior...
As I mentioned in my post about Amazing Spider-Man #136 last week, part of what made Harry Osborn as the second Green Goblin such a captivating character was his unique relationship to the man underneath...
For years, the oldest Spider-Man comic book I owned was my copy of Amazing Spider-Man #25 – a comic I was basically embarrassed to have in my collection because I purchased it as a teenager...
The first 12 issues of Marvel Knights” Spider-Man is exactly why I wanted to start doing a recurring column on many of the Spidey “B” titles that I’ve neglected to write about since launching Chasing...
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,...
The mid-1990s were not a pleasant time for Marvel or its Amazing Spider-Man franchise. I’ve mentioned in the past that the Clone Saga really was a pivotal moment for me as a Spidey fan, in...
People who have read or heard me talk to them about comic books and specifically my Amazing Spider-Man collection have described me with a number of adjectives – most of them positive: “passionate,” “dedicated” and...
With Easter weekend upon us, I’m thinking back to a time in my life when I sacrificed my comic book collection – sort of – in the spirit of Lent. Naturally, this grand spiritual gesture...
If you’re buying comic books as a collector, you can’t get lazy. Because if I learned anything in my 20+ years of collecting, it’s that if you slack for even one second, that’s when you...