Humberto Ramos Archive

In an era where seemingly every single comic book series one way or another bleed into each other in an effort to create can’t miss “events,” I’ve found it amazing that outside of a few brief exceptions, Marvel has managed to keep Spider-Man and Flash Thompson’s Agent Venom in

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My Friday session at New York Comic Con mainly consisted of me fighting through the ever-growing crowds (I’m really shuddering to think what the Saturday session is going to look like) to talk with more creators for Superior Spider-Talk. Fortunately, using interviews obtained as my metric, it ended up

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Superior Spider-Man #16 is indicative of how once writer Dan Slott and the rest of the title’s creative team put their focus exclusively on telling a compelling story, rather than hard-selling Spider Ock and his exponentially growing role in the Marvel universe, the end result is a quality comic

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It appears that every time Marvel announces a “brand new era” of Superior Spider-Man (and with the release of Superior Spider-Man #14 last week, I think we’re officially up to our third “new era” in the title’s very short history) the dramatic status quo shift is that Otto Octavius

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Over the past two months, I’ve been stricken with an unexpected affliction that I hope breaks soon. I’m addicted to Amazing Spider-Man #700 variant covers. People who are familiar with some of my past opinions on variant covers are probably surprised to be learning this. Perhaps it’s just a

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As we start week two of my top ten list, we reach the the first two entries of my final “special six.” I’ll admit I’m a bit shocked I haven’t heard much criticism of some of the issues I’ve been throwing out there – in fact I got quite

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Before I begin, let me first insert the standard line I’ve been using over the past three months about what a delinquent blogger I’ve been. You know it, I know it, the American people know it, so let’s just move on. All I can say is part of the reason I’ve been on hiatus is

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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 book art from Humberto Ramos, whose more “cartoonish” style I think is going to

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