Javier Rodriguez Archive

Spider-Woman #7 is a great example of how it’s easy to forgive a comic for moments of mediocrity when it’s been otherwise consistently delivering a riveting action-packed, character-driven story alongside stunning visuals that match the mood and vibe of the narrative perfectly. In other words, I’m politely saying that

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Readers looking to fill the void  of the recently-cancelled, smartly funny, character-centric Superior Foes of Spider-Man should look no further than what Dennis Hopeless and Javier Rodriguez are putting forward with Spider-Woman. I haven’t touched upon Spider-Woman on Chasing Amazing since the third issue – one that was mainly filled with recycled

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The relentlessly funny Axis: Hobgoblin miniseries reached its finale last week, ending on a somewhat inconclusive note that gives me hope that perhaps there’s life after Axis for Roderick Kingsley (as long as Kevin Shinick and Javier Rodriguez remain the creative team). Even when the third and final issue wasn’t firing

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Two-thirds of the way through its criminally short run, the Axis: Hobgoblin miniseries continues to be one of the smartest and funniest comics I’ve read this year this side of Superior Foes of Spider-Man. Kevin Shinick’s script just fires on all cylinders, delivering both traditional humor and more atypical meta-humor

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Ever since he was exposed as the actual Hobgoblin by Roger Stern and Ron Frenz during the Hobgoblin Lives miniseries in the late 1990s, Roderick Kingsley has remained a somewhat unmined source of stories for comic book creators. Sure, there was the Hobgoblin Lives follow-up, “Goblins at the Gate,”

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My opinion of the Superior Spider-Man Annual #2 has revealed an inconvenient truth about myself. I’ve grown tired of and frustrated with the Superior Spider-Man – the character mind you – and April and Peter’s return cannot come soon enough (though if my suspicions are true, the resolution to

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Since the general concept for “Goblin Nation” was first announced at New  York Comic Con in October, the storyline has been marketed by Superior Spider-Man writer Dan Slott and Marvel editorial as the Superior-era’s magnum opus. The hype surrounding the story was ratcheted up a few more levels when

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Marvel has been telling us for months that Superior Spider-Man Annual #1 “counts.” As someone who probably has an unhealthy amount of skepticism regarding the “legitimacy” of the Spider-Man annual issues, you could only imagine what my expectations were for Marvel’s first Superior Annual. Now that I’ve read this

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