John Romita Jr. Archive

In celebration of Superior Spider-Man’s “Goblin Nation” arc, over the next two months, I’m going to acknowledge what I consider to be the 10 best Green Goblin/Spider-Man storylines. I’m creating this list based on a full array of arbitrary, unscientific criteria: namely historical significance, artwork, creativity and my overall enjoyment of

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I’m not going to lie to you (and why would I?). Despite being an ardent fan of the superhero genre where characters fly, stick to walls, fire optic blasts from their eyes and countless other things that normal human beings can’t do, some of my all-time favorite Spider-Man stories

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We’re in the final week of Reader Request Month. After doing some rather large arcs the past few weeks, I was a bit relieved when Gus Lindgren recommended a simple “one and done” story for me: @ChasingASMBlog ASM v2 #50. Have you done that? — Gus Lindgren (@guslindgren) October

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After months of planning, plotting and misdirection, Amazing Spider-Man #249 shows an invigorated Hobgoblin who is finally starting to make his master plan of conquest apparent to his intended victims. Beyond the Hobgoblin’s initial introduction in ASM #238, this issue and the two that follow (marking the end the

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Despite only making his first appearance a handful of issues ago, Hobgoblin’s rapid ascension to power in both the fictitious world of Spider-Man comic books, and the real world of public perception is on front and center display in Amazing Spider-Man #244. Showing how much confidence he has in

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What’s so unique about Amazing Spider-Man #239 is how writer Roger Stern takes his new creation, the Hobgoblin, and expertly crafts the villain as a legitimate physical and psychological threat to Spider-Man, while also exposing the character’s vulnerabilities and weaknesses. In the 20 years of Spider-Man comics that preceded

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Granted, I’m aided by the power of 20-20 hindsight, but there’s something about Amazing Spider-Man #238 that just comes across as being “special.” Even from a collectability standpoint – when I first started buying pricier back issues in the 1990s, I remember looking up ASM #238 in my Wizard

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With Amazing Spider-Man officially “ending” at issue #700 two weeks ago, and the debut of a brand-new Spider-Man title this week, Superior Spider-Man, I thought now was as good of a time of any to comb through 700 issues of ASM (plus the annuals) and highlight some of my

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With inspiration from one of my favorite comic book blogs on the interwebs, Comics Should Be Good, I thought we’d spend the week celebrating some of our favorite Amazing Spider-Man covers. Actually, I shouldn’t make this sound so inclusive. This list is exclusively my favorites. Let’s start with some

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