Marcos Martin Archive

I guess it’s somewhat odd of me to identify any individual arc from a status quo upheaval as polarizing as “Brand New Day” as being controversial in its own right, but I do believe the “Peter Parker Paparazzi” storyline as featured in Amazing Spider-Man #559-561 (written by Dan Slott

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With Superior Foes of Spider-Man ending later this month, I thought I would write a couple of posts about storylines that prominently feature some members of the “Fantastic Five” (Boomerang, Shocker, Speed Demon, Beetle and Overdrive). I know that may not make a whole lot of sense since “Spider-Verse” is

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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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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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