Mark Bagley Archive

Chasing Amazing’s ongoing look back at some of Spider-Man’s most important underworld stories is expanding its horizons in this latest entry. This time around, we’re leaving the comfortable confines of the 616 universe and traveling the Multiverse all the way over to Ultimate Spider-Man. After just introducing the “Ultimate”

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This next reader request comes from Elias_A on Twitter: @ChasingASMBlog Reign, or Ultimate #13! Or that time Spidey teamed up with Loki! — Elias_A (@EliasPawluk) November 12, 2014 Like Caleb yesterday, Elias let me choose from a few stories. And while this blog has long turned its nose up at the

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As I’ve discussed countless times in the past, different comics have varying levels of significance to different people. For some, the 1994-95 arc “Back from the Edge,” which was published in Amazing and Spectacular Spider-Man, was just another mid-90s story that in all likelihood, got lost in the shuffle since it

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People who follow my Gimmick or Good exploits at the Comics Should Be Good blog should know that I’m no stranger to the foil/embossed/chromium/polybagged comics of yesteryear. And yet, the gold, foil-covered Amazing Spider-Man #375 (the “30th anniversary of Amazing Spider-Man #1!!!), holds a special place in my heart

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When Amazing Spider-Man #374 was released in February 1993, it had been more than four years since Venom was first introduced to the world by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. During that timeframe, Venom demonstrated his full range sociopathic tendencies, attempting to murder Spider-Man on countless occasions (including kidnapping

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With the Flash Thompson Venom series ending its runs after 42 issues (my thoughts on the end of that series later this week), I thought it would be apropos to give the Venom: Lethal Protector #1, the solo debut of the symbiote, the “Gimmick or Good?” treatment in my

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Iconic comic book artist Mark Bagley, who provided pencils during prolific runs on Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man sat down with Dan Gvozden and I at the Connecticut ComicCONN event in Trumbull, CT, last weekend. The interview has just been released as an episode of the Superior Spider-Talk and our Amazing

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I’m 32 years-old, been reading/collecting comic books since I was 7 years-old, and am obsessive enough about my hobby to launch my very own blog and co-host a comic book podcast, but this past weekend’s ComiCONN event in Trumbull, CT, marked the very first time I ever attended an

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August 2012 is officially the 50th Anniversary mark for the birth of my favorite comic book character, Spider-Man. In a perfect world, I would have planned something more celebratory for Chasing Amazing this month, but alas, that’s not in the cards. At the very least, let me dedicate my

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