Mark Waid Archive

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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The newest comic book superhero to make a transition to the small screen is the Flash. In celebration of the “fastest man’s alive’s” new television show, for my Gimmick or Good feature at the Comics Should Be Good blog, I thought I’d take a look at Flash #80, a

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I’ve always been a bit squidgy when the real world of politics intersects with the fantasy world of superhero comics. That’s because regardless of the creative team’s beliefs (and how they coincide with my own), there’s always the inherent risk that a politically-charged comic might devolve into something that

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As proof that the Captain America insanity isn’t over yet, in celebration of Captain America: The Winter Soldier opening this past weekend, I looked back at the dual-covered Captain America #450 for my latest edition of Gimmick or Good at Comics Should Be Good Blog. Did I find this

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I was of two minds when I first heard that Marvel would be releasing an original graphic novel, Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business, starring Peter Parker as Spider-Man and his “long-lost sister” Teresa. There was the all-star cast of creators assigned to the project, including two of my favorite writers

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House of M is yet another in a long line of mini-series/events Marvel produced in the early-to-mid 2000s that was off my radar thanks in large part to the fact that I had only JUST started to get back into buying monthly Spider-Man comic books at the same time

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When it became abundantly clear at the end of Amazing Spider-Man #700 that the role of Spider-Man was now going to be played by an in-control-of-Peter-Parker’s-body Doctor Octopus, beyond “what’s going to happen to Peter,” my biggest concern and curiosity was how the rest of the Marvel universe was

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Before I discuss these two issues proper, just a few comic book logistical things to get off my chest: The premise behind a comic book “crossover” it certainly not new or uncommon, but I have to admit that since Brand New Day picked up a few years ago and

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Analyzing a scene from a comparatively current issue of Amazing Spider-Man (ASM #592) was not initially on my to-do list, but due to a little back and forth between former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and superstar comic book writer Mark Waid over on Shooter’s web site, I decided to

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