Mary Jane Archive

If you haven’t made your way over to superiorspidetalk.com yet, be sure to click on the following link and read my review of The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #2. This is a series that seems to be getting better and better. Get more information on superiorspidertalk.com.

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For a comprehensive gallery of all of the images featured on Chasing Amazing, along with other cool visuals I stumble upon while surfing the internet, be sure to follow my Pinterest page. Here are some visuals from my Giuseppe Camuncoli Spider-Man Art gallery, which are all images illustrated by Camuncoli in

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In yesterday’s post about Spider-Man Tangled Web #21, I tipped off today’s entry by saying for Christmas Day I would discuss a holiday-themed Spider-Man comic that I thought didn’t hold up as a good representation of the genre. So without further ado, I bring you the forgettable mid-90s submission,

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Origin stories have long been the bread and butter of superhero comics. Traditionally, a character’s origins are explained in the issue where he makes his first appearance (Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s in Amazing Fantasy #15, Doctor Octopus in Amazing Spider-Man #3, Sandman in ASM #4). Certain “special” characters make their first

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The first 12 issues of Marvel Knights” Spider-Man is exactly why I wanted to start doing a recurring column on many of the Spidey “B” titles that I’ve neglected to write about since launching Chasing Amazing in 2011. Here we have a fairly famous and popular arc, with a

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Some quick house-cleaning/sausage making updates  before I proceed with today’s post. Since we here at Chasing Amazing pride ourselves on creating content that both looks back and looks forward at the Spider-Man universe (two days a week and sometimes a third, if I’m feeling saucy), I thought I’d use

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While it was not intentional, I realized that this week’s posts had trended towards a theme – one that discussed Peter’s relationship with first love Gwen Stacy, and then a follow-up about a new issue that feature another former flame in the Black Cat. So I thought I’d complete

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In any kind of story, whether it be a novel, a television show or a comic book, you want to see growth from key characters. While not everyone featured in a story needs to go on a dramatic journey, where, to quote Stewie from Family Guy, “friends become enemies,

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With Spider Island wrapping up in Amazing Spider-Man #672 (not to mention an epilogue in ASM #673 which I’ll cover later), I’m now at that point where I can properly reflect on this storyline and where it ranks among the best/worst Spider-Man arcs of all-time. Simply put, I loved

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Chasing Amazing is back online after spending a week and change taking care of my newborn son John. Sorry for the radio silence since then, but I’m sure the vast bulk of you understand. And if you don’t, come on … it was the birth of MY KID we’re

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