In an effort to plow through the plethora of Spider Island tie-ins and miniseries before the storyline ends, I thought I would combine my take on the second and third installments of the Cloak and...
Tag: new issues
Good old J. Jonah Jameson, aka Jolly Jonah, has been such a critical part of the Spider-Man universe, really since day one, that it truly was inevitable that he was going to play a large...
Since the Venom series kicked off earlier this year, writer Rick Rememder has continually found new and interesting ways to challenge typical definitions of a comic book “good guy” using Flash Thompson as the military-sanctioned...
Peter Parker/Spider-Man has been a staple in the Marvel superhero universe for nearly 50 years. During this time, numerous heroes and villains have been introduced, killed off, retired, married, etc. But there’s never been a...
At the risk of having this post sound more like a review than a meditation, I thought I’d kick things off by saying the two-part Spidey teaches the Avengers Academy arc ultimately left me feeling...
So despite the fact that I wasted some Internet space here a few months back disavowing the idea , I broke down last week and picked up a copy (two actually) of Ultimate Spider-Man #160,...
Marvel’s latest mega event, “Fear Itself” primarily focuses on Captain America and Thor as they, and other heroes, combat the “God of Fear” who is using the heroes’ inner-most fears, as well as mounting fear...
A few years ago, due to process of elimination, I attended a Tori Amos concert with my wife. Even though I would not describe myself as a “fan” of Amos, I didn’t have anything against...
I walked into a comic book shop down the street from where I worked on a lunch break recently and there on the new release rack there was a comic book seemingly taunting me. The...
When I was a kid, a free comic book featuring Spider-Man would be something found inside a cereal box or some other promotional giveaway (I even have a memory of a Spider-Man comic being a...
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