After months of planning, plotting and misdirection, Amazing Spider-Man #249 shows an invigorated Hobgoblin who is finally starting to make his master plan of conquest apparent to his intended victims. Beyond the Hobgoblin’s initial introduction...
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Amazing Spider-Man #245 reminds us of a period of the Hobgoblin’s existence where his secret identity was not the source of such hand-wringing and controversy. As he did for the character’s three previous appearances in...
Despite only making his first appearance a handful of issues ago, Hobgoblin’s rapid ascension to power in both the fictitious world of Spider-Man comic books, and the real world of public perception is on front...
What’s so unique about Amazing Spider-Man #239 is how writer Roger Stern takes his new creation, the Hobgoblin, and expertly crafts the villain as a legitimate physical and psychological threat to Spider-Man, while also exposing...
Granted, I’m aided by the power of 20-20 hindsight, but there’s something about Amazing Spider-Man #238 that just comes across as being “special.” Even from a collectability standpoint – when I first started buying pricier...
I wanted to do something "special" to mark Superior Spider-Man month beyond just writing about all the new titles Marvel is currently pumping out. While I've recently started to retro-review/wax poetic about some story-arcs in...
Years before the birth of my son, I was told that nothing changes how a person views the world quite like having a child. While this idea always made a great deal of sense to...
With Amazing Spider-Man officially “ending” at issue #700 two weeks ago, and the debut of a brand-new Spider-Man title this week, Superior Spider-Man, I thought now was as good of a time of any to...
I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but when I started reading Spider-Man comic books in the 1980s, I was a little late to the Hobgoblin party. Trust me, as a long-time collector and enthusiast,...
If you want to adequately blow the mind of an 18-year-old (or depending on the age of those of you out there reading this, want to have your minds collectively blown), send them a copy...