Silver Sable Archive

Gimmick or Good? – Silver Sable & The Wildpack #1

March 9, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

I’ve never been shy about my apathy for Silver Sable and her gang of bounty hunters, the Wildpack, but apparently there was a time in the early 90s where somebody at Marvel thought marketing a solo series around these characters was a good idea. So, with so many All-New

Amazing Spider-Man #375 and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Venom?

By Mark Ginocchio

January 8, 2014Random Runs of Spidey, Remembrance of Comics Past7 Comments

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

Star Spangled Spidey: Amazing Spider-Man #325

By Mark Ginocchio

July 4, 2013the big box of comics2 Comments

In honor of Independence Day, I thought it was appropriate to discuss Amazing Spider-Man #325, a David Michelinie/Todd McFarlane issue that was one of the few instances I can think of where Spider-Man’s patriotism and loyalty to the United States was the central plotline of a story. ASM #325

Big Box of Comics: Amazing Spider-Man #301

By Mark Ginocchio

March 7, 2013the big box of comics1 Comment

When I first started to get more emotionally invested into comic books, I often defined the authorship of the issue by the artist. For Amazing Spider-Man, there was the Todd McFarlane era followed by the Erik Larsen era and then the Mark Bagley era before giving way to a