In the previous installment of Spider Island: Spider-Girl I talked about how we all seem to gravitate to a bad guy gone good (or as AMC’s Breaking Bad demonstrates, a good guy, gone bad). It’s...
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The idea of who is an actual “super” hero was a common theme throughout the Spider Island storyline considering the focal point of the arc was the fact that the entirety of Manhattan was overrun...
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...
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...
So this is apparently the point in the Spider Island mega event where I feel a little burnt out by the excess of crossovers and miniseries. The Spider-Woman Spider Island one shot was about as...
I think it’s human nature to want to see our bad guys break good. When I think of traditional “good vs. bad” role-reversals, beyond comic books, I always think or professional wrestling and how two...
When you look back to the earliest days of superhero comic books, the titular character’s girlfriend always seemed to be more of a damsel in distress than any kind of equal in combat. Even throughout...
There’s a moment towards the end of Herc #7, far and away the most random inclusion in the Spider Island storyline, when the issue works for me far more than it had any right to.....
With Marvel pumping out so many one-shots and miniseries tied-in to the Spider Island storyline in Amazing Spider-Man, there were bound to be a couple of head-scratchers. Tie-ins featuring Cloak and Dagger, Venom and Spider-Girl...
Why do most people pick up comics as their medium of choice? Sure, there are plenty of examples of comic books making you think a little deeper about the state of things – The Watchmen...