superiorspidertalk.com Archive

In typical Chasing Amazing fashion, I’ve neglected to update all of you of my writing on SuperiorSpiderTalk.com over the past few weeks. I recently wrapped-up my “Lost Gems” feature that looked back on underrated Spider-Man stories. Here are some of those posts: “Thin Air” (The Pulse #1-5) “Keemia’s Castle”

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In addition to talking Amazing Spider-Man over at SuperiorSpiderTalk.com these days, I’m also reviewing the new Carnage series by Gerry Conway and Mike Perkins. Check out the review of the book’s latest issue and then do yourself a favor and read the book for yourself!

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Hopefully my “Lost Gems” series on SuperiorSpiderTalk.com has been bringing you some holiday joy. Check out my latest two entries in the series: Spider-Man: The Lost Years miniseries by J.M. DeMatteis and John Romita Jr. “To Squash a Spider” (Amazing Spider-Man #66-67) by Stan Lee and John Romita Enjoy

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Remember to keep checking superiorspidertalk.com to see the latest in my Lost Gems series. This time around, I revisit the very first Paul Jenkins/Mark Buckingham issue of Peter Parker: Spider-Man. PPSM #20 is definitely a forgotten classic that kicked off a very introspective era of Spider-Man comics. Be sure

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It’s the holiday season, so as my gift to you, I’m picking my 12 favorite “lost gems” of Spider-Man history. These are comics that aren’t likely to show up on any “best of” lists but are great all the same. For my first entry, I picked Amazing Spider-Man #246,

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We’ve officially reached the end of my retrospective of the Howard Mackie/John Byrne era on Amazing Spider-Man over at SuperiorSpiderTalk.com. These last few posts look at the creative duo’s final stories on ASM before Byrne left for greener pastures (Mackie would stay on for another year or so before

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Two issues in and the new Amazing Spider-Man (volume 4) status quo isn’t going anywhere. Find out what I think about ASM #2 (by Dan Slott and Giuseppe Camuncoli) in my review at the superiorspidertalk.com. Then, stay tuned as Dan Gvozden and I release our next podcast about the issue

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I’m back with another installment of “Volume 2 Review” at superiorspidertalk.com, the feature where I revisit the Howard Mackie/John Byrne volume 2 reboot of Amazing Spider-Man. In this next article, I dissect the “Origin of Spider-Women Number 4 … or Five” where Spidey has to deal with not just

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I know it’s been a long, long while since I’ve updated this page, but I was hoping you could check out the first installment of the latest feature I’m writing on SuperiorSpiderTalk.com. This time around I’m looking back on the late 90s run of Howard Mackie and John Byrne

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My ongoing series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the infamous Spider-Man “Clone Saga” is currently being featured at SuperiorSpiderTalk.com. Please check out some of my latest “Clone Saga Callback” entries in this difficult to write (but also quite fun) retrospective of what many consider one of the worst Spidey

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