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Remembrance of Comics Past: Amazing Spider-Man #316

October 11, 2013Remembrance of Comics Past5 Comments

Monday afternoons after school were always a drag for me growing up. Born and raised in a Roman Catholic household, my parents enrolled and demanded I attend weekly “religious education” classes every Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 at the church that was just a few blocks away from my

Amazing Spider-Man #315 and Not Another Theme Month

By Mark Ginocchio

October 4, 2013Random Runs of SpideyNo comments

I think I’ve been pigeon-holing myself a bit with the retro-comics I’ve been writing about over the past few months: the original Hobgoblin Saga review over the summer and last month’s Avengers/X-Men 50th anniversary posts. So with that in mind, I’m not going to “officially” declare October, “Venom Month.”

Jim Salicrup Chats with Superior Spider-Talk

By Mark Ginocchio

September 5, 2013PodcastsNo comments

Jim Salicrup, editor-in-chief of Papercutz and a former Marvel editor who oversaw the Spider-Man titles for years (and who hired superstar artist Todd McFarlane to illustrate Amazing Spider-Man), sat down with Dan Gvozden and I at the Connecticut ComiCONN event in Trumbull, CT, last weekend. The interview has just

Venom: It’s Not You It’s Me

By Mark Ginocchio

June 14, 2013Reading Experience, Spidey Spin Offs3 Comments

There are times when a relationship with a comic book series is akin to a romance. There are the comic book titles that you develop an unconditional love for, sticking with them through thick, thin and the death of Peter Parker. And then there are the titles that you

Blind Spots: Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1-12

By Mark Ginocchio

May 16, 2013Blind Spots3 Comments

The first 12 issues of Marvel Knights” Spider-Man is exactly why I wanted to start doing a recurring column on many of the Spidey “B” titles that I’ve neglected to write about since launching Chasing Amazing in 2011. Here we have a fairly famous and popular arc, with a

Remembrance of Comics Past: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23

By Mark Ginocchio

March 28, 2013Remembrance of Comics PastNo comments

Front seat conversation between my wife and I during long car trips inevitably devolve into something along the lines of me randomly asking, “name your top five (insert just about anything here, i.e. songs, bands, movies, sandwiches, secretaries of state, etc).” I’ve often wondered if individuals born with the

Amazing Spider-Man #300, My Favorite ASM of All-Time

By Mark Ginocchio

January 24, 2013Top 10 Lists3 Comments

1. Amazing Spider-Man #300 (script by David Michelinie, art by Todd McFarlane) I told you at the very beginning that this top 10 list was a personal thing. I’m sure there are a lot of you out there who have fond memories of Amazing Spider-Man #300. But to declare

My Favorite Issues of Amazing Spider-Man: #10 and #9

By Mark Ginocchio

January 7, 2013Top 10 ListsNo comments

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 comb through 700 issues of ASM (plus the annuals) and highlight some of my

Thoughts on Rick Remender and Venom

By Mark Ginocchio

September 6, 2012Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

I know I’m hardly writing enough lately to dedicate one entire post to non-ASM comic, but given my adoration for what Rick Remender accomplished during his run on Venom, which recently ended at issue #22, I thought it was necessary to dedicate some internet space to the topic. What

Reading Experience: Do you Trust this Alien?

By Mark Ginocchio

April 27, 2012Reading ExperienceNo comments

Just as an addendum to my post earlier this week about the Venom symbiote not belonging anywhere near a supergroup of superheroes like the Avengers, I thought I’d look back at the issue of Amazing Spider-Man where we discovered that there was, indeed, something a bit suspicious about that