Vermin Archive

Part of what keeps me coming back to Spider-Man years after opening up my first Amazing Spider-Man comic book is his long-standing hopefulness. What makes this hopefulness so effective is the fact that it’s contrasted by a character who’s backstory is predominantly cynical. Peter Parker/Spider-Man is an orphan, who’s

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Marvel’s latest mega event, “Fear Itself” primarily focuses on Captain America and Thor as they, and other heroes, combat the “God of Fear” who is using the heroes’ inner-most fears, as well as mounting fear and paranoia, against them. But when I saw that there would be a Spider-Man

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