Zeb Wells Archive

Finally, after more than six months of not having a single new comic book featuring Peter Parker as Spider-Man, I have to dip into a Wolverine title of all places to find flesh-and-blood, old-school, wise-cracking Spidey. And unlike the story we were all fed during the first few issues

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After reading the first installment of the Carnage USA miniseries by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain, I waxed poetic about why I was never much of a fan of Carnage, the character. However, I wanted to give the mini a chance because so many people seemed to enjoy the

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I’ll admit that I had some reservations about the “Avenging Spider-Man” series when Marvel first announced it, and even after the first three issues, which revolved around a Spidey/Red Hulk team-up. It’s not that I objected to the Marvel Team-Up-style formula the series was seemingly going to employ, as

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For those of you who have been following my monotonous griping over the fact that Marvel is using the Spider-Man character on too many superhero teams, you’ll note that one of my biggest complaints is that in the context of Jonathan Hickman’s FF/Fantastic Four and Brian Michael Bendis’ Avengers/New

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When people dismiss a character as being too “one-dimensional,” what do they actually mean? It usually refers to a character having a weak back-story that readers can’t identify with. Or perhaps their motivations for doing the things they do (whether good or evil) are unclear. Adding to the criticism,

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For the past few months, I haven’t been shy about the fact that I’m not a big fan of Spider-Man moonlighting with so many other superhero teams, such as the Future Foundation and The Avengers. While I’ve made the argument that it goes against the core tenants of the

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