Guest Blogs Archive

With the Superior Spider-Man barreling towards its conclusion in a few weeks and Peter Parker still struggling to remember who he is, I thought I would like back at times Spider-Man overcame insurmountable odds … and the times he flat out quit on the job. This latest “5 and

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I have another comic-related for your leisure at WhatCulture. This time around, I look at the deaths and resurrections of 10 major Marvel characters and break down the list into five that worked for me, and five that didn’t. Whose resurrection did I think was the best? Whose was

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Magnus Robot Fighter was a key part of the Valiant universe during the independent publisher’s launch in the 1990s. With Dynamite Comics relaunching the series (written by former Spidey scribe Fred Van Lente), I thought I’d take a look at the silver foil-covered Magnus #25 for my latest installment

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I’ve never been shy about my apathy for Silver Sable and her gang of bounty hunters, the Wildpack, but apparently there was a time in the early 90s where somebody at Marvel thought marketing a solo series around these characters was a good idea. So, with so many All-New

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Demonstrating that I always have my finger on the pulse of … stuff … my latest comic-related list at WhatCulture.com takes a look at seven additional characters from the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series that I think warrant inclusion in future movies (provided the first movie is

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I understand I might have jumped to conclusions in my latest write-up on Superior Spider-Man #28 about whether or not the Green Goblin ACTUALLY knows that Spider Ock is operating within Peter Parker’s body (thus putting all of “Peter’s” friends and family in danger), but the issue still inspired

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Gimmick or Good? is back this week with a look at the Tom DeFalco/Paul Ryan era on Marvel’s “first family” the Fantastic Four. In this installment, I look at a five-part arc (FF #371-375) that featured two separate gimmick covers as book ends, and whole slew of controversial changes

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I’m happy to announce that I was recently invited by the fine folks of WhatCulture.com to contribute some comic book-related lists and other related content to their high profile web site. Today, my inaugural feature was published, a top 10 list of the worst things the Green Goblin has

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As the great Brian Cronin continues to spotlight African American comics throughout February on Comics Should Be Good, I thought I would use “Gimmick or Good?” to analyze the greatest selling comic by African American creators of all time, Image’s Tribe #1. Created by Todd Johnson and Larry Stroman,

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I’m back at superiorspidertalk.com with my “It Feels Like the First Time” column, which looks at significant “firsts” in Spider-Man comics, i.e., first appearances of supporting characters, phrases, images and/or general concepts that have gone on to play a critical role in the Spider-Man mythos. Today I look at the very

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