Remembrance of Comics Past Archive

For years, the oldest Spider-Man comic book I owned was my copy of Amazing Spider-Man #25 – a comic I was basically embarrassed to have in my collection because I purchased it as a teenager for all the wrong reasons. As silly as this may sound, it was beyond

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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

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Ten years ago this week, I picked an interesting time to leave the borders of the United States for the first time ever. A college friend had convinced me to spend my Spring Break in London with him, seeing some live theater in the West End, catching the traditional

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One of the first “Remembrance of Comics Past” posts I made on this blog was a story about a big box of comics I received from a friend of a friend that contained more than 100 issues of Amazing Spider-Man from the 1980s and 1990s. I’ve long credited this

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Given today’s historic inauguration for President Barack Obama, though I’d go through the archives and re-post this piece about a (not) political issue of Amazing Spider-Man: On the topic of real-life political figures being featured prominently in comic books, I decided this week’s spotlight will be about the grand-daddy

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As someone who started reading Amazing Spider-Man comic books 296 issues (and 25 years) after they debuted, I’ve always come to understand Peter Parker/Spidey’s origin story in a roundabout way. Given some of the expected changes on the horizon after ASM #700 is released in a few days, I’d like to

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People who have read or heard me talk to them about comic books and specifically my Amazing Spider-Man collection have described me with a number of adjectives – most of them positive: “passionate,” “dedicated” and “soulful” are just a few. And while I admit that I strive to be

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August 2012 is officially the 50th Anniversary mark for the birth of my favorite comic book character, Spider-Man. In a perfect world, I would have planned something more celebratory for Chasing Amazing this month, but alas, that’s not in the cards. At the very least, let me dedicate my

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Looking back at when I was considerably younger and how I interpreted “value” is a fascinating exercise. I’ve mentioned in past posts that my first true hobby was collecting baseball cards. While opening packs upon packs of 1987 and 1988 Topps and Donruss, I remember separating out the cards

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At different points in my life, I’ve often contemplated if I was born in the right year. That’s because my tastes in pop culture have never really been in-tune with the rest of my generation. Sure the Beatles Anthology made the Fab Four a phenomena (again) with some of

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