Marvel’s resurrection of the Amazing Spider-Man franchise this month was marketed to fans as the “return” of Peter Parker, one year after he was ingloriously killed off by Doctor Octopus in ASM #700. Leading off a month of “point one” issues – arguably Marvel’s most confounding numbering gimmick – is

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After a brief hiatus, my Gimmick or Good? column at Comics Should Be Good is back with a look back at 1993’s The Maxx #1, with pencils, inks and plot by Sam Kieth and script by William Messner-Loebs. For the uninitiated, Gimmick or Good is a recurring feature I write

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It’s a shame that the editorial chaos that consumed Marvel in the mid-to-late 1980s (aka, the end of the Jim Shooter-era) often overshadows the actual content of Marvel comic books during this time period – especially as it relates to the Amazing Spider-Man. It’s not like the ASM creative

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After building up the most non-Carnage Carnage story in the character’s history, Marvel had a change of heart (or “chickened out” depending on your opinion of Mr. Cletus Kasady) in the fifth and final part of its Superior Carnage mini-series, returning the psychotic symbiote to its status quo in

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In an era where seemingly every single comic book series one way or another bleed into each other in an effort to create can’t miss “events,” I’ve found it amazing that outside of a few brief exceptions, Marvel has managed to keep Spider-Man and Flash Thompson’s Agent Venom in

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Happy weekend after Thanksgiving! Episode 24 of Superior Spider-Talk is now available to be downloaded and it’s a special one. For one of our “Superior Spider-Talk and Our Amazing Friends” episodes, we interview David Morrell, writer for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #700.1 and #700.2 (aka “Spider-Man: Frost”) and author

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For the last installment of my Reader Request month I reluctantly turn to my Superior Spider-Talk podcast co-host, Dan Gvozden: @ChasingASMBlog WAR OF THE REPTILES. Period. — Dan Gvozden (@dangvozden) October 20, 2013 For those keeping score at home, Dan is referring to the “epic” Amazing Spider-Man #165-166. From

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When it comes to the Superior Spider-Man Team-Up series, I remain a critical outlier. The series has done very little to engage me since it officially transitioned from Avenging Spider-Man to Team-Up, and the most recent “Superior Six” storyline strikes me as a creative low point for the title.

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We’re in the final week of Reader Request Month. After doing some rather large arcs the past few weeks, I was a bit relieved when Gus Lindgren recommended a simple “one and done” story for me: @ChasingASMBlog ASM v2 #50. Have you done that? — Gus Lindgren (@guslindgren) October

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Don’t look now, but Episode 23 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast is here! In this episode, Dan Gvozden and I talk about Superior Spider-Man #21, and talk about the latest Spider-Man news, including a certain Midtown High School bully who is soon going to become a cosmic guardian of the galaxy. Download the

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