Marvel has been telling us for months that Superior Spider-Man Annual #1 “counts.” As someone who probably has an unhealthy amount of skepticism regarding the “legitimacy” of the Spider-Man annual issues, you could only imagine what my expectations were for Marvel’s first Superior Annual. Now that I’ve read this

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My next “reader’s request” is one that a number of you have asked me about on Twitter over the past year. Since I never wrote down exactly who initially asked about this story, I sent out on APB on Twitter and Jose, aka @aviciouskoala stepped forward: @ChasingASMBlog *raises hand*

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I’ve been a little harder than most on the Superior Foes of Spider-Man franchise, mainly because I thought Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber set the bar so high in their debut issue, I’ve probably zeroed in a little too much on any faults I’ve found in the subsequent three

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Super Blog Team-Up #5 of 6 If Joss Wheedon’s The Avengers taught me anything, it’s that a surefire way to improve on a bunch of individual superhero properties is to team them up in some kind of big budget bonanza. That’s why I’m pleased to announce that Chasing Amazing is

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This next reader request comes from Matt Little, co-host of the fantastic Matt and Brett Love Comics podcast (which I appeared on a few months ago). Actually, for full disclosure, I solicited Matt on this one because I knew it was a favorite of his and I thought it

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While it’s easy to crack wise about how Superior Spider-Man writer Dan Slott promotes every upcoming issue as being “huge” and the one  “you can’t miss,” it’s equally amazing to read a comic like Superior #21 and realize just how much things have changed for the series and its

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This next reader request comes from one of my more active mates on Twitter, Syn, aka @AliasScarecrow: @ChasingASMBlog @KurtBusiek issue 21 Spidey meets the X-Men… :)— Syn (@AliasScarecrow) October 25, 2013 I’m yet to write about any of the Untold Tales of Spider-Man issues from the 90s, so per

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This next installment of my “Reader Request Month” comes at the behest of Sean Carr on Twitter: @ChasingASMBlog I’d love to see #82 featured, its the first comic I ever read. — Seán Carr (@pnedotie) October 19, 2013 Since I’m totally the kind of a guy who sympathizes with

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Two issues in and I’m still hard-pressed to say with any confidence what my overall impressions are of the Matt Kindt/Marco Rudy Marvel Knights Spider-Man collaboration. After a trippy, psychedelic opening issue, a part of me was wondering/hoping that the second installment would settle into a more traditional narrative

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Chasing Amazing continues with its Reader Request November with a request from friend of the site and Spiderfan.org writer, Tyler Barlass: @ChasingASMBlog “I Cover the Waterfront” — Tyler Barlass (@TylerBGoode) October 21, 2013 Great choice Tyler and one that’s personally relevant for me! For a full archive of my

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