In the span of eight issues and even with the weight of having to tie-in to a major storyline in another publication, Rick Remender has succeeded in making Venom the most “human” he’s been, probably since he was first introduced by David Michelinie in 1987. While a constant theme

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I’m concluding my run of “stand up and cheer moments” with what I hope will be an obvious choice – one of the most famous and iconic moments in Amazing Spider-Man history, and perhaps the visual that has best come to emblemize Spider-Man’s “it” factor that truly makes him

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When Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben died in the origin story of Spider-Man (Amazing Fantasy #15) because Peter earlier in the story willfully failed to apprehend the criminal who went on to kill his Uncle – the ultimate lesson Parker learned was that with this great new power he received

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As was demonstrated in Spider-Man’s confrontation with Morlun, and his much ballyhooed battle with the Juggernaut, when the odds are the most stacked against the Web Slinger, he always has his intellect to help him deal with a situation that brute strength alone can’t handle. I always loved those

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Chasing Amazing is back online after spending a week and change taking care of my newborn son John. Sorry for the radio silence since then, but I’m sure the vast bulk of you understand. And if you don’t, come on … it was the birth of MY KID we’re

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Remember back in September when I said my “chase” may be going on hiatus for a little bit because I was expecting a baby? Well, like any man of integrity, I wasn’t lying. On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, my wife and I welcomed our boy John into the world.

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Amazing Spider-Man’s J. Michael Straczynski era kicked off with one of my favorite storylines of all time and, as such, the first entry in my “stand up and cheer” series. While recent ASM writers have moved away from the whole “Spider Totem” theory that JMS put forward, I still

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You’ll often hear me discuss specific themes and storytelling devices utilized by writers and creative teams that have kept me hooked on Amazing Spider-Man for more than 20 years. I’ll talk about character developments, or rich back-stories, but really the moments in comic books, and Spider-Man comic books specifically,

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As we approach the fantastic finish of Spider Island (I swear, I’m going to get some write-ups on the remaining three ASM’s just as soon as Marvel’s subscription services department drops the damn things in the mail for me), I’ve been reminded of this mid-90s issue featuring the Jackal

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I haven’t written about this series in a long while and considering this is a Spider-Man site first and foremost, it’s with good reason. With so much of the title’s focus on multiple Reed Richards from different multiverses, and characters who rarely, if ever, make their way into the

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