Howard Mackie Archive

The End of the Mackie/Byrne Run

November 24, 2015Guest BlogsNo comments

We’ve officially reached the end of my retrospective of the Howard Mackie/John Byrne era on Amazing Spider-Man over at SuperiorSpiderTalk.com. These last few posts look at the creative duo’s final stories on ASM before Byrne left for greener pastures (Mackie would stay on for another year or so before

Volume Two Review: “The List,” “Bright Lights Bigger City” and “Another Return of the Sinister Six”

By Mark Ginocchio

November 16, 2015Guest Blogs, UncategorizedNo comments

I know it’s not one of the most revered periods in Spider-Man comic’s history, but be sure to check out my Volume 2 Review retrospective on SuperiorSpiderTalk.com, which looks back at the Howard Mackie/John Byrne run on the Spidey books in the late 1990s/early 2000s. The last three installments

Volume 2 Review Starring Flash Thompson

By Mark Ginocchio

October 23, 2015Guest BlogsNo comments

For all of you Flash Thompson fans out there (and I know you’re out there), the latest installment of my Volume Two Review feature on superiorspidetalk (which revisits the Howard Mackie/John Byrne run) spotlights the long forgotten arc “The Perfect World.” Why is Flash fighting alongside Spider-Man on the

Volume 2 Review: The Story About Too Many Spider-Women

By Mark Ginocchio

October 11, 2015Guest BlogsNo comments

I’m back with another installment of “Volume 2 Review” at superiorspidertalk.com, the feature where I revisit the Howard Mackie/John Byrne volume 2 reboot of Amazing Spider-Man. In this next article, I dissect the “Origin of Spider-Women Number 4 … or Five” where Spidey has to deal with not just

Gimmick or Good? – Amazing Spider-Man #1 vol. 2

By Mark Ginocchio

May 3, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

A week of looking at all of the various No. 1 issues in Amazing Spider-Man concludes with my latest edition of Gimmick or Good? at the Comics Should Be Good blog. This time around, I write about Amazing Spider-Man #1 vol. 2, the kickoff of the “ballyhooed” Howard Mackie/John

Spider-Man’s Final Chapter … the First Time

By Mark Ginocchio

April 16, 2014Reading Experience3 Comments

For all the debate that’s been had about how Dan Slott is wrapping up his most ambitious story arc ever in the Superior Spider-Man, today’s final issue would have to be so incredibly dreadful for it to even approach the awfulness that was put forward when Marvel ended its

Gimmick or Good? – Ghost Rider #15

By Mark Ginocchio

March 29, 2014Guest Blogs1 Comment

After a brief hiatus, I’m back with my Gimmick or Good? column at Comics Should Be Good, this time looking at one of the most famous books of the 90s: Ghost Rider #15 by Howard Mackie and Mark Texeira. This comic is Marvel’s very first glow-in-the-dark cover and is

Top 10 Green Goblin Storylines: #8

By Mark Ginocchio

February 21, 2014Top 10 ListsNo comments

In celebration of Superior Spider-Man’s “Goblin Nation” arc, over the next two months, I’m going to acknowledge what I consider to be the 10 best Green Goblin/Spider-Man storylines. I’m creating this list based on a full array of arbitrary, unscientific criteria: namely historical significance, artwork, creativity and my overall enjoyment of the