Paul Jenkins Archive

Remember to keep checking superiorspidertalk.com to see the latest in my Lost Gems series. This time around, I revisit the very first Paul Jenkins/Mark Buckingham issue of Peter Parker: Spider-Man. PPSM #20 is definitely a forgotten classic that kicked off a very introspective era of Spider-Man comics. Be sure

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While Dan and I patiently wait for a new issue of Spider-Man, we still find ways to fill your podcast feed with our latest “Essential” issue episode of Amazing Spider-Talk. This time around, we’re chatting Spectacular Spider-Man #14 (vol. 2), aka, “Here There Be Monsters.” See for yourselves why

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Today, for the 53rd time in franchise history, the New York Mets will take the field for Opening Day. And thus begins my annual ritual of being disappointed from April until late September/October, with occasional blips of indescribable euphoria mixed in. As I’ve alluded to in the past, baseball,

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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

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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

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Over the past two weeks, when I looked back at the two-part Amazing Spider-Man #374-375, I bemoaned the David Michelinie/Mark Bagley collaboration as the “last great Venom story of the 90s.” Notice how I made sure to set an arbitrary cutoff at the 1990s, because despite how poorly (and

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Editor’s Note: For the first time in Chasing Amazing history, we have a guest blogger. Dan Gvozden, from (the new) Grind My Reels.com and the co-host (with me) of Superior Spider-Talk was nice enough to share his experiences from Baltimore’s Comic Con earlier this month. Sadly, I couldn’t join

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Dan Gvozden, co-host of Superior Spider-Talk and a super-friend to Chasing Amazing, has yet another interview to share from last weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con. In Episode 15 of Superior Spider-Talk (a special Superior Spider-Talk and Our Amazing Friends episode), Dan speaks with Paul Jenkins, a writer best known for his run

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