power and responsibility Archive

New Issues: Amazing Spider-Man 655 and Power and Responsibility

April 5, 2011New Issues2 Comments

As a companion to the “Remembrance of Comics Past” tomes I will post on Chasing Amazing, I thought it was also important to look at the other end of my collection — the new issues. Amazing Spider-Man is still a living, growing entity, publishing issues twice a month. I’ve

The March 2011 Haul and Am I a Robot?

By Mark Ginocchio

March 28, 2011monthly haul1 Comment

The haul: ASM #33 (Good/Very Good condition) ASM #48 (Good/Very Good condition) ASM #49 (Good/Very Good condition) Final Tally: 27 issues left for the complete run. I knocked three more back issues off my Spidey bucket list this month. Not too shabby, though I guess it’s a mild disappointment

Random Reflections: If I Had A Million Dollars

By Mark Ginocchio

March 9, 2011random reflectionsNo comments

Those familiar with both Spider-Man lore and history, and my personal quest and collection have occasionally asked me about my ultimate intentions to buy Amazing Fantasy #15 – aka the very first appearance of the Spider-Man character and the Holy Grail of Spidey comics. News that a private collector