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Remembrance of Comics Past: Amazing Spider-Man #223

June 22, 2017Remembrance of Comics Past2 Comments

To most observers and Spider-Man fans, Amazing Spider-Man #223 is the quintessential “forgettable” issue. It marks the final installment of the lame duck Denny O’Neil-era on the book and O’Neil didn’t even script his plot, instead leaving it to a fill-in writer, J.M. DeMatteis (who was still a few

The Alien Costume Saga: Amazing Spider-Man #255 (Part 4)

By Mark Ginocchio

July 28, 2014Random Runs of Spidey1 Comment

I’ve already talked at great length about how Amazing Spider-Man’s “Alien Costume Saga” has an almost “origin story” vibe to it, but I haven’t spent much time examining another thematic element that is on display in this run of issues. While it would be a few years before various