Ron Frenz Archive

Sometimes, a big part of the fun in reading new comic books is that feeling of unexpected surprise when you open up an issue that you had little to no attachment to and you find yourself so emotionally satisfied by its contents. In the case of Superior Spider-Man Team-Up over

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As many of you had already seen me tweet out multiple times today, there are some major changes on the horizon for the Superior Spider-Talk podcast which you’ve hopefully been listening to for the past year. After much debate, my co-host, Dan Gvozden, and I have decided to rebrand

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Superior Spider-Man Team-Up currently exists this weird in-between zone where the end of the main “Superior” book has forced this series to run out the clock a bit until its cancellation in April. As a result, I’ve been a little anxious about what we were going to be getting

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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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For a comprehensive gallery of all of the images featured on Chasing Amazing, along with other cool visuals I stumble upon while surfing the internet, be sure to follow my Pinterest page. Here are some visuals from my Spider-Man Costumes gallery:  Related Posts: Remembrance of Comics Past: Amazing Spider-Man #252

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UPDATE: The second past of my Hobgoblin story is live on Comic Book Resources. As regular readers of this site should note, I have a bit of a Hobgoblin obsession. So much so that former Spider-book editor Jim Salicrup told me that I was acting like the backstory of

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Episode 26 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast is here and boy oh boy is it a big one! In this episode, Dan Gvozden and I talk about Superior Spider-Man #23, answer your fan mail, discuss upcoming Spider-Man solicitations and the Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer, and then are joined by former Amazing Spider-Man penciler

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It’s a shame that the editorial chaos that consumed Marvel in the mid-to-late 1980s (aka, the end of the Jim Shooter-era) often overshadows the actual content of Marvel comic books during this time period – especially as it relates to the Amazing Spider-Man. It’s not like the ASM creative

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Chasing Amazing continues with its Reader Request November with a request from friend of the site and Spiderfan.org writer, Tyler Barlass: @ChasingASMBlog “I Cover the Waterfront” — Tyler Barlass (@TylerBGoode) October 21, 2013 Great choice Tyler and one that’s personally relevant for me! For a full archive of my

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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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