Wolverine Archive

Questionable Avengers Roster Moves

April 5, 2015Guest BlogsNo comments

With the recent announcement that Miles Morales, female Thor, Ms. Marvel and young Nova were all going to be a part of an “all-new” Avengers team, on ComicBook.com, I ran through some other controversial choices for “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.” What I ultimately found was that the Avengers have made

Amazing Spider-Man #555-557: The Weather Outside is Weather

By Mark Ginocchio

February 10, 2015Random Runs of Spidey3 Comments

Any of my Northeast readers dealing with this unbearable cold and relentless snow the past few weeks will probably cringe a bit when they see how in my sequential retrospective of “Brand New Day” I’ve hit upon this three-part arc by Zeb Wells and Chris Bachalo that deals with

Guest Blogs: 10 Greatest Wolverine Stories

By Mark Ginocchio

October 16, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

Spoiler alerts and all that, but you might have noticed that a certain mutant icon has been starring in his very own Death of Wolverine series over the past month. So in celebration of his life, I ranked Wolverine’s 10 greatest stories on ComicBook.com. Check it out and let

Across the Spider-Verse: What’s the Deal with Assassin Spider-Man?

By Mark Ginocchio

October 1, 2014Blind SpotsNo comments

I figured I’d be one and done with discussing multiverse versions of Spider-Man that were featured in various What If? issues after I made my first “Across the Spider-Verse” post about What If? #1 a few weeks back. However, given the amount of face time “Assassin Spider-Man” (from the

Guest Blogs: 10 Things Wrestling and Comic Books Have in Common

By Mark Ginocchio

August 19, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

With WWE’s SummerSlam recently having come and gone, I took to ComicBook.com to write a top 10 list about two things geeks tend to love: comic books and wrestling. This list looks at 10 things the world of wrestling and comic books share in common. Because of the length

All-New Marvel Now Wolverine #2 and Topsy Turviness

By Mark Ginocchio

March 3, 2014Spider-Man Guest Appearances1 Comment

For the past year and change, the “Superior” status quo has made the Spider-verse a topsy turvy place – you know, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! And yet, after 14 months of Otto Octavius’s presence inside of Peter Parker’s body, I think his appearance in

Spidey Spin Offs: Can Wolverine Save the Scarlet Spider? Does it Even Matter?

By Mark Ginocchio

August 9, 2013Spidey Spin Offs1 Comment

I feel like almost every month I find myself defending my adoration for the Scarlet Spider series even though I can never exactly pinpoint what I like so much about the title. Is it the writing? The art? The characterization of Kaine? His supporting cast? His rogues gallery? There

Guest Blogging: Gimmick or Good? – Wolverine Loses his Adamantium

By Mark Ginocchio

July 28, 2013Guest BlogsNo comments

In case you missed it on Friday, for my latest Gimmick or Good? feature on CBR’s Comics Should Be Good blog, I spotlighted two parts of 1993’s “Fatal Attractions” arc that celebrated the 30th anniversary of X-Men (by adding holographic panels to the cover of all five of its

Spider-Man and Wolverine – Not As Different As You Thought

By Mark Ginocchio

July 26, 2013Blind Spots1 Comment

Wolverine has always been a complicated character for me to have a reader-relationship with – and that’s just par for the course for a mysterious anti-hero whose entire shtick is predicated on the fact that he’s an incredibly difficult nut to crack. But for me, the complications stem from

Peter Parker Once More!

By Mark Ginocchio

June 28, 2013Spider-Man Guest Appearances3 Comments

Finally, after more than six months of not having a single new comic book featuring Peter Parker as Spider-Man, I have to dip into a Wolverine title of all places to find flesh-and-blood, old-school, wise-cracking Spidey. And unlike the story we were all fed during the first few issues