Monthly Archive:: November 2013

While it’s easy to crack wise about how Superior Spider-Man writer Dan Slott promotes every upcoming issue as being “huge” and the one  “you can’t miss,” it’s equally amazing to read a comic like Superior #21 and realize just how much things have changed for the series and its

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This next reader request comes from one of my more active mates on Twitter, Syn, aka @AliasScarecrow: @ChasingASMBlog @KurtBusiek issue 21 Spidey meets the X-Men… :)— Syn (@AliasScarecrow) October 25, 2013 I’m yet to write about any of the Untold Tales of Spider-Man issues from the 90s, so per

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This next installment of my “Reader Request Month” comes at the behest of Sean Carr on Twitter: @ChasingASMBlog I’d love to see #82 featured, its the first comic I ever read. — Seán Carr (@pnedotie) October 19, 2013 Since I’m totally the kind of a guy who sympathizes with

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Two issues in and I’m still hard-pressed to say with any confidence what my overall impressions are of the Matt Kindt/Marco Rudy Marvel Knights Spider-Man collaboration. After a trippy, psychedelic opening issue, a part of me was wondering/hoping that the second installment would settle into a more traditional narrative

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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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It’s time for Episode 22 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast! In this episode, Dan Gvozden and I talk about Superior Spider-Man #20, provide our final thoughts on the “Arms of the Octopus” special, and revisit the classic “Arms of the Octopus” arc from Spectacular Spider-Man #73-79. Download the episode from iTunes or our Podomatic web

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From its very first issue, Scarlet Spider has featured the tagline, “All of the Power, None of the Responsibility.” And yet, 23 issues in and only two installments away from the series finale in December, the “power/no responsibility” tagline feels like a gross over-simplification of Kaine’s journey. When he

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Is there something going on with Thor this weekend that’s led me to write about him on three different sites? Hmm…. anyway, if you’re not burned out on the Norse God of Thunder, check out my latest Gimmick or Good? column at the mighty Comics Should Be Good. This

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My celebration of Thor continues this weekend with a guest post I provided for the Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, aka Sequart.org, about Thor’s “identity crisis” during the first few years of existence. In this article, I examine how the original Journey Into Mystery creative team of Stan Lee,

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I’ve started a bit of a trend over the past year whenever a new Marvel movie is released where I post thematic content on Chasing Amazing related to Spider-Man and his relationship to the film’s titular character. Perhaps it’s just a desperate attempt for me to be a part

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