New Issues Archive

Spider-Man is the superhero. Peter Parker is the man who plays the superhero. What I found really captivating about Amazing Spider-Man #668, and the premise behind the Spider Island storyarc overall, is how the idea of who is the actual “hero” is shifting. Because as the title of ASM

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While I’m sure a statement like this is going to have some comic book fans out there asking for me to turn in my “geek card” in shame, I am completely unfamiliar with Shang Chi, the star of probably the most autonomous of all of the Spider Island tie-ins,

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There’s a lot to react to after reading an issue like Amazing Spider-Man #667, which marked the “official” first part of the anticipated “Spider Island” story arc. Nice storytelling by writer, Dan Slott, neat comic book art from Humberto Ramos, whose more “cartoonish” style I think is going to

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Perhaps the most significant recent change in the Amazing Spider-Man’s status quo is the fact that Peter Parker/Spider-Man finally seems to have his life altogether. Allowing Peter some happiness may go down as one of the most defining characteristics of the Dan Slott as head ASM writer era. But

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The first and greatest lesson ever learned by Peter Parker/Spider-Man was “with great power comes great responsibility.” It’s a mantra dozens of Amazing Spider-Man writers have repeated and recited like the “Pledge of Allegiance.” The idea behind this mantra goes back to the origins of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy

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Maybe Amazing Spider-Man #664 should have the subtitle “How Eddie Brock Got His Groove Back” because this was the most I’ve been interested in Brock/Anti-Venom in years. As I said during Chasing Amazing’s “Venom Week” a few weeks back, the Venom/Brock character has undergone a number of changes over

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In yesterday’s post, I talked about Venom/Eddie Brock’s warped sense of honor and duty where he valued the lives of “innocents” but only if they cooperated with him in his quest to kill Spider-Man. Since Venom/Brock first debuted in the late 80s, both the alien suit and Brock himself

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At the risk of having this post sound more like a review than a meditation, I thought I’d kick things off by saying the two-part Spidey teaches the Avengers Academy arc ultimately left me feeling flat. As I mentioned about ASM #661, as a concept, I love the idea

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When I was in junior high school, I picked up a paperback novelization of Spider-Man tales. For a book report, I was able to convince my English teacher that there was, in fact, appropriate educational content in this book that would enable me to write the required essay. I

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It’s always been the toughest choice Peter Parker has had to make: be a normal guy with normal relationships or be Spider-Man. When it comes to romance, he’s almost never been able to be both (the marriage he had with the one woman he was both openly Peter Parker

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