One of the things I keyed in on during my write-up of the first arc of “Brand New Day” was how the storyline was brimming with youthful energy. While the arc that led us to...
Category: Random Runs of Spidey
The new year has long been a time for new beginnings and resolutions. So with that in mind, I thought I would kick off 2015 with a serial lookback at one of the most controversial...
After formally reintroducing the clone in the “Power and Responsibility” arc the month before , Marvel immediately starting mixing things up a bit with its Spider-books in order to advance the “Clone Saga.” While Peter...
Today marks the first entry in an ongoing project for Chasing Amazing that I hope I don’t come to regret. Twenty years ago this month, the Spider-Verse’s status quo was turned upside down with Web...
We have arrived at the final installment of my summer overview of the “Alien Costume Saga,” and I hope it’s been as much fun for you all as last year’s “Original Hobgoblin Saga” retrospective ....
In many ways, I’ve been waiting all summer for my opportunity to write about this one specific issue, and despite the fact that I’m almost always let down by heightened anticipation, Amazing Spider-Man #257 is...
After a bit of a breather that focused on silver-haired burglars and crazy scientists with disappearing apes , the “Alien Costume Saga” begins its acceleration towards the finish line in Amazing Spider-Man #256. We get...
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...
For the third part of the “Original Alien Costume Saga,” writer Tom DeFalco (with pencils from Rick Leonardi who was filling in for Ron Frenz), continues to use his first batch of issues on the...
Despite the fact that artist Ron Frenz did not provide pencils for the issue (Rick Leonardi has the honors), Amazing Spider-Man #253 maintains that “new beginning” vibe that was initially put forward in ASM #252...