While this most recent arc of Amazing Spider-Man has clearly lacked the pomp and circumstance of “Spider-Verse,” or “Goblin Nation,” Amazing Spider-Man #18 still reads as an anti-climatic finale for a series that is set to go on some semblance of a hiatus while Marvel gets its Secret Wars

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As some of you might already know, a few months ago, I reached a major milestone in my life with the purchase of Amazing Spider-Man #3. With that acquisition, I achieved my goal to own every ASM issue (Nos. 1-700). The “chase” in Chasing Amazing was effectively over. But

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We’re going to mix up our media here a bit with a very special video review. The fine folks at Power Up, a subscriber-based service that assembles boxes of geeky goodies like t-shirts, action figures, games, comics and other paraphernalia asked me to review one of their deluxe boxes.

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The dynamic duo of Dan Gvozden and yours truly keep up with our “essential” Spider-Man comic series with this latest installment of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast. This time around, Dan and I chat about the modern classic, Amazing Spider-Man #617 and 625 by Joe Kelly and Max Flumara. Check

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Here’s a case where my inability to remember certain details from the tsunami of Spider-Man published in the early/mid 1990s has led to disappointing results. With Avengers: Age of Ultron clearly being all the rage today (and for the foreseeable future – we are talking about the sequel to

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Batman and Joker… these two will inextricably linked for as long as comic books continue to be published. With Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Batman: Endgame” arc ending this week, I listed the five most influential Batman/Joker stories on ComicBook.com. Did your favorite story get left out? Let me

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There are a ton of rumors circulating about where Marvel might go next with its network television lineup. Maybe an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff, or an entirely new series involving Oscar-winning producer John Ridley? Either way, on ComicBook.com I ran down five potential family-friendly options (this is going to

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It’s completely emblematic that in the midst of one of the most controversial periods for Spider-Man comics in the character’s history, Marvel would deliver a surefire classic in Amazing Spider-Man #400, and then follow-up that beautiful and tender story with the two-part “Aftershocks” (Spider-Man #57 and Spectacular Spider-Man #223)

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The venerable DC crossover event, Crisis on the Infinite Earths, hit its 30th anniversary this month. So to celebrate, on ComicBook.com, I ran down five reasons why this story has been deemed such a classic. Please check out the list and feel free to share your thoughts on Crisis

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What time is it? It’s time for a brand new-spanking episode of Amazing Spider-Talk, the podcast featuring two fans who (claim to) talk intelligently about the Spider-Man universe. This time out, Dan (from superiorspidertalk.com) and I chat about Amazing Spider-Man #17.1 by Gerry Conway and Carlo Barberi, along with

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