One Month Archive

I’m going to end Chasing Amazing’s “One Month,” with what is arguably one of the most important Spider-Man No. 1 issues (at least on a personal level) released in my lifetime, the “adjective-less” Spider-Man #1, which was written and illustrated by industry superstar Todd McFarlane. Keep in mind, when

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After a brief diversion the past few posts, Chasing Amazing’s “One Month” marches on as we tackle 1985’s Web of Spider-Man #1. Web of was the first Spider-Man ongoing series to launch during my lifetime and was the replacement of Marvel Team-Up. Web of is a series that has

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Chasing Amazing is proud to be participating in “Round 3” of the greatest assembly of comic book blogging talent on the internet – Super Blog Team-Up. After previously talking about times our favorite heroes quit, and famous comic book retcons, now the team has joined forces to talk villains –

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Perhaps if my very first exposure to an Amazing Spider-Man Annual was issue was ASM Annual #1, I wouldn’t have this very bizarre hang-up about considering them a part of my collection. During a conversation I once had with another blogger and comic book aficionado, this person referred to

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I think one of my biggest regrets I’ve had as a Spider-Man fan is the fact that I missed out on the Untold Tales of Spider-Man series the first time around. Instead, I was too busy wasting my time following the meandering “Clone Saga” from book to book, getting

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I believe the last time I wrote about the Marvel’s Ultimate line, Chasing Amazing was still in its infancy, and I was more concerned about how the storyline in question – the death of Ultimate Peter Parker – was drawing inspiration from some of the bad gimmicks of the 1990s

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The next installment for Chasing Amazing’s “One Month” is infinitely more controversial than the silliness that was Marvel Team-Up #1. With Dan Slott’s “Learning to Crawl” miniseries releasing today –  which will take a look at some of the untold events in Spider-Man’s life around Amazing Fantasy #15 and

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In celebration/recognition of the Amazing Spider-Man reboot (not to mention my recent acquisition of Amazing Spider-Man #1), I thought it would be fun if throughout May I spotlighted various No. 1 issues (and connected arcs) from the Spider-Man comic universe. And what better way is there go kick off “One

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Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about. Not to make myself the focal point of the story here, but there was something inherently stressful and anxiety-inducing about my write-ups of Superior Spider-Man #30 and #31. After months

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