Steve Ditko Archive

Over the past two months, I’ve been stricken with an unexpected affliction that I hope breaks soon. I’m addicted to Amazing Spider-Man #700 variant covers. People who are familiar with some of my past opinions on variant covers are probably surprised to be learning this. Perhaps it’s just a

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We are now in the “final four” of my favorite issues of Amazing Spider-Man countdown and I don’t think either of these choices are going to surprise you (though maybe my placement will turn a few heads). Regardless, this is the cream of the crop for Spider-Man comics, and

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While the comic book medium is notorious for its “can you top that?” mentality, sometimes that old K.I.S.S. adage (depending the edginess of your audience, it’s either keep it simple silly or stupid) really holds true. While I appreciate backstories with incredible depth and development, or storylines with shock-twist

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When it comes to J. Jonah Jameson, I’ve long debated the argument of whether or not he effectively crosses the line from “antagonist” to out-and-out villain. He’s certainly long been one of Spider-Man’s greatest adversaries over the history of the character, but a villain? Definitely not a villain in

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Chasing Amazing is looking at Mark’s favorite Amazing Spider-Man covers this week. Today, we look at choices #4 and #3.

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My older brother was my first best friend. Since he’s five years older than me, he also was a bit of an authority figure for me too, especially when I was still in elementary school – the go-to babysitter and mentor who I could also spend a Saturday afternoon

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The beautiful thing about collecting comic books is you have a fully equipped library of classic pulp fiction waiting for you whenever you’re in the mood to read. And obviously, I would have never settled on being an Amazing Spider-Man collector, if I didn’t love to read Amazing Spider-Man

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