AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #44 PLOT: Peter and Mary Jane meet at the set of her movie for a talk. Doctor Octopus confronts Carlyle at the hotel he’s staying. Peter’s talk with MJ doesn’t go well and […]

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43 PLOT: Straczynski finally uses a villian from Spider-Man’s massive rogue’s gallery and introduces a new one to boot. The repercussions of Peter’s failure last issue to meet Mary Jane at the airport […]

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 42 PLOT: Dr. Strange helps Spidey get to the Astral Plane where he can battle the Shade and try to rescue the the abducted homeless children. Meanwhile Peter Parker is to meet […]

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #41 PLOT: Spider-Man tracks down leads trying to find the identity of the mysterious Shade who has been kidnapping homeless boys. This takes him to a police lieutenant, a mentally unbalanced convict and […]

Amazing Spider-Man #40 PLOT: Homeless recovering drug addict boys are going missing and Jenny, the homeless girl Peter Parker befriended a few issues ago, turns to him for help. May confronts JJJ about his coverage […]

Amazing Spider-Man 38 PLOT: Aunt May confronts Peter about her discovery that he is Spider-Man. LIKES: This issue strikes all the right chords. The sequence of Peter imagining the different possibilities of what May wants […]

Amazing Spider-Man #37 PLOT: Peter involves himself in a young student’s problems while Aunt May contemplates what her discovery of Spider-Man’s costume in Peter’s apartment means. LIKES: Straczynski delivers a fairly effective story of urban […]

Amazing Spider-Man #36 PLOT: The attacks of September 11 impact the Marvel Universe. It was only natural and fitting for Marvel which has used New York as not only it’s real life headquarters but also […]