“The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes […]
It’s hard to come up with any comic book run where the covers are as consistently amazing as John Romita Sr’s Amazing Spider-Man. Maybe Frank Miller’s Daredevil, although that was much briefer. We’ll start with one of […]
While there are current controversies about R-rated superhero movies, with the financial success of DEADPOOL, Netflix’s slate of Mature Audiences Marvel shows and the upcoming R-rated Directors Cut of SUPERMAN VS BATMAN, Spider-Man generally has […]
Spider-Man’s a character introduced in a visual medium, so it’s important sometimes to consider the art. This is a character that has had runs by some of the best artists in the comics industry: Steve Ditko, […]
In the first column, I suggested a list of acclaimed Spider-Man stories from different eras that would give new readers a good sense of the character. There is a counterargument that this was bad advice, and […]
Since my first column was about where two great writers started reading Spider-Man, it seems appropriate to consider the question of where everyone else should start. There are two ideal ways to do it. The first […]
Amazing Spider-Man #40 is one of the most important Marvel comics ever published. It’s not mainly because of the creative team, even though it was the second issue with John Romita Sr on art and […]
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