Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #56 (Legacy #950): “What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?” or “Hope You Like Paying Extra For 10 Pages Of Covers”

The return of Tombstone!  The return of Janice!  The return of Spidey pretending he’s working with Tombstone to get under his (near-invulnerable) skin!  The return of the Daily Bugle!  The return of Peter in a […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Legacy #938): “Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss” or “This Could Have Been A One-Shot”

The gang war ends!  I know what you’re thinking, it feels like it just started.  But all … good (?) things must come to an end.  And, well, at least this issue is an end […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #42 (Legacy #936): “Madame Masque Is Magic Now?” or “So long, The Fisks, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night”

The gang war continues!  And I know what you’re saying … “Craig, I really enjoy these Gang War issues where Spidey barely appears, but I feel that in those issues he’s at least doing something.  […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike #1: “Gang War, Huh, Yeah, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything!” or “First Strike, Second Ball”

Hey, it’s Gang War time!  Stop, come back, no more teasing about how “Gang War is coming!” – it’s finally here!  And did somebody say “I want some one-shots in my comicbook events?”  No?  Well, […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #38 (Legacy #932): “You Don’t Want A Full Issue of Re-Po? This Is The Issue For You” or “Gang War Is Coming … Wait, Come Back, We Really Mean It This Time”

It’s a tale of two stories!  But one of them isn’t even a story – it’s a bunch of mini-stories.  But more importantly, it’s the end of the first(1) Rek-Rap story … and also a […]

Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #36 (Legacy #930): “Rek-Rap, P.I.”, or “sihT nO 99.4$ tnepS I???”

The “Sinful Spider-Man” saga is over.  Gang War is on the horizon.  But first we have the return of 2023’s breakout character that you(1) demanded:  REK-RAP! (What a nice cover … that has nothing to […]