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: 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 #34 (Legacy #928): “Paul On The Run”, or “The Lonely Grave of ‘Sergei Kravinov’.(1)”

It’s the penultimate chapter in the “Sinful Spider-Man” saga.  Who will Spidey target next?  Will “Kraven” get out of his grave?  Will Queen Goblin show up after disappearing for the previous issue?  Will we get […]