Stephen Colbert recently did a bit about a Cambridge University study suggesting that Spider-Man’s wall-crawling powers can not exist in the real world. Elliot Hawkes, an engineer from Stanford disagrees, since he and his colleagues invented something that […]
Spider-Man’s the flagship character for the Marvel Universe, so it might be interesting to compare the differences with the distinguished competition. What attributes of the Spider-Man comics are the result of being published by Marvel, […]
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, […]
This is the story of the house where Spider-Man grew up, and the family named Parker that lives there in real life.
With the final issue of ULTIMATE END coming out tomorrow, and bringing the Ultimate Universe to a close—barring another delay—it seems appropriate to look at the influence of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1. I would go so far […]
The release of a comic book memoir of Stan Lee—co-written by Peter David, another notable Spider-Man writer—makes it an appropriate time to look at what comic book writers were up to before they were coming up […]
There are quite a few times when I read an old Marvel comic, and think that it’s quite similar to something that happened in a classic Spider-Man book. The thing is that in some cases […]
In the previous entries on the recommendations for new readers, I looked at Spider-Man comics that had demonstrated staying power. Now it’s time to determine which of the more recent stuff is worth checking out […]
In previous editions, I considered where readers can start with the Spider-Man comics. First, I picked the stories and issues that were the right combination of significant, well-regarded and good. Then, I made the case for […]
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 […]
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