New Spider-History Articles Every Tuesday
If you’ve visited the site over the last few days you’ve seen some new articles and authors on the front page. We have signed up several new authors to look at Spider-Man’s 50 + year […]
Spider-Tracer: Brother, Can You Spare a Villain?
Hello, and welcome to the first in a series of Spider-History articles entitled “Spider-Tracer”. Today we’ll be taking a look at the many villains Spider-Man has adopted into his villainous rogues gallery over the years. […]
Weblines: THE SLOTT MACHINE
Some personal history. There were three distinguished moments in my Spider-Man comic book reading life in which I nearly gave up on his books for good: The short-lived Sensational Spider-Man, with Dan Jurgens helming the […]
Overlooked Gems: “Grave Memory”
Due to the positive and eager responses to my first article, let’s jump into the next! This time we will be taking a look at Grave Memory in SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN vol. 1 #139-142 by Gerry Conway […]
Overlooked Gems: “Funeral Arrangements”
Greetings, fellow Crawlspacers! Welcome to a brand new series that I like to call “Overlooked Gems”. My goal here is to shine a little much-deserved light on some great Spider-Man comics that unfortunately tend to […]
Tangled Webs: Bendis and the Influence of Ultimate Spider-Man #1
This is a revised version of an article I wrote to coincide with the Ultimate End mini-series. It seems appropriate to bring it back, now that Bendis is coming to another end, as his tenure […]
Tangled Webs: Len Wein’s Spider-Man
When Len Wein passed away recently, there was some discussion about his role as one of the giants of the bronze age of comics, especially his part in cocreating the international X-Men (including Wolverine in […]
Cobwebs 45: Villain Profile – The Tinkerer
Well, the Terrible Tinkerer is back! But has he been? Where did he come from? Why do we care? Read on, true believers! We are about to explore the man, the legend, the master villain […]
Just Why is Spider-Man So Popular?
Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and saw his first comic appearance in 1962 featuring much of what Spider-Man still is today; his super strength, agility, wall climbing, web-shooter inventions, Spider-Senses and […]
Tangled Webs: The Modern Age of Comics 30 Years Later
In the last column, I covered the golden, silver and bronze ages of comics. For a while, the consensus among professionals and critics was that the next age of comics was the modern age. However, […]
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