Peter Parker finally stops running… and life immediately punches back Sometimes Spider-Man stories are about saving New York from supervillains. Sometimes they’re about stopping a collapsing building. And sometimes they’re about realizing that avoiding dinner […]
When science fails, apparently you call an exorcist There are plenty of ways to begin a Spider-Man/Hulk team-up. Have them misunderstand each other. Throw in some gamma monster. Let Hulk smash something expensive while Peter […]
Black suit, bad guys, and one very unhappy Punisher There are Spider-Man issues that begin with Peter worrying about rent. And then there are Spider-Man issues where he puts on the black suit, crashes a […]
Red Goblin crashes the final exam Well, I guess this is what happens when your Spider-school curriculum includes “how to fight supervillains” and your principal is Norman Osborn. Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity #5 wraps up this […]
Face It, Tiger… MJ Still Has It There are Spider-Man characters who become important because of powers, costumes, or the villains they punch every month. And then there’s Mary Jane Watson. Sixty years after that […]
The issue kicks off grounded in classic Peter Parker fashion—struggling with domestic life and attempting (and failing) to cook dinner in Aunt May’s kitchen. Peter aligns with the newly revamped, proactive Department of Damage Control, […]
Family Matters—and Peter Is Feeling the Voltage Amazing Spider-Man #34 places Peter Parker between two equally dangerous forces: Electro’s high-voltage attacks and a family revelation he cannot simply punch, web or science his way through. […]
What If… Kraven Survived His Last Hunt? Some What If…? stories change one tiny moment and then gleefully smash the dominoes. This one takes a darker route: What if Kraven the Hunter survived the ending […]
There are cosmic comics, and then there are comics that open with Norse poetry, send a skeletal Viking ship through a hole between hells, resurrect a dead Thor, and turn Hela into the ruler of […]
Queen in Black #1 wastes no time pretending this will be a quiet little neighborhood adventure. Al Ewing takes the current symbiote mythology, fires it through a cosmic cannon, and drops the result directly onto […]
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