Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #31 (Legacy #995): “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Cousin” or “The First Rule About Super-Villain Fight Club Is …”

Do you like a story where the writer heard the common description of Spider-Man as a “soap opera” and took the wrong message from that, going with the worst aspects of soap operas? Do you […]

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 #40 (Legacy #934): “A Tale of Two Fisks” or “What Hits The Ground First: A Head Or An Entire Body?”

The gang war continues!  Do you like your Spider-Man stories when the main character mostly sits around and watches other people drink alcohol while waiting for someone to show up?  Where villains switch their established […]