Reed Richards and Sue Storm make a pretty good couple. So do Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. As much as I like those pairs, Spider-Man and the Human Torch edge them out of the top place on the list of best superhero couples. I refuse to use the word bromance to describe them on principle, […]
We take a few steps back for our new banner this month, as Elena takes Peter Parker back to a very familiar place. As always, click the image to see it at full size.
There’s a lot of drama bubbling up in the industry about the Spider-Woman series Marvel is planning this year. From the variant cover by erotic artist Milo Manara, to the choice of interior artists, the series has been a veritable lightning rod for controversy. In light of all of that going on, I figure now […]
As the posters for the new AMAZING SPIDER-MAN films show, it’s clear that the filmmakers are positioning romance as a big part of the production. But that’s nothing new for ol’ Webhead. Peter Parker’s love life (and poor luck surrounding it) has long been a big part of the Spider-Man mythology. Let’s take a look […]
Spider-Man faces a host of entertaining villains, but he didn’t necessarily meet all of them face to face. In “The Reprehensible Riddle of the Sorcerer,” originally published in Marvel Super Heroes #14, he fights the Sorcerer. However, he doesn’t realize it because the Sorcerer is controlling him from afar. The story written by Stan Lee […]
When I open the pages of a Spider-Man comic, I don’t expect to find horror. That changed when I read “Kraven’s Last Hunt.” The six part story by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck spread across the Web of Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Spectacular Spider-Man in 1987, and it’s the kind of story that […]
Of course, the big news in comics in the last few days has been the goings-on at Marvel involving the end of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, as written by Dan Slott. I’ve been getting a lot of questions about it, and since we can’t discuss it without getting into some details, y’all should consider yourselves SPOILER WARNED. […]
Since I’m in a bookstore frame of mind these days, I thought this week we’d take a look at some of the new trade paperbacks and hardcovers that came out last week and immediately caught my eye and found their way home to the Comics 101 HQ Library. New from DC last week was GREEN […]
As any monster-movie buff can tell you, once Universal Studios realized there was money to be made in their stable of monsters, they began loading them into films by twos and threes, in films like HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HOUSE OF DRACULA, which would feature Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy and any […]
Sure, Doctor Doom may be a FANTASTIC FOUR villain, but he’s crossed paths with your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man from time to time: And it happened for the first time in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5! And you can own it! Click here to buy!
Big things are happening with Doc Ock in the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN these days, and we have his first appearance! And it can be yours! Click here to buy!
Editor’s Note: The old Dreaded Deadline Doom has got its claws in me once again this week, so while I fight to get out from under, I thought I’d re-present this lost offering from the original COMICS 101 Archives, focusing on Spidey-friend and foe Harry Osborn, as originally presented on June 1, 2005: I caught […]
Karl and Jud discuss Karl’s love for reading Spider-Man and how not being much of a Superman fan was helpful in writing the character. Click the button to your right to peruse The Karl Kesel Collection!
