Posted on May 26, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Stefano Caselli (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The plot twists always hit in the penultimate act. Review (with SPOILERS): Pretty hot issue guys! Honestly, I thought the first couple of issues of this Spidey-event were a little tepid. Things seemed [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #686 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank Martin Jr., Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (art), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The classic “middle issue” where the action transitions from the set-up (i.e. is Doc Ock possibly trying to stop global warming) to the big finale. Recap/Review (with mild SPOILERS): This was [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 21, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: After the smack-down that Spider-Man and the Avengers received from the Sinister Six, can anyone save the day? Recap/Review: The first few issues of this Ends of the Earth mini-event had [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Stefano Caselli (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Man and some friends spring into action against the Sinister Six. Review: Maybe I was just in the wrong kind of mood when I read this comic, because some people will probably love [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #683, Amazing Spider-Man #683 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank Martin Jr., Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker | 10 Comments »
Posted on March 22, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Stefano Caselli (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Doc Ock’s not doing so well, but what kind of super-villain would go out without one last, evil scheme? A Few Things: 1. Nice lead-up to this event. - Slott and the editors in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #682, Amazing Spider-Man #682 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank Martin Jr., Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 10, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott & Chris Yost (writers), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The conclusion of a 2-part story where Spidey & Human Torch try to save Col. Jameson from a doomed space station. A Few Things: 1. Massive credit to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #681, Amazing Spider-Man #681 review, Chris Yost, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Human Torch, Joe Caramagna, Klaus Jansen, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 16, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott & Chris Yost (writers), Matthew Clark (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Rob Schwager (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Detail is provided on the mysterious occupant of Lab Six at Horizon Labs. Four Things: 1. Unsure what this whole .1 thing is about anymore. - I can never [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #679.1, Amazing Spider-Man #679.1 review, Chris Yost, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Matthew Clark, review, Rob Schwager, Stephen Wacker, Tom Palmer | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 3, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Time is almost up! How can Spidey prevent the future destruction of New York? Five Things: 1. This is how to pace superhero stories! – Slott really understands how to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #679, Amazing Spider-Man #679 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Carmagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: A new time-hopping Spidey story kicks off. Five Things: 1. Time travel done right. – This is how time travel should happen, right? At the very least, this is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #678, Amazing Spider-Man #678 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Carmagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 13, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Emma Rios (art), Javier Rodriguez (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey teams up with Daredeveil and Black Cat. Four Things: 1. Black Cat always makes the story better. – There’s no better way to start a heated comment thread than to suggest [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #677, Amazing Spider-Man #677 review, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Emma Rios, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Caramagna, Mark Waid, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: It’s an all supervillain throw-down as the Sinister Six attacks the Intelligencia. Five Things: 1. No Spider-Man in this issue. - It’s a very good issue and establishes a lot [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #676, Amazing Spider-Man #676 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Intelligencia, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Sinister Six, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey & Carlie Cooper work together to take down the Vulture gang. Five Things: 1. Glad to have “Classic Vulture” back. - As I think I mentioned last issue, the redo [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #675, Amazing Spider-Man #675 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Joe Caramagna, Klaus Janson, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Vulture | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Zeb Wells (writer), Joe Madureira (art), Ferran Daniel (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey, Rulk & J. Jonah Jameson are underground trying to save the Mole Man (kinda). Five Things: 1. Again with the great art! - The main reason to buy this is if you [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Avenging Spider-Man, Avenging Spider-Man #2, Avenging Spider-Man #2 review, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Ferran Daniel, Joe Caramagna, Joe Madureira, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Zeb Wells | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Marcos Martin (art), Muntsa Vicente (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Daredevil has to beat The Bruiser to help some innocents who know too much. Five Things: 1. Fun, street-level story. This is the kind of situation that I usually want to see [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daredevil #6, Daredevil #6 review, Ellie Pyle, Joe Caramagna, Marcos Martin, Mark Waid, Muntsa Vicente, Stephen Wacker | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Island is over and a certain winged foe of Spidey is back. Five Things: 1. Much better approach to the Vulture! When ASM freshened up all of Spidey’s classic [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #674, Amazing Spider-Man #674 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Hobgoblin, Joe Caramagna, Kingpin, Klaus Jansen, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Vulture | 9 Comments »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Zeb Wells (writer), Joe Madureira (art), Ferran Daniel (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey and Red Hulk team up to fight a subterranean threat. Five Things: 1. The team-up is BACK! How is it that Marvel can publish ~100 titles a month an none of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Avenging Spider-Man, Avenging Spider-Man #1, Avenging Spider-Man #1 review, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Ferran Daniel, Joe Caramagna, Joe Maduriera, Marvel, Red Hulk, review, Stephen Wacker, Zeb Wells | 5 Comments »
Posted on November 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Stefano Caselli (art), Frank Martin (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The good guys have defeated the threats posed by Spider-Island. Now they have to deal with the fallout. Five Things: 1. Settles things back down and sets the new status quo. Lots happened [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #673, Amazing Spider-Man #673 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank Martin, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Spider-Island, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker | 11 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba & Karl Kesel (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The finale of Spider-Island. How are the heroes going to stop the Queen and save all civilians who have turned into big, nasty spiders? Five Things: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #672, Amazing Spider-Man #672 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Karl Kesel, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 8 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Carlos Cuevas & Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: A cure for the spider-infections is discovered, but the bad guys are surely going to try to destroy it. Review: This story is rounding into shape [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #671, Amazing Spider-Man #671 review, Carlos Cuevas, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Spider-Island, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Island transitions into a more serious story. What’s Good: Dan Slott seems to really understand what makes a good Spider-Man story as he is mixing together the elements of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #670, Amazing Spider-Man #670 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Spider-Island, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 7 Comments »
Posted on September 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Carlos Cuevas (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Island is in full swing, Will they find a cure for the infected folks? Will Peter reveal his secret identity? And who is the Big Bad who’s been working [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #669, Amazing Spider-Man #669 review, Carlos Cuevas, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker | 13 Comments »
Posted on September 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Island really get’s moving as the good guys start to actually try to solve the problem. What’s Good: I was a little hard on Amazing Spider-Man #667 a few [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #668, Amazing Spider-Man #668 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Spider-Island, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 13 Comments »
Posted on August 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Nick Spencer (writer), Emma Rios (artist), Javier Rodriguez (colorist), Joe Caramagna (letterer), Alejandro Arbona (associate editor) & Stephen Wacker (senior editor) The Story: The Spider-Island spotlight turns onto Cloak and Dagger. What’s Good: Well, the Spider-Island “event” has 28 items on its checklist. So, that means we’re getting some serious tie-in miniseries action. Although [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alejandro Arbona, Cloak and Dagger, Dean Stell, Emma Rios, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Nick Spencer, review, Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #1, Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #1review, Spider-Island, Stephen Wacker | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Carlos Cuevas (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Everyone in NYC is getting spider-powers. Oh no! It’s Spider-Island!!! What’s Good: Honestly, the build-up to this Spider-Island mini-event hasn’t been that great, so expectations were a little tempered [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #667, Amazing Spider-Man #667 review, Carlos Cuevas, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 15, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Ryan Stegman (pencils), Michael Babinski (inks), John Rauch (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Stephen Wacker (senior editor) Aunt May back-up by: Slott (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (artist), Marte Gracia (colors), Caramagna (letters), Pyle & Wacker (editors) The Story: Peter is again put into a position where he has to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #665, Amazing Spider-Man #665 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Joe Caramagna, John Rauch, Marvel, Michael Babinski, review, Ryan Stegman, Stephen Wacker | 6 Comments »