The Spider-Man Challenge Day 21: Amazing Spider-Man #19

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday Mondays and Tuesdays, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. “Spidey Strikes Back!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Synopsis: This issue, Stan decides to kick things off with the most intense caption of all time. Then BAM, we go straight into Spider-Man [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 20: Amazing Spider-Man #18

Alright. It’s been a little while, but THE MISSION COMES FIRST. The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday Monday sand Tuesdays, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. “The End of Spider-Man!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Synopsis: Last issue, everyone was stunned to see Spider-Man flee from his [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 19: Amazing Spider-Man #17

Starting tomorrow I’m going to be employed, so that means The Spider-Man Challenge is going to need to be tweaked a bit. So as of today, I’m going to abbreviate the issue synopsis’s and focus more on my observations. Let’s do this. So the Green Goblin’s back and out for revenge against Spider-Man Meanwhile, Flash Thompson [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 18: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. Alright guys, I’m going to apologize for this one. The crucial component to The Spider-Man Challenge has been my cd-dvd rom copy of 40 Years of Amazing Spider-Man. To my knowledge, it had every issue [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 17: Amazing Spider-Man #16

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. Look, I’m going to level with you guys. The mailman brought an enormous stack of cheap tpbs (reviews forthcoming) and the Mattel Peter Venkman figure (review definitely forthcoming) to my doorstep today, so it’s because I [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 16: Amazing Spider-Man #15

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. Whelp, as Lost’s John Locke famously said, “I was wrong!” It turns out that tomorrow’s issue is Daredevil/The Circus of Crime and today’s the very first appearance of Kraven The Hunter (and the return of [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 15: Amazing Spider-Man #14

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. “The Grotesque Adventure Of The Green Goblin” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Synopsis: The issue kicks off with the Green Goblin (his real face in shadow) working on a “flying broomstick”. He puts on [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 14: Amazing Spider-Man #13

“The Menace of…Mysterio!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Synopsis: The issue begins with a bombshell: Spider-Man’s turned to crime! Everyone is in shock! J. Jonah Jameson has his old Spider-Man editorials reprinted “So everyone can see how right I was!”. Peter sits alone in a classroom and comes to the conclusion that he may [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 13: Amazing Spider-Man #12

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. Synopsis:                                                                   PREVIOUSLY [...]

The Spider-Man Challenge Day 12: Amazing Spider-Man #11

The Spider-Man Challenge: Monday through Friday, I read a Stan Lee-written issue of Amazing Spider-Man and write crap about it. “Turning Point” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Synopsis: The issue starts off with Peter, half dressed in his Spider-Man costume, pining for Betty Brant. But then a convenient news report on the radio informs him [...]