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A New Costume For Spider-Man In Superior #14

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Rich Johnston

In a recent interview with Dan Slott, for Newsarama, Slott slipped in something significant that may be just around the corner. Spider-Man is getting a new costume. Whether that’s the Doc Ock Spidey, or Peter Parker somehow returning to the …

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Everybody’s Angry About Superior Spider-Man Again. But Some Of Them Love It.

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Going to bed. My last night before issue 9 of superior spider-man drops. Don’t cry for me. I led a good life. — Ryan Stegman (@RyanStegman) May 1, 2013 When the rumours about what was happening towards the end of …

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Gender Through Comic Books – And Free Access To Comic Creators

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rich Johnston

University tutor and doctroral candidate Christy Blanch is launching a new course, Gender Through Comic Books, available free to everyone online. A bit like the Open University, but for comics. And with speakers such as Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Waid, …

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Monetizing Fanboy Rage – Saturday Trending Topics

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Mark Seifert

The general concept is nothing new under the sun, to be sure, but in the social media era it’s interesting nonetheless. I’ve been thinking a lot about Marvel and DC as social platforms over the past couple years, and it’s …

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That Superior Spider-Man #1 Letters Page

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Shot on my iPad before this happened…. the letters page of Superior Spider-Man #1. Spoilers obviously.

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Superior Spider-Man 1 vs Amazing Spider-Man 700 – Wednesday Trending Topics

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Mark Seifert

End to new beginning, Rich tells us that anyone upset by Amazing Spider-Man 700 ought to take a look at Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman‘s Superior Spider-Man 1. Haven’t read it yet, so I’m not going to look at the …

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Amazing Spider-Man 700: Still Trending – Thursday Trending Topics

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Amazing Spider-Man 700 is the ending that’s still trending. We’ve been talking about it on BC a few weeks and maybe longer now, and now that it’s been released, there’s more to discuss.  And not just on BC.  Google’s worldwide …

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Amazing Spider-Man 700 Day – Wednesday Trending Topics

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The world found out about the end of Amazing Spider-Man with Amazing Spider-Man 700 today, an event that seemed undiminished by the leaked spoilers of the past few weeks.  The comic book industry gets better and better at making mainstream news, …

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Rape, Redemption And The Amazing Spider-Man (Spoilers)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There are spoilers for those who have not yet read Amazing Spider-Man #700 or Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, published today. Go no further if not… As has been stated a number of times “If you have to ask if it’s rape, …

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Um… An Apology

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There used to be an article here. What I thought was an interesting juxtaposition. However too many other people saw something else. I initially amended the piece clarify intent after talking to the publisher, and they approved of the amended …

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Tweet Of The Year

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gerry Conway just tweeted the below, linking to the Bleeding Cool story about Dan Slott receiving death threats from people over the current Amazing Spider-Man story. Makes me grateful we threw Gwen off that bridge before Twitter: zite.to/T5RQDA — Gerry …

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Spider-Man Superior To Amazing – Tuesday Trending Topics

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Mark Seifert

It’s been all Spider-Man, all the time on the internet for the past week, and another shoe drops in a few hours, it seems: What I didn’t realise at the time, was that meant this was going to be the first …

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Dan Slott Receives Death Threats Over Spider-Man Plotline.

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

When Dan Slott announced the current Spider-Man plot, he noted that on publication he would probably have to get off the internet and go into hiding. He probably didn’t reckon that the internet just wouldn’t let him. Especially when he …

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Fanboy Rampage: John Byrne Vs Dan Slott

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The main attraction! Wooo! And it all began with a certain Bleeding Cool article. After the John Byrne Forum kicked off a bit, Dan Slott arrived to try and spread some calm. Can everyone PLEASE calm down. Aunt May is …

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Wednesday Trending Topics: The Unsuspecting Spider-Man

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Is there such a thing as Too Much Information in the social media era? Today, Marvel published Amazing Spider-Man #699, the follow up to the explosive twist in Amazing Spider-Man #698. So, you know, spoilers. You know the forum has something …

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Two Hundred Thousand Copies Of An Eight Dollar Comic

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Amazing Spider-Man #700. $7.99, out on December 26th. The seven hundredth issue and the last issue, before the relaunch as Superior Spider-Man. And I hear that comic retailer preorders so far have topped two hundred thousand, which has to be …

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Wednesday Trending Topics: Amazing Spider-Man 698 — Turkey or Pumpkin Pie?

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Mark Seifert

When I think of Spider-Man on Thanksgiving, it’s usually because of a giant Spider-Man balloon floating in the skies of New York City.  But this year, people might be thinking about Spider-Man for a different reason.  There have certainly been …

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The Return Of Uncle Ben In Amazing Spider-Man #700

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Marvel have released the following pages from Amazing Spider-Man #700. They do spoil aspects of Amazing Spider-Man #698, so watch that if when you’re going in if you’re not totally au fait with what went down… Yeah, I really wonder …

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