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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 13h

I’ll willingly take the L on my original take on this issue … which was not favorable despite it being a pretty awesome Spidey overcoming the odds story.

My copy of AvX #9

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 13h

5 years ago this week, we got Kindred’s identity… or did we? In Amazing Spider-Man (v5) #50

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 1d

Define “Perfect Ending”

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 1d

I was more being ironic about a Typeface comic being “classic” but glad it hit a mark

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 1d

25 years ago this week Spider-Man fought aliens and Typeface in the classic Peter Parker Spider-Man #24

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 2d

20 years ago this week, we got Part II of “The Other,” in Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 2d

The last time I’ll share this (because I’m out of comic covers to share). Check out the @amazingspidertalk.com pod about Ultimate Spider-Man (v3) #13-18.

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My copy of Ultimate Spider-Man (v3) #18

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 2d

15 years ago this week we got the first Zeb Wells/Clayton Crain Carnage collaboration.

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 3d

50 years ago this week, Spidey took on the Shocker in Amazing Spider-Man #152

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 3d

Probably my favorite cover from the the third major Venom story of the early 90s.

My copy of Amazing Spider-Man #332

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 3d

40 years ago this week, the epic “Death of Jean DeWolff” saga concluded in Spectacular Spider-Man #110

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 4d

Secret Wars II and Puma. It’s like the mid-1980s threw up all over this comic.

My copy of Spectacular Spider-Man #111

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 4d

35 years ago this week we saw an alternate universe where Peter didn’t marry Mary Jane in What if (v2) #20.

Talk about the stuff of nightmares.

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Dapper Dan Gvozden @amazingspidertalk.com · 4d

Get caught up on all the jurisprudence, which has come to define Amazing Spider-Man these past few years, with @chasingasmblog.bsky.social's hilarious recap of the star-spanning issue! youtu.be/8-7ZCPmLE_M

Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #13 - RECAP

YouTube video by Amazing Spider-Talk

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 5d

30 years ago this week we got … this … glorious cover in Scarlet Spider #2

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 5d

Currently on our Patreon for subscribers only, the @amazingspidertalk.com review of Amazing Spider-Man (v7) #13

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My copy of Amazing Spider-Man (v7) #13

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 5d

45 years ago this week, Denny O’Neil and John Romita Jr. introduced Hydro-Man in Amazing Spider-Man #212

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Dapper Dan Gvozden @amazingspidertalk.com · 5d

If you are a lapsed Amazing Spider-Man reader, the current run from @thatjoekelly.bsky.social has been blowing us away. And, if you need further convincing, watch our new 2-hour interview with Joe where he eloquently discusses his approach to the character! amazingspidertalk.com/2025/10/our-...

Our Amazing Friends: Joe Kelly (writer of The Amazing Spider-Man) - Amazing Spider-Talk

It took 12.5 years, but we’ve finally done it! Mark and Dan are thrilled to be joined by Joe Kelly, the current writer of The Amazing Spider-Man, whose history across the Spider-Man line of comics spa...

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 6d

10 years ago this week, we kicked off the second volume of Spider-Gwen in Radioactive Spider-Gwen #1

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 6d

My copy of Amazing Spider-Man (v7) #1 Simone Di Meo Variant

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 6d

Coming up at 6 pm ET!

The @amazingspidertalk.com interview with Joe Kelly!

youtu.be/COVMHcw04w4

Our Amazing Friends: Joe Kelly (the writer of Amazing Spider-Man)

YouTube video by Amazing Spider-Talk

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 6d

55 years ago this week, Marvel Comics was definitely not political or woke — clearly a recent creation of pop culture — with this story about a corrupt “law and order” politician in Amazing Spider-Man #92

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 7d

We got ONE day left before the @amazingspidertalk.com interview with Joe Kelly. One last chance to hit our preview: amazingspidertalk.com/2025/10/prev...

My copy of Amazing Spider-Man (v7) #1 Ryan Stegman Variant

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 7d

5 years ago this week the Sin-Eater joined with the Juggernaut and none of us were ever the same in Amazing Spider-Man (v5) #49

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Mark Ginocchio @chasingasmblog.bsky.social · 8d

Just two days left before the Joe Kelly @amazingspidertalk.com interview is unveiled in all its glory.

amazingspidertalk.com/2025/10/prev...

My copy of Amazing Spider-Man (v7) #1 Hidden Gem Variant by Gil Kane and Josef Rubinstein

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