Our last posts featured Spider-Man’s main squeeze Mary Jane, but it would be unfair to leave out his first love, Gwen Stacy. Some of the most important, iconic issues in the bronze age of comics[…]
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Category: Essential Comics by Character
Hot Mary Jane Watson Art : Who Does It Best?
We’re completing Mary Jane Watson Week (see Essential Mary Jane Watson issues and Top Mary Jane Watson Battles) on one of the most important subjects: artwork. Mary Jane went through a few transformations since her[…]
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Top 5 Mary Jane Watson Battles
An addendum to to yesterday’s Essential Mary Jane Watson Comics Timeline, here are other interesting issues featuring MJ. Being Spider-Man’s main squeeze naturally means being a major target for his rogues gallery. The following issues[…]
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Mary Jane Watson Comic Book Essentials Timeline
Mary Jane Watson (Sometimes Watson-Parker), is arguably the most important supporting character in the Amazing Spider-Man. Her history is spread out across decades of issues, as she weaves in and out of of Peter Parker’s[…]
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List of Major Events in the X-Men Universe
IMPORTANT: An updated version of this post is available here. As companion to my recently launched X-Men Read Order and Graphical X-Men Timeline, I decided to pick up essential issues and their related storylines from[…]
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Doc Ock Comic Book Essential Issues
The newly updated chronological spider-man reading order now features a listing of appearances of major characters, including Doctor Octopus. As a companion to this list, I’ve compiled a more concise listing of essential Doc Ock[…]
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A History of Jim Lee Comic Book Reboots
Launching a new #1 issue isn’t foreign to Jim Lee. As news comes dripping out over the latest titles to be included in DC Comics’ latest relaunches, this time affecting the complete line and totaling[…]
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Spider-Man Collection Essentials Outside Core Titles
Rereading my Spider-Man collection the other day, I noticed how few issues would be deemed essential outside of the core titles. Unlike X-Men, with some many related titles, had cross-overs between those, making your ability[…]
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