Fitting in with the end of an era, we’ve completed our Spider-Man reading order to include up to the end run of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos closed of this long running[…]
Tag: Copper Age Back Issues
Timeline of Events in X-Men Comics – 1963-2012
Below you will find a listing of major events in X-Men. This list will help you get up to date on how the X-Men got where they are today and how they came to be.[…]
Best Superman Stories of All Time
We’re continuing our focus on Superman here at Comics Back Issues by counting down the top 25 best Superman stories of all time. We’ll be using our methodology used for other Top 25 lists, that[…]
Spider-Man Chronology ’87-’89: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 8
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane of Peter Parker’s most important life events. Our “Indispensable Spider-Man” series is a number of lists that contain the essential issues to read, from the beginning,[…]
Spider-Man Chronology ’84-’87: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 7
The great Copper Age of Spider-Man continues in our 7th installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, featuring issues in the Spider-Man chronology published in between roughly 1984 and 1987. Just like the previous installment that also[…]
Spider-Man Chronology ’82-’85: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 6
It’s a great time to be a Spider-Man fan! In this edition of the Indispensable Spider-Man, we look at issues roughly between 1982 and 1985, which contains some of Spider-Man’s best stories. Nothing Stops the[…]
Spider-Man Hobgoblin Saga: Essential Issues
The Original Spider-Man Hobgoblin Saga When Roger Stern took over the writing duties of Amazing Spider-Man, he introduced a new villain from the ashes of the Green Goblin in order to keep things fresh. Along[…]
Spider-Man Revealed! and Other Times Spider-Man is Unmasked
A History of Spider-Man Revealed! We recently featured on this blog an essential issue reading list for Spider-Man’s girlfriends (see the lists for Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy and Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat). All of[…]
Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Comic Book Essentials
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]