Mark Ginocchio

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11 years ago on this week’s #NewComicBookDay Marvel faced off the Superior Spider-Man against Kaine in Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2. Let’s just say Otto Octavius was pretty ticked off about Kaine killing him in the 90s. Christ Yost and Marco Checchetto were the creators.

40 years ago #ThisWeekInMarvel, Mary Jane Watson admitted she has long known the terrible truth about Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #257. Another banger from Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz.

Cheesecake lives! 8 years ago on this week’s #NewComicBookDay Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Giuseppe Camuncoli wrapped the “Power Play” arc in Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 4) #15. This story marked the return of Regent, who Slott previously introduced in Renew Your Vows.

The Superior Spider-Man, remember him? Well, he’s back in Pog form. My copy of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 3) #10:

It’s 4th of July week here in the US so for our Monday artist spotlight, I thought it would be fun to pull some Todd McFarlane art from the “Assasin Nation’s Plot” arc.

Going back to that ASM arc a few months ago, the answer to the question:  when did Flint Marko become William Baker? My copy of Peter Parker Spider-Man #32:

The ultimate flex in my life is when my doctor told me this was the first comic he ever bought and I told I not only had it but the three issues of ASM (and Amazing Fantasy #15) that preceded it. My copy of Amazing Spider-Man #4:

This should brighten some days in Spider-Man-land… 20 years ago #ThisWeekInMarvel, J. Michael Straczynski and Mike Deodato Jr. brought us Amazing Spider-Man #509, aka the first chapter in the almost universally reviled “Sins Past” arc.

I think this two-parter that explains the more than 15-year absence of Harry Osborn (until Nick Spencer retconned it) was far better than it had any right to be. My copy of Amazing Spider-Man #582:

The most recent issue of Amazing Spider-Man has some pretty fun Spider-Man vs. Chasm art courtesy of Ed McGuinness so for today’s artist spotlight we’re going to reach back to earlier in the run for some more McGuinness/Chasm art.

These covers, like pretty much all of the stories in this series, rarely missed. My copy of Superior Foes of Spider-Man #9:

The ASM and Spectacular anniversary hologram issues are definitely better stories but this Web of issue is more of a proper anniversary story. My copy of Web of Spider-Man #90: