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Amazing Spider-Man #55... An iconic cover that will be sought after for years to come. Patrick Gleason's webbing cover of the symbiote Spider-Man is the perfect mix of minimalist and detail. Here is a reminder of the 1st printing in case you forgot!For the 2nd printing, Gleason and Marvel opted for switching the white details out for red.Now with the 3rd printing about to be released, what a better color to pick than BLUE. Finish off YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHORHOOD SPIDER-MAN suit with white, red and …

I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated by having not read something as I have been thisweek. I started working at the shop about two years ago now and my first order of business wasto catch up on all the indie titles I haven’t read yet. Soon after Mike had said that Gideon Fallswas pretty good and that I should pick it up when I had the time because it was only in its firstcouple issues. It has been almost exactly two years and I have finally read Gideon Falls, and I amfurious I did not read …

Nowhere Men - Actual Scientists or Their Effects?Nowhere Men is one of those books that has been on my list for a long time. I found this bookwhen Comixology first started and had a section for new Image books. I’ve always been a fan ofscience fiction that focuses on the actual scientists instead of the effects of the product theymake. Nowhere Men is quite literally exactly what I wanted, with the book focusing almostentirely on the scientists and how they as people influence the world around th …

Young Avengers-The Mr Brightside of Marvel Now!I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine about the ‘All new All Different’ era ofMarvel Comics. We disagreed about the actual success of the relaunch, but we agree on theinitial run of the Champions title. While the rise and fall of that era of Marvel Comics is a wholepost of its own, the conversation reminded me of another group of the ‘next generation’ ofheroes. The Young Avengers.I loved the first run of Young Avengers by Allen Heinber …

How Did I Get Into Comics?I was started young on comics, something that I think my father was thankful for as the parentof a young and loud child. I could proficiently read at the age of 4, and my mother had run outof Dr. Seuss and Little Golden Books for me to read. I specifically remember a day I was left athome with just my dad, and I had woken up at night to find my dad shoulder deep in shortboxes filled to the brim with comics. I had no idea what any of this was yet, and because heknew I wo …