Zeb Wells Amazing Spider-Man Is Over! | Comics Aficionados

[@paulc1553]

Glad Zeb Wells TASM run is over, worst comic book run I've ever read. I just wish Nick Lowe went with him.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

I think bow and arrow characters can be dope with the right story. Visually "YOUNGBLOOD's" Shaft with his exoskeloton on is DOPE AS HECK. Besides Shaft none of the characters have powers or enhancements with the outfit that make them as exiting to look at, and I think they could face threats built more for them, and stories to go with them....

[@mayotango1317]

With Nick Lowe as editor, sadly the nightmare never ends.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

On Aaron opinion on Tombestone - In my opinion Marvel and D.C. have placed so much emphasis on space that so many great earth based characters are thought of as bad characters, and I think it is one of the biggest mistakes.... I have said before I think this "Street Wars" event should have been the 4th or 5th one, and one of them should have been before Spider-Man even existed. But space stories were all the rage back then and still take up a large percentage of stories - and that isn't bad, but i prefer a balance.

[@VeranProwlerthestormtrooper]

Zeb Wells Run are no more!

[@VeranProwlerthestormtrooper]

Zeb Wells are no more!

[@thegrizzmd7193]

This might be the best panel lineup

[@reaser-o6b]

Thanks, Dok, for shining a light on Moore's Supreme. It's honestly the best Superman story featuring a character who isn’t Superman. There’s so much love for Sup's mythology in that run. I’m with Aaron; I prefer Moore when he’s writing optimistic stories instead of deconstruction.

[@mayotango1317]

Also Tom Strong.

[@reaser-o6b]

@@mayotango1317Yeah, that was a really great run as well.But it was more of a tribute to pulp heroes, even though it included some superhero tropes, like multiverse stories, and so on.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

Dok admitting to enjoying something, even if it’s 25?years old, is a once in a lifetime event.

[@lo1bo2]

I just re-read my single issues of Moore's Supreme. So good. Too bad he didn't get to finish it. I also enjoyed some of what Erik Larsen did afterwards, but then that ended abruptly too.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

@ and then they continued it with Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay, because God doesn’t hate us enough.

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

The worst period for Spiderman was the late 1970s and very early 1980s when he is fighting the likes of Iguana, Rocket Racer, Big Wheel, Hypno-Hustler, Will o' Wisps, Lightmaster. The mid-1980s is pretty good with Black Cat, Jackal, Jack O' Lantern, Puma, and the Hobgoblin.

[@RamManNo1]

Jackal wasn’t around in the 80s. He was killed in about 1975ish. But yeah, almost every Marvel book was, for lack of better words, “cheesier” in the late 70s. They hit their stride around 79-80 I’d say.

[@lindarozalinda7177]

No, the worst was 90s Clone Saga

[@KingdomComeClark]

Top Spider-Man artists IMO John Romita Ron Frenz Gil Kane Steve Ditko Ross Andru Sal Buscema John Romita Jr. Ed McGuiness Mark Bagley Todd MacFarlane

[@ThePalePatriot]

Romito is the worst modern area artist, for real dude, not sure what people see in him

[@EvandroACruz]

Good list.

[@EvandroACruz]

The 80's Spider-man runs were the best in my opinion. Roger Stern is my all time favorite Spidey run with David Micheline in second place. Peter Parker Spider-man writen by Bill Mantlo is good too.

[@aaronrankin1092]

As a young guy who just got into comics, I decide to read some stuff from the 80’s, mainly x-men to prepare for the first run…I never left the 80’s run lol. I love 80’s marvel and DC now

[@tomjames9681]

Imagine having absolutely no attention on your Spider-man book, and not being willing to do anything interesting. Ultimate Spider-man is giving fans what they want, why wouldn’t you take the chance to do something wild in the main book? Instead Amazing Spider-man, the flagship of MARVEL, is an after though behind the Ultimate book. Gotta be the most shameful run to date.

[@misternegative4918]

Insane to act like new sci-fi books are bad and that it’s bad Justina Ireland came from that. Novels currently are way better than comics and her books are actually good and do sell well.

[@VeranProwlerthestormtrooper]

Nick Lowe need leave too! Nick Lowe is not marvel fan but DC Hate!

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

U TRIPPIN ON LEGOLOS BEING THE BEST CHARACTER IN MIDDLE-EARTH - FINGOLFIN IS He crossed the jagged sea that none had ever crossed and as he stepped on Middle-Earth, for the first time ever a moon rose into the night sky, and that morning Middle-Earth also saw its first sunrise.

[@Nadafingah]

That period of Roger Stern to Tom De Falco with Peter David on Spectacular was the best time for Spidey fans, particularly the Gang War stuff. Micheline wrote Maximum Carnage and that awful story where Peter’s parents come back and turn out to be androids…..so Micheline can suck it.

[@ghostknight1865]

Dok is out of his mind if he thinks 200-296 was "forgettable". That stuff is golden! Madame Web & Juggernaut? Hobgoblin saga? Black costume saga? Kraven's? Gang War? Come on now.

[@lindarozalinda7177]

Micheline created Venom

[@Nadafingah]

@@lindarozalinda7177 True. But, I still prefer Stern and De Falco.

[@reaser-o6b]

As for Brian Reed's Ms. Marvel, the problem is that many issues are tied to events. But he really captured Carol’s character well.

[@EvandroACruz]

No he ruined Carol,turned her in a gleeful murderer. Pre-Reed run Carol was very against kill. It's because him that Carol become this trash character in these days.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

@@EvandroACruzyeah, as much as people hate KSD her Carol was at least a nice person.

[@EvandroACruz]

@@DeadpoolNegative KSD?

[@DeadpoolNegative]

@@EvandroACruz Kelly Sue DeConnick

[@EvandroACruz]

@@DeadpoolNegative Ah I got it. Thank You.

[@doommega]

mr wells should of just ended the book these little two page stories is why everyone resists him

[@tlou2isntcanon]

I'm a massive Moore fan, but Watchmen and Swamp Thing don't even crack my top 3 from him.

[@blujay1524]

Why do people still read ASM post-OMD? Whats the point?

[@EricOSullivan]

well I've come to the realization that there is no use arguing with the "MJ + PP 4EVA" fans. If that's where you are, of course. I think there's two camps: those who care and those who don't. MJ was a year younger than Peter but then she spent four years with Paul Rabin on the Pocket Universe Earth. So she's three years older than Peter now. And after a taste of Motherhood with those imaginary magic kids, I mean she might have different life goals now than just the constant stress of being a superhero's wife (and that's bypassed by making MJ her own superhero too). I don't think MJ needs Peter anymore. She's outgrown him. That's what happens in marriages and relationships. I think there's some interesting stories to plumb but I'm over the waxing & waning of the Great MJ & Pete Dance. People break up. You know they move on. And if they're lucky, remain friends. Perhaps we have to give Peter permission to let go of MJ. Namaste.

[@billybarnett2846]

Christopher Priest ruined that Hobgoblin reveal storyline when he was editor.

[@Michael33666]

Aaron and Drew and co. promoting their Indie books is all fine and good, but you have to keep in mind that all that talk and promotion is irrelevant to us overseas listners who will never buy these books due to the insane overseas shipping costs. Release 'Doomface' digitaly however and the constant promotion becomes relevant to everybody and not just Americans.

[@EricOSullivan]

shipping to Canada is astronomical as well. We should all hope and perhaps ask our governments why is International Shipping Costs so high while they're encouraging Globalization. What gives? Good luck!

[@Michael33666]

I can't be the only non-American who watches this every week cringing at all of the American sports talk. I can't even put into words how much us overseas listeners don't give a flying f about American sports (which are all rigged anyway) or WWE/UFC (also rigged). Is there any way you boys could discuss all of that stuff off-stream and keep 'Comics Afficionados' focused on comic talk please?

[@EricOSullivan]

and another person could ask us to talk less about Food but we fall into that rabbit hole quite often. I'm of the feeling it's a room full of friends shooting the breeze and sometimes as good conversations go, they can make their own roads (of which Wes is good at saying , "Guys! Guys! Let's get back..." Yet it's just where the convo went at that moment. I don't understand AEW. Also Uel's baseball team won The Championship this year. But I hear you. I don't know much about English Premiere League Futbol ⚽but I like seeing it at my local Irish pub on Saturdays (after the Comics Aficionados). Thank you, Michael for caring enough to make this comment. Cheers.

[@TheUnseenFenianHand]

Speak for yourself, I love NFL and know dozens of people in the U.K. who do also. Sky Sports has a channel dedicated to NFL during the season so clearly there is plenty of U.K. interest

[@donlashomb]

Gremlins 2 IS better than Gremlins! Gremlins is great but the sequel is a one-of-a-kind smorgasbord of zany fun!